Music

"I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds." — Dizzy Gillespie

A Nobel Tradition: Rabindranath Tagore — the First Songwriter to Win the Prize
Caroline Eden appreciates the work of Rabindranath Tagore, a songwriter who won the Nobel Prize decades before Bob Dylan was born.
Caroline EdenJan 25, 2017
The History of Popularity
Rayyan Al-Shawaf on David Hajdu's "Love for Sale: Pop Music in America."
Rayyan Al-ShawafJan 16, 2017
- Music
The Struggle to Keep the Soul of N’Awlins Alive
Eric Deggans on the documentary "New Orleans Music in Exile," recently released on Blu-ray.
Eric DeggansDec 28, 2016
Trouble in the Heartland
Is Bruce Springsteen's memoir "Born to Run" one of the great music memoirs, or just a tired retread of the rock star mythos?
Evelyn McDonnellDec 3, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
- Music
A Train, an Old Guy with a Banjo, a Chained Dog: On Jeff Silva and Vic Rawlings’s “Linefork”
Peter Trachtenberg reflects on the work of music and the music of work in “Linefork.”
Peter TrachtenbergNov 28, 2016
- Film
- Music
Black Night Falling: David Goodis on Central Avenue
Woody Haut shadows David Goodis down Central Avenue.
Woody HautNov 26, 2016
Callin’ from the Fun House: Jim Jarmusch’s “Gimme Danger”
Derek Nystrom on the The Stooges's relation to 1960s radicalism and their contribution to the queer genealogy of punk.
Derek NystromNov 25, 2016
- Film
- Music
How Rock and Roll Became White
Colin Vanderburg reviews Jack Hamilton’s “Just Around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination.”
Colin VanderburgNov 24, 2016
- Cultural Studies
- Music
Traveling Light: Farewell to Leonard Cohen
Anahid Nersessian pays tribute to the late Leonard Cohen.
Anahid NersessianNov 15, 2016
- Music
Tired of Waiting Around for the Trickle Down: The Politics of the Drive-By Truckers
Josh Schneiderman and Paul Fess on Drive-By Truckers and Southern Rock.
Josh Schneiderman, Paul FessNov 15, 2016
- Music
- Politics
Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize
Is it literature: who cares?
Jon WienerOct 22, 2016
- Literary Criticism
- Music
A Glitter-Run Through History: Simon Reynolds’s “Shock and Awe”
Chris O’Leary reviews Simon Reynolds’s “Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy, from the Seventies to the Twenty-First Century.”
Chris O’LearyOct 22, 2016