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Forever Pushing Agendas: An Interview with Jessica Hopper
Stephen M. Deusner interviews Jessica Hopper.
Music
"I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds." — Dizzy Gillespie
I Am Not a Cheese
Ian Bostridge explores the literary, historical, and postmodern psychological themes that weave through Schubert's 24-song cycle, "Winterreise."
Finding Your Shambolic Magic
"In the All-Night Café" describes the year before the release of "Tigermilk" and helps to explain how Belle and Sebastian's sound was a product of their environment.
Dancing with Michael Jackson
Baltimore and its discontents
The Method Singer
In his new biography, John Szwed argues Billie Holiday was a method actor: she burrowed to the core of the song, determined what type of person might be voicing such sentiments in what kind of situation, and let that guide her interpretation of it.
The Significance of Philip Glass
“Philip Glass has become, whether he likes it or not, a name on a list of sound-material used to induce states of mind.”
Exquisite Failure
Songwriter Nick Jaina on musical failure and impossible loves.
You Better Work
The art of video-game music, from Pong to Tomb Raider and beyond.
Country Enough: From Conway and George to Maddie & Tae
In response to the rising tide of “bro-country” comes Maddie & Tae’s “Girl in a Country Song,” the latest chapter in country’s music’s long reflexive tradition.
No Wave Feminism
Like Didion’s Year of Magical Thinking, Kim Gordon’s memoir is the product of wonder at — and the struggle to reconcile with — how the life-changing loss of one’s partner could be so profoundly ordinary.
Amateur’s Luck: Two Books Contemplate Music as a Hobby
That question haunts every kid who suffers at practice. Two new books make a compelling case for the benefits and joys of amateurism.
Got It While She Could
"We can safely say that Janis has inspired many young women of her generation, and later ones too, to get out there and give it everything they’ve got."
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