The Road Out of Nowhere
A new book celebrates Springsteen’s stark 1982 classic, ‘Nebraska.’
Matt Hanson
· 6 min read
Music
A collection of 42 posts
Master of Reality
“Things were bleak, they really were. Yet nobody was singing about that side of life, which is why we thought we should.”
George Case
· 8 min read
Leonard Bernstein Deserved Better Than ‘Maestro’
Netflix somehow managed to turn the most talented, beloved, and complex American musician in history into a two-dimensional domestic villain.
Daniel Lelchuk
· 9 min read
Rock of Ages
The musical legacy of Robbie Robertson is a monument to the possibilities of American song.
Benjamin Kerstein
· 12 min read
In the Spirit of the Lord
Menacing, exuberant, eccentric, and ambitious—Dylan’s first evangelical record turns two-score and four.
David Cohen
· 16 min read
The Eyes of the Storm
A historic diary in pictures, which just happens to belong to Sir Paul McCartney.
Hannah Gal
· 14 min read
Belafonte Reappraised
Neither hagiographers nor haters of the late musician, actor, and activist have managed to get him right.
Ronald Radosh
· 18 min read
Holy Roller
A tribute to Chris Bailey, the late frontman and co-founder of Australian punk band the Saints, who died a year ago today.
David Cohen
· 11 min read
Paul Was Dead Right
Reappraising one of British journalism’s most notorious pieces of cultural criticism.
George Case
· 6 min read
Nick Cave’s Lessons in Grief
The singer’s new book awakened me to a paradoxical fact: tragedy can sometimes remind us of what makes life worth living.
Neil Gray
· 7 min read
Re-Genesis
Nostalgia cannot rescue rock and roll.
Simon Evans
· 13 min read
Nick Cave: “Conservatism Is an Aspiration”
The lead Bad Seed shares his thoughts on creativity, marriage, and having a conservative temperament.
Claire Lehmann
· 13 min read
The Inner Life of Transcendent Genius
In ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song,’ Dylan contemplates himself and the art form of which he is the acknowledged master.
Benjamin Kerstein
· 13 min read
Paranoid Pop
A look back at the remarkable life and career of one of the 20th Century’s most original artists.
David Cohen
· 20 min read
Remix and Float Downstream
Giles Martin has reinvigorated the Beatles’ masterpiece, a record brimming with ideas, confidence, and insouciant courage.
Christopher J. Snowdon
· 11 min read