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
Music
A collection of 69 posts
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
Lost Soul Behind Bars
The untold story of Upheaval, a prison band that recorded one of the most sought-after soul singles of the 1970s.
Max Wilson
· 21 min read
Assault in Alabama
Revisiting the attack on Nat King Cole.
Thomas Doherty
· 10 min read
Troubadour at War
Leonard Cohen’s visit to Israel in its darkest hour.
Ari David Blaff
· 8 min read
McCartney at 80
Four score years of ordinary genius.
Christopher J. Snowdon
· 22 min read
Peter Jackson’s ‘Get Back’—A Review
The recording sessions appear harmonious, and although they only have five songs that they are confident enough to play on a cold rooftop in January, the gig above their Apple office—the laziest possible location—goes without a hitch.
Christopher J. Snowdon
· 12 min read
Rocker Crocked. Pistol Shot.
To say that Lydon has mellowed would be a huge over-simplification, not only of who he is now but of who he was then, both of which were media distortions if not inventions.
Simon Evans
· 9 min read
The Attack on Timothy Jackson Is an Assault on Liberal Education
The only way students can resist this commodification of their identities is by occupying an unsafe space—getting an education that will encourage them to escape what they think they already are.
Bruno Chaouat
· 8 min read
Songs from Orwell’s Glass Asylum
Bowie’s album beautifully captures the essential romance in the story.
David Cohen
· 10 min read
PODCAST 114: Cellist Daniel Lelchuk on How Beethoven’s Genius Flourished in Napoleon’s World
Quillette Editor Jonathan Kay talks to concert cellist Daniel Lelchuk about the timeless, global appeal of Beethoven—and the turbulent historical world that inspired the great German composer’s works.
Quillette, Jonathan Kay, Daniel Lelchuk
· 1 min read