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On the Impromptu Walgreens Concert That Got Evan Dando to Sober Up

On the Impromptu Walgreens Concert That Got Evan Dando to Sober Up

but it was time to make a change.”">“I’ve been lost and found more times than I can count,
but it was time to make a change.”

By Evan Dando | October 23, 2025

Living in the Shadow of Your Father’s Iconic Song

Living in the Shadow of Your Father’s Iconic Song

Sarah Curtis: “Maybe we’ve just learned what my teenage daughter does not yet fully know: that to be held to a law is often to be loved.”

By Sarah Curtis | October 9, 2025

How the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz Survived the Death Camps

How the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz Survived the Death Camps

Anne Sebba on the Multifaceted Role of Music Amidst the Horrors of the Holocaust

By Anne Sebba | September 17, 2025

Getting to Know the Great John Prine

Getting to Know the Great John Prine

Tom Piazza on His Inspiring Encounters With a Folk-Country Icon

By Tom Piazza | September 12, 2025

Neko Case on Why Sinéad O’Connor Matters as Much Today as She Ever Did

Neko Case on Why Sinéad O’Connor Matters as Much Today as She Ever Did

On the Musical and Political Legacy of a Groundbreaking Singer-Songwriter

By Neko Case | July 24, 2025

From Rock Star to Writer: On the Second Careers of Some of Your Favorite Musicians

From Rock Star to Writer: On the Second Careers of Some of Your Favorite Musicians

Leila Sales Talks to Stuart Murdoch, Susanna Hoffs, Colin Meloy, and More

By Leila Sales | June 9, 2025

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The Icon and the Upstart: On Miles Davis’s Legendary Feud With Wynton Marsalis

The Icon and the Upstart: On Miles Davis’s Legendary Feud With Wynton Marsalis

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The Show Must Go On: On Billie Holiday’s Last Live Performance

The Show Must Go On: On Billie Holiday’s Last Live Performance

Paul Alexander Chronicles the Final Months of America’s Queen of Jazz

By Paul Alexander | February 19, 2024

Inspiration Plus Experimentation: On the Essential Elements of Artistic Creation

Inspiration Plus Experimentation: On the Essential Elements of Artistic Creation

Henry Threadgill and Brent Hayes Edwards Consider the Creative Process Behind Music Composition

By Henry Threadgill and Brent Hayes Edwards | January 22, 2024

How Bob Dylan Blurred the Boundaries Between Literature and Popular Music

How Bob Dylan Blurred the Boundaries Between Literature and Popular Music

Lucy Sante on the Poetic Evolution of Mid-Century America's Folkloric Bard

By Lucy Sante | October 24, 2023

From Music to Fiction: How Artistic Callings Shift Across Generations

From Music to Fiction: How Artistic Callings Shift Across Generations

Keziah Weir on Finding Her Literary Voice Through Her Parents' Musical Talent

By Keziah Weir | July 6, 2023

How Did a Fictionalized Leonard Cohen End Up in My Novel?

How Did a Fictionalized Leonard Cohen End Up in My Novel?

Francesca Giacco on Taking From Fact to Add to Fiction

By Francesca Giacco | May 27, 2022

Goth-rock queen PJ Harvey is publishing a book-length narrative poem that took six years to write.

Goth-rock queen PJ Harvey is publishing a book-length narrative poem that took six years to write.

By Vanessa Willoughby | November 12, 2021

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