[go: up one dir, main page]
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

M.L. Rio on Writing Real Songs for Fictional Bands

M.L. Rio on Writing Real Songs for Fictional Bands

“Too much granular detail can suck the life out of something.”

By M.L. Rio | September 26, 2025

"Relentless F*cking Noise": Lou Reed on Making an Unlistenable Album

Metal Machine Music">Allan Jones Chats with the Former Velvet Underground Frontman About Metal Machine Music

By Allan Jones | August 11, 2023

Them: When The Beatles Recorded "Twist and Shout"">It Conveyed <emThem: When The Beatles Recorded "Twist and Shout"">

Them: When The Beatles Recorded "Twist and Shout"">It Conveyed Them: When The Beatles Recorded "Twist and Shout"

David Hepworth on the Moment When the Band Found Its Voice at Abbey Road

By David Hepworth | August 2, 2023

“He Was Savile Row, Man.” On the Inimitable Style of Charlie Watts, Rock N' Roll Drummer

“He Was Savile Row, Man.” On the Inimitable Style of Charlie Watts, Rock N' Roll Drummer

Paul Sexton Looks at the Best Dressed Member of the Rolling Stones

By Paul Sexton | October 26, 2022

Fresh Updates on the Dead: On Jerry Garcia’s Current Status in the Spirit Realm

Fresh Updates on the Dead: On Jerry Garcia’s Current Status in the Spirit Realm

Joey Sweeney Finds the Eternal Jerry Alive and Well on YouTube

By Joey Sweeney | August 9, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Joyride: A Memoir
  • A Guardian and a Thief
  • Minor Black Figures
  • True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
  • The Wayfinder
  • Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

Kenny Loggins on How Buck Teeth Saved Him From Vietnam, and the Magic of a Great Audition

By Kenny Loggins with Jason Turbow | June 14, 2022

God of Teenage Appetites: On the Undeniable Allure of Meat Loaf

By Summer Brennan | January 24, 2022

Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx on Discovering Hard Rock in the Middle of Idaho

By Nikki Sixx | October 19, 2021

Tales of Bohemian Living with The Lounge Lizards in 1979 New York

Tales of Bohemian Living with The Lounge Lizards in 1979 New York

John Lurie on the Days of Sex, Drugs, and Car Crash Jazz

By John Lurie | August 20, 2021

Marc Ribot Makes the Case for Loud Music

Marc Ribot Makes the Case for Loud Music

On the Necessary Pain and Pleasure of Deafening Amplification

By Marc Ribot | August 13, 2021

“All the Friends I Ever Had Are Gone.” On the Later Years of Bob Dylan

“All the Friends I Ever Had Are Gone.” On the Later Years of Bob Dylan

Howard Sounes Considers the Hard Realities of Being an Aging Icon

By Howard Sounes | May 24, 2021

On the Event That Brought Me Back to Writing After 30 Years

On the Event That Brought Me Back to Writing After 30 Years

How Robert Duncan Came to Publish Again After Many Years

By Robert Duncan | October 23, 2020

How to Write a Sci-Fi Rock 'N' Roll Novel in Rhyming Couplets

How to Write a Sci-Fi Rock 'N' Roll Novel in Rhyming Couplets

Jason Guriel Pairing the Conventions of Rhyme with Science Fiction

By Jason Guriel | October 19, 2020

When The Beatles Met Their Idol, Elvis Presley

When The Beatles Met Their Idol, Elvis Presley

It Was Even More Awkward Than You'd Think!

By Ray Connolly | December 3, 2018

The Moment When Punk Collided With Poetry

The Moment When Punk Collided With Poetry

On the Rock 'n' Roll Art of Patti Smith, Sam Shepard, and More

By Kembrew McLeod | October 19, 2018

Page 1 of 2

  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member