The Beginning Of The Blues Revival
In The New Republic, Barry Mazor writes about the “Blues Mafia,†‘the tight gang of white … Read more »
Sia’s 1,000 Forms Of Facelessness
Sia Furler (pictured) is a 38-year-old Australian woman whose name you probably know, whose songs you … Read more »
Glastonbury Live: Muddy Revelers In Britain
Glastonbury, in the UK, is the grandaddy of contemporary music festivals. (Woodstock is the great-grandaddy.) The … Read more »
Charles Ives: Patriarch Of American Music
In the New York Review, Jeremy Denk writes: ‘Charles Ives, the crazy and brilliant patriarch of … Read more »
The Song That Brought Us Illicit Sex
Slate tells us: ‘In the spring of 1909, American popular song got sexy. Of course, love … Read more »
Arvo Pärt: Most Popular Living Composer
In the “classical” vein, I mean. For several years, he has been the most widely-performed living … Read more »
26 Musicians Who Shaped New York
As part of New York mag‘s look back at pop music in New York City over … Read more »
