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Was There Anything Real About Elvis Presley?
Presley never wrote a memoir. Nor did he keep a diary. His music could have been a window into his inner life, but he didn’t even write his songs.
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Michael T. Bertrand
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The Conversation
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June 22, 2022
Women, Men, and Classical Music
As more women embraced music as a profession, more men became worried that the world of the orchestra was losing its masculinity.
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Livia Gershon
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Gavin James Campbell
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JSTOR Daily
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May 23, 2022
Behind the Scenes of Ready to Die
An intimate look at the creation of an iconic album.
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Justin Tinsley
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Literary Hub
on
May 20, 2022
Hanif Abdurraqib Breaks Down History’s Famous Beefs
On who gets caught in the crosshairs when it comes to “beef."
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Hanif Abdurraqib
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Literary Hub
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March 8, 2022
The Christmas Carol Canon That Could Have Been
Pheasants? 'Dickory dock'? Toyland? Here's how a narrow slice of American history changed the holidays forever.
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Addison Del Mastro
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The Spectator
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December 21, 2021
Classical Music and the Color Line
Despite its universalist claims, the field is reckoning with a long legacy of racial exclusion.
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Douglas Shadle
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Boston Review
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December 15, 2021
Charley Pride: How the US Country Star Became an Unlikely Hero During the Troubles
Tammy Wynette and Johnny Cash cancelled gigs in Belfast during the violent 1970s, but Pride played on.
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Walker Mimms
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The Guardian
on
December 8, 2021
Can't You See That I'm Lonely?
“Rescue Me,” on repeat.
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David Ramsey
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Oxford American
on
December 7, 2021
When Young Elvis Met the Legendary B.B. King
King recalled: “I liked his voice, though I had no idea he was getting ready to conquer the world.”
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Daniel de Visé
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Literary Hub
on
November 16, 2021
Marian Anderson’s Bone-Chilling Rendition of “Crucifixion”
Her performances of the Black spiritual in the nineteen-thirties caused American and European audiences to fall silent in awe.
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Alex Ross
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The New Yorker
on
October 19, 2021
‘It Didn’t Adhere to Any of the Rules’: The Fascinating History of Free Jazz
In the documentary "Fire Music," the hostile reaction that met the unusual genre soon turns into deep appreciation and a lasting influence.
by
Jim Farber
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The Guardian
on
September 7, 2021
What Will Happen to My Music Library When Spotify Dies?
If your entire collection is on a streaming service, good luck accessing it in 10 or 20 years.
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Joe Pinsker
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The Atlantic
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July 19, 2021
How Joni Mitchell Shattered Gender Barriers When Women Couldn't Even Have Their Own Credit Cards
Joni Mitchell might not have wanted to be the glamorous bard of women’s rising consciousness, but with “Blue,” she became just that.
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Jessica Hopper
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Los Angeles Times
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June 22, 2021
What's Going On? 50 Years Ago, The Answer Was Bigger Than Marvin Gaye
In 1971, a wave of Black artists released explosive new work that put its politics front and center.
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Mark Anthony Neal
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NPR
on
May 21, 2021
The Emergence Of Gangsta Rap
A review of "To Live and Defy in LA: How Gangsta Rap Changed America."
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Katherine Rye Jewell
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The Metropole
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March 30, 2021
The Trials of Billie Holiday
Two new movies emphasize the singer’s spirit of defiance and political courage.
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Lidija Haas
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The New Republic
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February 26, 2021
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Britney Spears’s Plight Reflects a Long History of Men Controlling Women Stars
Since the 19th century, men have served as gatekeepers in the entertainment industry, controlling women’s careers.
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Sara Lampert
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Made By History
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February 24, 2021
Citizen DJ 2020 Retrospective
The long history of sampling in music, and a new tool that lets artists sample without fear of copyright claims.
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Brian Foo
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Citizen DJ
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December 31, 2020
How Bob Dylan Wrote the Second Great American Songbook
The sale of the singer-songwriter’s catalogue is a reminder of his massive cultural legacy.
by
Jeet Heer
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The Nation
on
December 11, 2020
Punk Versus Reagan
A new book on American punk paints the movement as the last gasp of left-wing cultural resistance in the 1980s.
by
Alexander Billet
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Jacobin
on
November 9, 2020
The Rise and Fall of Vanilla Ice, As Told by Vanilla Ice
Thirty years after "Ice Ice Baby," Robert Van Winkle is ready to talk about it all—his rise, his fall, and that infamous night on the balcony.
by
Jeff Weiss
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The Ringer
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October 6, 2020
A Lover’s Blues: The Unforgettable Voice of Margie Hendrix
Remembering the woman who outsang Ray Charles.
by
Tarisai Ngangura
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Longreads
on
September 2, 2020
How KRS-One’s ‘Sound of Da Police’ Went From Anti-Cop Anthem to Theme Song and Back Again
The 1993 song reinvigorated the rap legend’s career — and against all odds became a Hollywood (and police) favorite
by
Eric Ducker
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Medium
on
July 25, 2020
A Brief History of the Policing of Black Music
Harmony Holiday dreams of a Black sound unfettered by white desire.
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Harmony Holiday
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Literary Hub
on
June 19, 2020
Rewriting Country Music's Racist History
Artists like Yola and Rhiannon Giddens are blowing up what Giddens calls a “manufactured image of country music being white and being poor.”
by
Elamin Abdelmahmoud
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Rolling Stone
on
June 5, 2020
What’s Going On
The vexed history of "Night Life" in the New Yorker.
by
Phillip Golub
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The Drift
on
May 22, 2020
Pop Music Has Always Been Queer
Sasha Geffen’s debut book reveals that the history of pop music is a history of gender rebellion.
by
Tal Milovina
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The Nation
on
April 8, 2020
Heavy Metal, Year One: The Inside Story of Black Sabbath's Groundbreaking Debut
A look back on the album that kick-started a worldwide movement, half a century since Ozzy Osbourne first bellowed, “What is this that stands before me?”
by
Kory Grow
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Rolling Stone
on
February 11, 2020
The Unsung Black Musician Who Changed Country Music
From the moment DeFord Bailey stepped onto a stage in Nashville, country music would never be the same. Decades after his death he finally got his due.
by
Diana Bianco
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Narratively
on
January 23, 2020
Dr. Dre: The Chronic
Revisiting the timeless 1992 debut from Dr. Dre, a historic moment in hip-hop that redefined West Coast rap.
by
Sheldon Pearce
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Pitchfork
on
December 15, 2019
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