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How 'Green Book' And The Hollywood Machine Swallowed Donald Shirley Whole

Why relatives of the musician depicted in "Green Book" called the film “a symphony of lies.”

by Brooke Obie via Shadow and Act on December 14, 2018

'I'm Feeling Bad About America'

The sick history of the U.S. campaign song.

by J. W. McCormack via The Baffler on November 1, 2018

David Porter Takes Us to School

The man who wrote "Soul Man" gives a master class on how code-switching through music helped catalyze the Civil Rights Movement.

by Tonyaa Weathersbee via The Bitter Southerner on October 16, 2018

Here Is a Human Being

The Spotify and Ancestry partnership proposes to entertain users based on the narrowest possible conception of who they are.

by Cam Scott via Popula on September 27, 2018

The Vietnam War: A History in Song

The ‘First Television War’ was also documented in over 5,000 songs.

by Justin Brummer via History Today on September 25, 2018

How Auto-Tune Revolutionized the Sound of Popular Music

An in-depth history of the most important pop innovation of the last 20 years, from Cher’s “Believe” to Kanye West to Migos.

by Simon Reynolds via Pitchfork on September 17, 2018

Canon Fodder

Where's the country music on Pitchfork's Best Albums of the 1980s?

by Shuja Haider via Popula on September 13, 2018

Aretha Franklin Was the Defining Voice of the 20th Century

No one else sang as well as her, and no other singer changed popular music as much as her.

by Jack Hamilton via Slate on August 16, 2018

The Forgotten Story of Pure Hell, America’s First Black Punk Band

The four-piece lived with the New York Dolls and played with Sid Vicious, but they’ve been largely written out of cultural history.

by Cassidy George via Dazed on August 8, 2018

Who's the Boss?

When conductor and soloist clash, a concerto performance can turn into a contest of wills.

by Sudip Bose via The American Scholar on July 26, 2018

The Counterfeit Queen of Soul

A strange and bittersweet ballad of kidnapping, stolen identity and unlikely stardom.

by Jeff Maysh via Smithsonian on June 28, 2018

'They Put Us in a Little Box': How Racial Tensions Shape Modern Soul Music

While white Americana singers have infused more soul into their sound, black artists still feel restricted by limited expectations.

by Jon Bernstein via The Guardian on June 13, 2018

Donald Trump’s Use of the “Star-Spangled Banner” Is an American Tradition

It's a short song with a complicated history.

by Michael J. Pfeifer via HNN on May 29, 2018

The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show Lives on in the Internet Archive

Episodes from the infamous hip-hop radio show of the '90s.

by Drew Millard via The Outline on May 26, 2018

God Gave Rock and Roll to You

Fiery, energetic and preached by charismatic frontmen, Pentecostal Christianity had a big influence on rock and roll in its formative years.

by Randall J. Stephens via History Today on May 16, 2018

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Inside the Band's Complicated History With the South

The Southern-rock group is much different than the one Ronnie Van Zant led in the Seventies.

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine via Rolling Stone on May 15, 2018

The Historical Roots of Blues Music

The blues is not "slave music," but the music of freed African Americans.

by Lamont Pearley Sr. via Black Perspectives on May 9, 2018

King's Death Gave Birth to Hip-Hop

The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. led directly to hip-hop, an era that is often contrasted with his legacy.

by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on April 8, 2018

The Ambivalence of Appropriation

A new book by Eric Lott frames white appropriation of blackness as containing the possibility of greater racial solidarity.

by Noah Hansen via Public Books on March 29, 2018

Organ Grinding

When the audience revolted at Carnegie Hall.

by Sudip Bose via The American Scholar on March 29, 2018

Whitey on the Moon

Gil Scott-Heron's searing 1970 commentary on the nation's economic priorities.

by Joseph M. Thompson via Enviro-History on March 16, 2018

How a Group of Journalists Turned Hip-Hop Into a Literary Movement

Looking back at the golden era of rap writing.

by Dean Van Nguyen via Pitchfork on March 12, 2018

Victorian couple courting with a church steeple in the background

Victorian Era

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.

by Tona Hangen via Digital Public Library of America on February 28, 2018

The Year That Changed Hip-Hop Forever

Stereo Williams takes a look back at 1988, a year that established the blueprint for the next thirty years of hip-hop.

by Stereo Williams via The Daily Beast on February 26, 2018

Charley Pride on stage.

Charley Pride’s Music Taught Listeners That Country Music Was Black Music, Too

The mythology of cowboy culture is aggressively white, but there was always a black West.

by Nina Renata Aron via Timeline on February 12, 2018

A Hardworking Man Named Bob McDill

The steady hand behind more than 30 No. 1 country hits.

by Jennifer Justus via The Bitter Southerner on February 8, 2018

The Latin American Aesthetic of L.A. Music Culture

Understanding the immense reach and cultural implications of Latin American music.

by Benjamin Cawthra via Boom California on February 7, 2018

Nazi Punks F**k Off

An oral history of how Black Flag, Bad Brains, and other hardcore acts reclaimed punk from white supremacists.

by Steve Knopper via GQ on January 16, 2018

Teen Idol Frankie Lymon's Tragic Rise and Fall Tells the Truth About 1950s America

The mirage of the singer's soaring success echoes the mirage of post-war tranquility at home.

by Jeff MacGregor via Smithsonian on January 4, 2018

Wouldn’t You Love to Love Her?

A biography of Stevie Nicks does little to dispel the magic.

by Emily Gould via Bookforum on January 3, 2018

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