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Fifty Years Ago, Hendrix’s Woodstock Anthem Expressed the Hopes and Fears of a Nation

It also inspired my own scholarship on the national anthem.

by Mark Clague via The Conversation on August 14, 2019

The Scandinavian Christian Music Industry and Transatlantic Pentecostalism

In the post-war era, a wave of American young evangelists flocked to Europe to claim the continent for Christ. And the exchanges went both ways.

by Hilde Løvdal Stephens via Anxious Bench on July 11, 2019

Tom Petty: A Cool, Gray Neo-Confederate?

Michael Washburn explains what we can glean from the failure of Tom Petty's 1985 concept album "Southern Accents."

by Michael Washburn, Connor Goodwin via Los Angeles Review of Books on May 5, 2019

Woman kneeling on stage playing air guitar.

How Air Guitar Became A Serious Sport

Air guitar competitions may seem rather new, but this sport has a long, evolving, and sometimes surprising history.

by Byrd McDaniel via The Conversation on April 29, 2019

How a Small-Town Navy Vet Created Rock’s Most Iconic Surrealist Posters

The story of one of rock's most prolific poster artists.

by Ben Marks via Collectors Weekly on March 28, 2019

The Chaos of Altamont and the Murder of Meredith Hunter

A lot has been written about the notorious concert, but so much of the language around it has been passive and exonerating.

by Sasha Frere-Jones via The New Yorker on March 28, 2019

The Drummer Hal Blaine Provided the Beat for American Music

Blaine was never as recognizable as Elvis or Sinatra. Still, he was key to the creation of some of rock n' roll's biggest hits.

by Amanda Petrusich via The New Yorker on March 13, 2019

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

Going to Graceland

The makers of the documentary “The King” turn to Elvis Presley to understand something about the state of the country.

by Amanda Petrusich via The New Yorker on July 2, 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

Reliving Johnny Cash's 'At Folsom Prison' at 50: An Oral History

Eyewitnesses to the Man in Black's legendary 1968 concerts at the California prison recall Cash's shining moment.

by Michael Streissguth via Rolling Stone on May 7, 2018

Acquitting Elvis of Cultural Appropriation

His groundbreaking rock-n-roll was neither 'thievery' nor 'derivative blackness.'

by David Masciotra via The American Conservative on April 18, 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

The Kids Of Bowery's Hardcore 'Matinee,' Then And Now

Drew Carolan captured the mien of a subculture centered on midafternoon expressions of anger and community.

by Drew Carolan via NPR on November 16, 2017

“Like Sonny Liston”: An Appreciation of Tom Petty

Patterson Hood argues that Tom Petty achieved perfection in his songwriting... time and time again.

by Patterson Hood via The Bitter Southerner on October 6, 2017

Illustration of Elvis Presley and Big Mama Thornton

The Question of Cultural Appropriation

It’s more helpful to think about exploitation and disrespect than to define cultural “ownership.”

by Briahna Joy Gray via Current Affairs on September 6, 2017

Every Song of the Summer Since 1958

Each year there is one undeniable 'song of summer.'

by MetroLyrics via YouTube on August 24, 2017

Prince's Epic 'Purple Rain' Tour: An Oral History

Members of the Revolution look back on Prince's massive, awe-inspiring 'Purple Rain' tour in our exclusive oral history.

by David Browne via Rolling Stone on June 22, 2017

All 213 Beatles Songs, Ranked From Worst to Best

We had to count them all.

by Bill Wyman via Vulture on June 7, 2017

Sgt. Pepper Came Out 50 Years Ago This Week. The Timing Was As Perfect As the Album.

The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper at the exact moment that the world was ready to take a rock album seriously as art.

by Jack Hamilton via Slate on May 24, 2017

Prayers for Richard

Reflections on the life of Little Richard, the star who mistook a satellite for a ball of fire.

by David Ramsey via Oxford American on December 11, 2015

Fats Domino's restored white piano in a museum in New Orleans.

An Object Lesson: What The Restoration of Fats Domino's Piano Means to New Orleans

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, the legend’s showpiece symbolizes the city's resilience.

by Mary Niall Mitchell via The Atlantic on August 26, 2015

The Cruel Truth About Rock And Roll

A lifelong fan reflects on how sexual exploitation is part of rock's DNA.

by Ann Powers via NPR on July 15, 2015

Jimi Hendrix performing at Woodstock.

The Beautiful Sounds of Jimi Hendrix

“Hendrix used a range of technological innovations...to expand the sound of the guitar, to make it ‘talk’ in ways that it never had.”

by Adam Shatz via New York Review of Books on January 9, 2014

An audience listens to musicians playing outdoors by a Summer of Love banner.

Suddenly That Summer

LSD, ecstasy, and a blast of utopianism: How 1967’s “Summer of Love” all began.

by Sheila Weller via The Hive on June 14, 2012

When Elvis Met Nixon

An Oval Office photograph captured the bizarre encounter between the king of rock and roll and the president.

by Peter Carlson via Smithsonian on December 1, 2010

Mystic Nights

The making of “Blonde on Blonde” in Nashville, Tennessee.

by Sean Wilentz via Oxford American on September 20, 2007

A bronze statue of Willie Nelson.

Willie Nelson at 70

"The Essential Willie Nelson" compilation demonstrates the continuity of Nelson's style across a variety of musical genres.

by Gene Santoro via The Nation on October 30, 2003

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