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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

“It Was Us Against Those Guys”: The Women Who Transformed Rolling Stone in the Mid-70s

How one 28-year-old feminist bluffed her way into running a copy department and made rock journalism a legitimate endeavor.

by Jessica Hopper via Vanity Fair on August 28, 2018

Why Did American Music Festivals Almost Disappear in the 1970s and ’80s?

In a few short years, American festivals went from cultural phenomena to endangered species.

by Tyler Clark via Consequence of Sound on July 18, 2018

My Dad Painted the Cover for Jethro Tull's 'Aqualung,' and It's Haunted Him Ever Since

His quest to receive proper compensation illuminates the struggle for artists’ rights.

by Robert Silverman via The Outline on May 10, 2018

A Garage Sale Find of Rare Beatles Photos Took a Collector on a Magical Mystery Tour

In search of the photographer who captured the Beatles' final concert on film.

by Ben Marks via Collectors Weekly on March 8, 2018

Banthe Bombers protest photograph by Richard Avedon.

Richard Avedon and James Baldwin’s Joint Examination of American Identity

Their 1964 collaboration, "Nothing Personal," brought together aspects of American life and culture through photographs and text.

by Hilton Als via The New Yorker on November 6, 2017

40 Years Ago: A Look Back at 1977

A visual trip back in time to 1977.

by Alan Taylor via The Atlantic on October 16, 2017

Joni Mitchell: Fear of a Female Genius

One of the greatest living artists in popular music still isn’t properly recognized.

by Lindsay Zoladz via The Ringer on October 16, 2017

Illustration of the folk hero, John Henry, face down with a hammer in his hand.

A History of American Protest Music: This Is the Hammer That Killed John Henry

How a folk hero inspired one of the most covered songs in American history.

by Tom Maxwell via Longreads on October 4, 2017

Otis Redding

Five Magnificent Years

A recent Otis Redding biography examines what was and what could have been, 50 years after tragedy struck.

by Geoffrey O'Brien via New York Review of Books on September 10, 2017

The Long Summer of Love

Historians get hip to the lasting influences of ’60s counterculture

by Zoe Corbyn via The Chronicle of Higher Education on September 3, 2017

The Rise and Fall of the “Sellout”

The history of the epithet, from its rise among leftists and jazz critics and folkies to its recent fall from favor.

by Franz Nicolay via Slate on July 28, 2017

Pop Culture Pulsar: Origin Story of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures Album Cover

The cover's design, a black-and-white data display, traces its origins to the stars.

by Jen Christiansen via Scientific American on February 18, 2015

Willie Nelson at the 1973 Fourth of July Picnic, in Dripping Springs.

That ’70s Show

Forty years ago, Willie, Waylon, Jerry Jeff, and a whole host of Texas misfits brought the hippies and rednecks together in outlaw country.

by John Spong via Texas Monthly on January 21, 2013

Photograph of blues singer Robert Johnson, playing guitar, 1936.

Searching for Robert Johnson

In the seven decades since his mysterious death, bluesman Robert Johnson’s legend has grown.

by Frank DiGiacomo via Vanity Fair on October 1, 2008

Two bikers ride through the desert in Easy Rider, a 1969 film.

See America First

Two movies, 'Easy Rider' and 'Alice's Restaurant,' reveal the ideals of counterculture and act as vehicles for social commentary.

by Ellen Willis via New York Review of Books on January 2, 1970

Lady Soul Singing it Like It Is

In 1968, Time Magazine searched for the elusive definition of "soul."

via TIME on June 28, 1968

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