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Solange and Beyonce Knowles at the MTV Video Music Awards, 2007.

‘Give It Up For My Sister’: Beyonce, Solange, and The History of Sibling Acts in Pop

Family dynasties are neither new nor newly influential in pop.

by Danielle Amir Jackson via Longreads on May 20, 2019

Vessel of Antiquity

Influence, invention, and the legacy of Leon Redbone.

by Megan Pugh via Oxford American on March 19, 2019

Baby, Christmas Songs Have Always Been Controversial

Long before “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” holiday songs played a part in the War on Christmas.

by Neil J. Young via The Atlantic on December 24, 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

Aretha Franklin’s Revolution

The soul singer was an architect of the civil-rights movement as much as a witness to it.

by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on August 16, 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

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

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

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

Bring the Noize

A search for the source of Southern hip-hop’s magic will always lead you to three men from Atlanta, known to the world as Organized Noize.

by Joycelyn Wilson via The Bitter Southerner on June 27, 2017

The Notorious Night Biggie Was Murdered in Los Angeles

Shaq, Baron Davis, and Nick Van Exel reflect on The Notorious B.I.G., his murder, and the city they called home.

by Justin Tinsley via Andscape on March 8, 2017

Painting of "Big Mama Thornton" wearing a suit and cowboy hat, singing on stage.

The Thinning of Big Mama

"Big Mama" does what all blues greats do: she telegraphs endurance and force to whomever out there in TV land might need it. This is blues perfection.

by Cynthia Shearer via Oxford American on February 15, 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

Jim Crow-era postcard with illustration of a black boy in the jaws of an alligator

How America Bought and Sold Racism, and Why It Still Matters

Today, very few white Americans openly celebrate the horrors of black enslavement—most refuse to recognize the brutal nature of the institution or activ...

by Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly on November 10, 2015

Woody Guthrie.

This Land Is Our Land

The Popular Front and American culture.

by Michael Kazin via Humanities on May 1, 2011

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