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A profile of DJ Larry Levan, whose sets at New York’s Paradise Garage in the 80s had an almost religious appeal.
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A profile of DJ Larry Levan, whose sets at New York’s Paradise Garage in the 80s had an almost religious appeal.
The history and reception of progressive rock.
David Weigel Slate Aug 2012 1h Permalink
On the life and death of Elliott Smith.
Liam Gowing Spin Dec 2004 25min Permalink
A profile of Merle Haggard.
Bryan Di Salvatore New Yorker Feb 1990 1h25min Permalink
The business of being Pitbull.
Emma Rosenblum Businessweek Jul 2014 15min Permalink
A profile of Merle Haggard.
Chris Heath GQ Nov 2005 25min Permalink
A profile of Bruce Springsteen.
David Remnick New Yorker Jul 2012 1h5min Permalink
How Post Malone became pop’s king of heartbreak.
Kelefa Sanneh GQ Mar 2020 30min Permalink
Wendy Carlos’s music of the spheres.
Will Stephenson Harper's Sep 2020 15min Permalink
On Glenn Gould.
On the 1866 murder of Laura Foster and the subsequent hanging of Tom Dula.
Paul Slade PlanetSlade Nov 2010 1h30min Permalink
A free-ranging conversation between music writers Simon Reynolds and Greil Marcus.
The producer of Big Star’s Third and piano player on ‘Wild Horses’ recounts a life of music in Memphis.
Jim Dickinson Oxford American Dec 2013 1h10min Permalink
On a group of women whose lives were forever altered by the Leif Garrett episode of Behind the Music.
Danielle Gardner LA Weekly Jul 2000 25min Permalink
“I hate classical music: not the thing but the name. It traps a tenaciously living art in a theme park of the past. It cancels out the possibility that music in the spirit of Beethoven could still be created today.”
Alex Ross Pop Matters Oct 2010 15min Permalink
On the rise of K-pop.
John Seabrook New Yorker Oct 2012 30min Permalink
A profile of Bonnie “Prince” Billy.
Alex Pappademas GQ Nov 2018 20min Permalink
A profile of Bruce Springsteen.
Michael Hainey Esquire Nov 2018 30min Permalink
A profile of Winona Ryder.
Alex Pappademas GQ Jan 2011 15min Permalink
A profile of Aretha Franklin.
David Remnick New Yorker Apr 2016 25min Permalink
Music writer Mark Fisher (who died this week) on the decline of Michael Jackson.
Mark Fisher k-punk Jun 2009 10min Permalink
A eulogy of sorts for the King.
Lester Bangs Village Voice Aug 1977 10min Permalink
On the sudden death of an up-and-coming rapper.
Eli Rosenberg The Fader Dec 2013 10min Permalink
The legacy of late hip-hop producer Paul C.
Dave Tompkins 360hiphop Jan 2001 35min Permalink
Memories of Marilyn Monroe.
Truman Capote Music for Chameleons Jan 1980 20min Permalink