Alanis in Chains
Alanis Morissette, before the making of Jagged Little Pill.
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Alanis Morissette, before the making of Jagged Little Pill.
Soraya Roberts Hazlitt Jun 2015 20min Permalink
A posthumous profile of Whitney Houston.
Mark Seal Vanity Fair Jun 2012 35min Permalink
A profile of Fiona Apple.
Dan P. Lee New York Jun 2012 30min Permalink
The story of an opportunity missed.
Cyrus Farivar Ars Technica Jun 2012 20min Permalink
Watching the jazz singer in New York.
Elizabeth Hardwick New York Review of Books Mar 1976 15min Permalink
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The making of Blonde on Blonde in Nashville.
Sean Wilentz Oxford American Jan 2007 25min Permalink
A profile of Ahmet Ertegun: son of the Turkish ambassador, teenage collector of ‘race’ music, producer and pseudonymous songwriter for records by Ray Charles and Big Joe Turner, founder of Atlantic Records, confidante to Mick Jagger, impeccable dresser.
George W.S. Trow New Yorker May 1978 2h15min Permalink
A profile of rapper Bun B, “the unofficial mayor of Houston.”
Katy Vine Texas Monthly Apr 2014 Permalink
A profile of Carrie Brownstein, riot grrrl and creator of Portlandia.
Margaret Talbot New Yorker Dec 2011 20min Permalink
A profile of the legendary producer at the beginning of his career.
Otis Ferguson Society Rag Sep 1938 15min Permalink
A profile of the artist at the time of her fifth solo record.
Laura Snapes Buzzfeed Sep 2017 15min Permalink
The early days of Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers.
Ernie Brooks, Legs McNeil Vice Jun 2014 15min Permalink
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A profile of Scooter Braun.
Lizzie Widdicombe New Yorker Aug 2012 30min Permalink
The legacy of a phantom bluesman.
Frank DiGiacomo Vanity Fair Nov 2008 35min Permalink
Investigating ska’s moment of conception.
John Jeremiah Sullivan Oxford American Feb 2014 30min Permalink
A mid-career profile of Johnny Cash.
Saul Braun Playboy Nov 1970 35min Permalink
A profile of Gil-Scott Heron.
Alec Wilkinson New Yorker Aug 2010 25min Permalink
A profile of the reclusive musician.
David Kamp Vanity Fair Aug 2007 35min Permalink
A profile of John Williams.
John Jurgensen The Wall Street Journal Dec 2011 10min Permalink
The contradiction-rich world of Maya Arulpragasam.
The forgotten life of Eva Tanguay, perhaps America’s first rock star.
Jody Rosen Slate Dec 2009 15min Permalink
The meaning of Selena, 20 years after her death.
Jeff Winkler Texas Monthly Sep 2015 35min Permalink
An interview with Dylan, 75, on the power of recording standards.
Bill Flanagan, Bob Dylan bobdylan.com Mar 2017 35min Permalink
Three nights with 311 in the waning moments of free American life.
Marty Sartini Garner AV Club Apr 2020 15min Permalink
“Missy (Misdemeanor) Elliott, the twenty-five-year-old hip-hop performer who is energetically redefining the boundaries of rap music, is a singer, a songwriter, an arranger, a producer, and a talent scout. Six months ago, few people outside the music industry had heard of her; six months from now, it will be necessary to pretend that you’ve known about Missy Elliott for years.”
Hilton Als New Yorker Oct 1997 20min Permalink