Interview: Philip Glass
“When society becomes unhinged, the arts get really good.”
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“When society becomes unhinged, the arts get really good.”
Bryce Dessner, Philip Glass Interview Feb 2014 10min Permalink
The tiny, insular Tehran rap scene.
Noah Arjomand Frontline Apr 2010 20min Permalink
On tour with America’s first 50-year-old rock band.
Andrew Romano Newsweek May 2012 25min Permalink
David Johnson’s unrequited correspondence with Jay-Z.
John Herrman Buzzfeed Jul 2012 10min Permalink
“A paean 2 Prince.”
Hilton Als Harper's Dec 2012 25min Permalink
A sociologist embeds with a gang in Chicago.
Forrest Stuart, Elly Fishman Chicago Magazine Sep 2016 20min Permalink
“Meir Kay is a bar mitzvah party motivator.”
A conversation between Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and William Burroughs.
William Burroughs Crawdaddy Jun 1975 20min Permalink
On Jonathan Richman and his roots in small-town Maine.
Josh Roiland Popula Nov 2018 25min Permalink
A conversation about aging, inspiration and why she refuses to cede control.
Vanessa Grigoriadis New York Times Magazine Jun 2019 30min Permalink
Twenty-two years in, E-40 has extended his reign over the Bay Area rap landscape by returning to “making music the way he did back in the late ’80s: completely independently, selling his raps more or less directly to his fans.”
Willy Staley The Fader Jan 2017 20min Permalink
The author visits Camp Trans, an annual protest organized after the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival evicted a transsexual woman.
Michelle Tea The Believer Nov 2003 1h Permalink
On what you do when you can do whatever what you want.
Chris Jones Esquire May 2011 10min Permalink
An interview with Heart guitarist and film composer Nancy Wilson.
Maura Kelly, Nancy Wilson The Believer Aug 2007 25min Permalink
A conversation with Björk about Vulnicura, her new—and confessional—album about her recent break-up with Matthew Barney.
Jessica Hopper Pitchfork Jan 2015 Permalink
The former Beastie Boy, 48, tries to figure out what’s next.
Zach Baron GQ Mar 2015 Permalink
Life behind the Beatles curtain, with the man whose real name is actually Richard Starkey.
Stephen Rodrick Rolling Stone Apr 2015 25min Permalink
At 67, the American Bandstand icon remains “one hard-working mother.”
Steve Pond The Los Angeles Times Jun 1997 20min Permalink
Born in Germany, raised in Montana, now living in New York, comedian Reggie Watts describes his style as “culture sampling.”
Sam Anderson New York Jun 2010 10min Permalink
A broke music promoter and his detoxing son hatch a plan to solve all their problems. With Nas. On New Year’s Eve. In Angola.
Joshuah Bearman, Rich Schapiro Vulture Aug 2021 40min Permalink
The singer-songwriter tries to hold down an uncertain moment.
Jia Tolentino New Yorker Sep 2021 20min Permalink
An interview with New Yorker critic Alex Ross about his book The Rest is Noise and why there’s really no such thing as “classical music.”
Alex Abramovich Stop Smiling Mar 2009 10min Permalink
The trendy DIY teen hip-hop genre went from a goofy punch line to the preposterously lucrative engine driving a whole new golden age in the music biz. But, wow, is it messy.
Carrie Battan GQ Jan 2019 25min Permalink
Best Article Arts Business Tech Music
Is the streaming Swedish music service, now making its U.S. debut, the best shot the industry has at staying profitable and relevant?
Brendan Greeley Businessweek Jul 2011 20min Permalink
Delivered at the Austin Convention Center on March 15, 2012.
In the beginning, every musician has their genesis moment. For you, it might have been the Sex Pistols, or Madonna, or Public Enemy. It's whatever initially inspires you to action. Mine was 1956, Elvis on the Ed Sullivan Show. It was the evening I realized a white man could make magic, that you did not have to be constrained by your upbringing, by the way you looked, or by the social context that oppressed you. You could call upon your own powers of imagination, and you could create a transformative self.
Bruce Springsteen Rolling Stone Mar 2012 25min Permalink