Stumptown Girl
A profile of Carrie Brownstein, riot grrrl and creator of Portlandia.
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Desperately Seeking Kraftwerk
Searching for the reclusive band’s studio in Düsseldorf.
Why the Titanic Still Fascinates Us
How movies, music and literature reproduce the disaster.
Leonard Cohen Unplugged
A profile from his days living as a mountain monk in Southern California.
A Month on the Town
A veteran critic reviews 32 shows in 30 days.
Things Behind the Sun
Meeting Nick Drake, London, 1970.
Forever Bluegrass
The rituals of a bluegrass festival on Racoon Mountain in Tennessee.
Drake in Real Life
A week at Coachella with the rapper and some mushrooms.
Unpacking My Record Collection
Walter Benjamin, mp3s, and what collecting says about us.
The Violin Thief
Philip Johnson was a promising musical prodigy. Then he stole a teacher’s prized Stradivarius.
Who Do You Trust?
How 23-year-old Metro Boomin became every rapper’s favorite producer.
The Story of How Lean Became Hip Hop's Heroin
On codeine syrup and Sprite
Ain't It Always Stephen Stills
An ode to the guitarist.
Tuned Up in the Spirit
On the Old Regular Baptists and the joyful sound.
Quincy Jones Has a Story About That
“Your dreams always have to be big. And mine were huge.”
I’m Not Black, I’m Kanye
What Kanye West really wants.
The Counterfeit Queen of Soul
A strange and bittersweet ballad of kidnapping, stolen identity and unlikely stardom.
Broken Time
The story of pianist Bill Evans and his lifelong obsession with a single song.
Varieties of Ether
On the relationship between rivalry and creativity.
Three Feet From God: An Oral History of Nirvana ‘Unplugged’
An oral history of Nirvana ‘Unplugged.’
In Conversation: Alanis Morissette
On pregnancy at 45, childbirth, postpartum depression, and #MeToo.
The Political Education of Killer Mike
A profile of the rapper and activist.
The Strangely Messy World of Gordon Lightfoot
Our writer nearly drowns, 236 songs later.
Justin Bieber's Cosseted, Feral Public Life
Three years after profiling him, the author checks in with the Bieber experiment.
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Daniel Ek’s Spotify: Music’s Last Best Hope
Is the streaming Swedish music service, now making its U.S. debut, the best shot the industry has at staying profitable and relevant?
