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Anti-Semitism in Western Music

How Ravi Shankar Paved the Way for the Concert for Sandy Relief

How A Sixties Pop Singer Became One of Today’s Finest Vocalists

Rihanna's Feelings Are For Her to Know, and Us to Figure Out

Blue Rooms: The Sad, Slicing Lyrics of Lorenz Hart

Remembering Eleanor Powell, the Dancer Too Good for Fred Astaire

Apathy for the Devil—A Bland Bio of Mick Jagger?

From Jukeboxes to YouTube: How Billboard Is Catching Up With The Times

The Masterful Dub Techno of Andy Stott

The Valuable Ridiculousness of “Gangnam Style”

What John Mellencamp Doesn’t Understand About His Industry’s Future, or Past

Where Woody Guthrie's Anti-Commercial Legacy has Lived On

50 Years On, The Rolling Stones Prove They Can Still Put Out a Decent Song

What Makes a Mandolinist MacArthur-worthy?

A Jazz Composer Turns His Grief into Devotional Music

Is Amanda Palmer Worth a Million Dollars?

The Famous Door: Wussies and Pussies and Sinking Ships in Bob Dylan’s Latest

Blood and the Ballad: Bob Dylan’s Macabre New Album

Music of the RNC, Then and Now