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October 8, 2012
David Hajdu
What Makes a Mandolinist MacArthur-worthy?
October 1, 2012
David Hajdu
A Jazz Composer Turns His Grief into Devotional Music
September 24, 2012
David Hajdu
Is Amanda Palmer Worth a Million Dollars?
September 13, 2012
David Hajdu
The Famous Door: Wussies and Pussies and Sinking Ships in Bob Dylan’s Latest
September 7, 2012
Sean Wilentz
Blood and the Ballad: Bob Dylan’s Macabre New Album
August 31, 2012
David Hajdu
Music of the RNC, Then and Now
August 23, 2012
Noreen Malone
Swift Boating: Why Do We Care if Taylor Swift Dates a Kennedy?
August 12, 2012
David Hajdu
Standing in the Rubble of New York’s Cocktail Life
August 5, 2012
David Hajdu
What Nicki Minaj Learned From Marilyn Monroe
August 1, 2012
Leon Wieseltier
A Saint in the City
Nobody tries harder, and less persuasively, to be an everyman than Bruce Springsteen does.
July 11, 2012
David Hajdu
The Surprising Queer Roots of the Blues
July 6, 2012
David Hajdu
The Insidious Legacy of the “Andy Griffith Show” Theme
June 25, 2012
David Hajdu
Lorenz Hart’s Street Talk and Usher’s Post-Verbal Pop
June 15, 2012
David Hajdu
A Creepy Father’s Day Song from the ‘Mad Men’ Era
May 28, 2012
Peter Green
Highbrow Lowbrow
April 23, 2012
David Hajdu
A Stirring Revival of Vaudeville Theater
April 20, 2012
David Hajdu
David Hajdu on Music: Billboard Goddesses
April 18, 2012
Christopher Bray
Crossing You in Style
March 30, 2012
David Hajdu
Newly Discovered Songs By the Legendary Nick Hathaway
March 23, 2012
David Hajdu
Hajdu: The Many Musical Tributes to Rachel Carson

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