Retelling the History of Black Music: Everything You Know about the Blues Is Wrong

By Mark Reynolds

For the most part, blacks were not involved in the heroic work of rescuing the black acoustic blues legacy from the passage of time. [3 July 2008]

(more Negritude 2.0)

Best Music Writing 2008

By Jer Fairall

In a way this entire collection—not just Wilson’s standout piece—serves as its own elaborate response to Sasha Frere-Jones’ controversial charge. [15 January 2009]

The Accidental Hunter: A D Hunter Mystery by Nelson George

By Thomas Scott McKenzie

In the world of social critic Nelson George, even the villain reads Toni Morrison on the way to kidnap the world's reigning pop princess. [29 March 2005]