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Bruce Springsteen’s Vietnam War Songs Defy American Amnesia

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Kareem Tayyar
/ 30 March 2026

Aspects of Bruce Springsteen have endured his many incarnations, perhaps none more significant than his refusal to allow himself, his listeners, or his country to forget the men who served in Vietnam.

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Joni Mitchell’s Turbulent Indigo and Taming the Tiger

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Dave Van Dyke
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The Cosmic Tones Research Trio Create “Great Black Music”

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Teo Blake Beauchamp
/ 25 March 2026
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Kevin Craft
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Jack Walters
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Steve Horowitz
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Features Featured: Top of Home Page Music Music Features

Bruce Springsteen’s Vietnam War Songs Defy American Amnesia

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Kareem Tayyar
/ 30 March 2026
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Sweet Pill on Burning It Down and Finding the Glow

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Brian Stout
/ 30 March 2026
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Kurt Wildermuth
/ 26 March 2026
“Paul McCartney Is Dead”: The Hoax That Just Won’t Die
Culture

“Paul McCartney Is Dead”: The Hoax That Just Won’t Die

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Dave Van Dyke
/ 26 March 2026
SXSW at 40: The Music’s Still Worth the Trip
Music

SXSW at 40: The Music’s Still Worth the Trip

By
Steve Horowitz
/ 26 March 2026
The Cosmic Tones Research Trio Create “Great Black Music”
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The Cosmic Tones Research Trio Create “Great Black Music”

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Teo Blake Beauchamp
/ 25 March 2026
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Kula Shaker’s Crispian Mills Discusses the Creative Life

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Alyssa Charpentier
/ 24 March 2026

Film

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‘The Sandbox’ Only Touches the Surface of Surveillance

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Guilherme Quireza
/ 30 March 2026
‘The Blue Trail’ Traces the Exile of Growing Old
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‘The Blue Trail’ Traces the Exile of Growing Old

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Guilherme Quireza
/ 26 March 2026
‘Nobody’s Fool’ Is Paul Newman’s Best Loser Role
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‘Nobody’s Fool’ Is Paul Newman’s Best Loser Role

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Kevin Craft
/ 25 March 2026
‘A Man and a Woman’ and a Dizzy 1960s Romance
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‘A Man and a Woman’ and a Dizzy 1960s Romance

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Michael Barrett
/ 24 March 2026
‘My Word Against Mine’ Turns Fracture into Procedure
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‘My Word Against Mine’ Turns Fracture into Procedure

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/ 24 March 2026
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Star Trek’s Ultimate, Absolute, Inarguably Final Frontier

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Amir Segal
/ 23 March 2026
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‘Project Hail Mary’ Tests Our Limits

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Chris Barsanti
/ 23 March 2026

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/ 24 March 2026
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The Black Dahlia Is a Victim of Time

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Douglas MacLeod
/ 19 March 2026
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Jeremy McDonagh
/ 18 March 2026
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Dylan Bedsaul
/ 17 March 2026
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Sal Cataldi
/ 16 March 2026

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‘Drops of God’ Drinks Wine with a Proustian Sensibility
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‘Drops of God’ Drinks Wine with a Proustian Sensibility

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/ 30 March 2026
Star Trek’s Ultimate, Absolute, Inarguably Final Frontier
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Brian Stout
/ 30 March 2026
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The Cosmic Tones Research Trio Create “Great Black Music”

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Teo Blake Beauchamp
/ 25 March 2026
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Alyssa Charpentier
/ 24 March 2026
Tedeschi Trucks Band Shake Things Up with “Future Soul”
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Michael Elliott
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John Pizzarelli Discusses His Tribute to Tony Bennett
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Will Layman
/ 12 March 2026

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