Joni Mitchell’s Turbulent Indigo and Taming the Tiger
Joni Mitchell’s Turbulent Indigo and Taming the Tiger show an artist in full command, at home in herself and her work, replacing 1980s gloss with intimacy.
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The Cosmic Tones Research Trio Create “Great Black Music”
The Cosmic Tones Research Trio discuss their diverse musical backgrounds, spiritual practices, political preoccupations, and the research behind their music.
Edmund White’s Longing for Being and Nothingness
The sexual world in Edmund White’s The Beautiful Room Is Empty expresses the tension between being and nothingness: the body insists on presence, yet the self remains elusive.
The Stone Roses, Experience and Memory
The Stone Roses’ songs remain capable of summoning emotions of extraordinary power. You can dance all night, hold the future in your arms, and drink from the well of youth.
When Hip-Hop’s the LOX Reclaimed Their Power and Respect
Looking back on when Jadakiss, Styles P, and Sheek Louch took matters into their own hands as the Lox to reestablish themselves as the voice of the people.
The Microbudget Making of Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater’s largely ignored pre-Slacker microbudget movie was just the start of his ambitious, driven, disciplined dream come true.
Why Sabrina Carpenter Can’t Stop Being “Sabrina Carpenter”
In a genre where almost everything is replaceable, Sabrina Carpenter achieves something rare: she is not only present, she is necessary.
Liz Phair’s Powerful Timidity
Liz Phair is intent on making relics and shrines of her failures and flaws. There’s romance in the way she describes emptiness and loneliness.
‘Hamnet’, Memory and the Politics of Allegory
Zhao’s Hamnet subverts the “great man narrative” not by centering on the rising career of Shakespeare, but instead on the cost of his genius.
What ‘Bridge of Spies’ Gets Right About America
A ten-year-old Steven Spielberg movie starring Tom Hanks may seem a strange inspiration to fight anti-immigration in 2026, but that’s exactly what Bridge of Spies provides.
Tedeschi Trucks Band Shake Things Up with “Future Soul”
Derek Trucks discusses the new Tedeschi Trucks Band album and the logistics of co-fronting a 12-piece group with his guitar-slinging wife, Susan Tedeschi.
Touché Amoré’s ‘Stage Four’ Is a Harrowing Journey Through Grief
Time doesn’t heal all wounds, but we have music to help. Touché Amoré’s Stage Four is as raw a statement on grief as there has ever been.