Muddy Waters

“The Goodness of Privacy in a Warm Room with Books”

“The Goodness of Privacy in a Warm Room with Books”

We all search for escape, and while music, drugs, radicalism, or fame may ease the monotony, the protagonists of so many of these tales find themselves at the end of their narratives still constrained.
Guessing the 2014 Grammys

Guessing the 2014 Grammys

Predictions and behind-the-scenes info on who will win the 2014 Grammys in ten major categories.

Fab Four, Five Thugs, Six Years, ‘Beatles vs. Stones’

Keeping Great Company: An Interview with Claudia Lennear

The Nadas: Lovejoy Revival

10 Great Comeback Singles

Facts Don’t Always Tell the Story Right: ‘I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy’

The Rolling Stones – “Doom and Gloom” (stream)

Black Box Revelation: My Perception

Music & Dirty Little Secrets: ‘Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones Live at the Checkerboard Lounge’

Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Dead? Again?

On Making that Holiday Music List and Checking It Twice

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