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Gypsy & the Cat and the ‘Epic of Gilgamesh’

Gypsy & the Cat and the ‘Epic of Gilgamesh’

Australian dream pop duo Gypsy & the Cat reflect on how the ancient Homeric poem ‘The Epic of Gilgamesh’ informed their music career.

Live Forever: Oasis’ Enduring Appeal

Live Forever: Oasis’ Enduring Appeal

As long as nostalgia is a driving motivator of cultural taste, Oasis will remain one of the world’s most popular bands.

Legendary Musician Dion DiMucci Gives a Braggin’ Interview

Legendary Musician Dion DiMucci Gives a Braggin’ Interview

Legendary Dion DiMucci discusses his new book, musical conversion, creativity, the blues, and how faith – and braggin’ – have made him a better writer.

James Brown and Prince Were Uptight As Funk

James Brown and Prince Were Uptight As Funk

James Brown and Prince’s music was loose, wild, and emotional. Yet they knew that you’ve got to be uptight if you want to do funk right.

How Shinedown Went from Drugs and Angst to Inspirational Advocacy

How Shinedown Went from Drugs and Angst to Inspirational Advocacy

Hard rock band Shinedown are never quiet about their struggles and never will be as they assure fans that being “slightly awkward, kinda weird” is perfectly normal.

Finding a Home with Tom Waits

Finding a Home with Tom Waits

When the light hits the music just right, Tom Waits’ body of work unlocks and reveals itself: to be at home anywhere is to be at home nowhere at all.

Kelley Mickwee’s Soulful, Spirit-Driven Affection

Kelley Mickwee’s Soulful, Spirit-Driven Affection

From the first song on Kelley Mickwee’s Everything Beautiful, you hear her expressive joy and feel her desire to create a cohesive and provocative piece of art.

Nick Cave’s ‘Wild God’ Sweeps Through Berlin

Nick Cave’s ‘Wild God’ Sweeps Through Berlin

The start of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ world tour brings transcendence to the German capital and shows there is no taming the Great Bard.

How Underground FM Radio Saved Rock

How Underground FM Radio Saved Rock

This is what happened when college-age music enthusiasts raided empty FM radio studios and played whatever turned them on.

Moses Sumney’s Self-Aware Icarus

Moses Sumney’s Self-Aware Icarus

With 2017’s Aromanticism, Moses Sumney negotiates the self as body and spirit and attempts to reconcile his emotions and sexuality with his religion.

Skank’s Postmodern ‘Calango’ Keeps Trippin’ at 30

Skank’s Postmodern ‘Calango’ Keeps Trippin’ at 30

Skank’s Calango mixes Jamaican reggae, Latin percussion, keyboards, and guitars into a blend that sounds very much from Brazil and yet completely alien.

The Far-Reaching Legacy of Tonny Brasil’s Tecnobrega Song “Lana”

The Far-Reaching Legacy of Tonny Brasil’s Tecnobrega Song “Lana”

There are debates about technobrega’s origins, but tracking its history leads us to one artist and one song: “Lana” by Tonny Brasil.