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Pat Conte’s Atlas of Instruments: Fiddles Vol. 1 is a cosmopolitan triumph.
My father’s “system” was sacred.
The soul-crushing whistle of Leonard Cohen during the best performance of his life, "One of Us Cannot be Wrong" at Isle of Wight 1970.
It’s difficult to overstate the impact Barry McGuire's “Eve of Destruction” had when it was released in 1965.
I’m Not a Jimmy Webb fan, but David Samuels’ profile of the songwriter is a winner. What year is it (#504)?
The jazz legend’s late-career session is finally released.
An overdue reassessment of Centipede Hz and the work of the band that followed.
Charli XCX and the summer of Brat in a world on the brink of collapse.
All the good intentions in the world didn't save that project.
The return of German industrial metal icons out of the fog of the pandemic.
Graham Nash was always a lightweight, who never wrote a half-way decent song.
My response to Crispin Sartwell's hit piece on the singer/songwriter.
The Franklin County Trucking Company makes great rock music for this extremely trucking time.
They’ve always been close to me.
Record labels don't like them anymore.
One of the greatest living songwriters, in the vein of John Prine
The roots of their songs are often buried deep in a complex structure.
Going beyond nonbinary.
“I forgot to grow up, I guess. I’m a simple kind of guy, just like a child, drawing pictures and making up songs, playing around all the time.”
The music industry is now a t-shirt industry.
Wading through dope sickness, East Village memories unravel as punk rock meets Gen Z.
Dylan plays one of his best songs for the first time live in this June 7, 1969 episode of The Johnny Cash Show.
"Big Yellow Taxi," "Both Sides, Now," "My Old Man," and more in this September 3, 1970 performance.
An on oft-overlooked masterpiece by the great international space age superstars.
49-minute interview with Richard and Karen Carpenter during their 1974 tour of the United Kingdom.
The late singer/songwriter's final appearance on the show, shortly after his cancer diagnosis.
This master's thesis in television production by Michael Wanger captures a psychedelic rock band otherwise lost to time.
Official music video for the first single from Panda Bear's new album Sinister Grift, out on February 28, 2025.
The late guitar legend talks about his time playing with Bill Bruford.
Walter Becker and Donald Fagen talk to Robert W. Morgan in this September 23, 1979 interview.