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How Jukeboxes Made Memphis Music
“When R.E. Buster Williams ruled jukeboxes and jukeboxes ruled music.”
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AI Is Coming for Music, Too
“New diffusion AI models that make songs from scratch are complicating our definitions of authorship and human creativity.”
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30 Years Later: Phyllis Hyman, “I Refuse to Be Lonely”
The singer’s first posthumous album deserves to be remembered as the bravest of her career.
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30 Years Later: Groove Theory, “Groove Theory”
“Groove Theory” tries to make the work of staying in love feel as easy as possible, even when it isn’t.
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40 Years Later: Sade, “Promise”
“Promise” isn’t necessarily about love, or even about surrender, but about giving your heart over, repeatedly, and enduring the failures that come with the exchange.
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‘A Billion Streams and No Fans’: Inside a $10 Million AI Music Fraud Case
“A chart-topping jazz album! Loads of Spotify and Apple Music plays! Just one problem: The success might not be real.”
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Jeff Mills Loves to Forget
“How techno’s most vaunted architect is still building sonic futures.”
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Sister Inquiry
“The Pelly twins on music, writing, and life beyond algorithms.”
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The Portal Opens
“People who love Phish do so with a quasi-religious devotion. People who dislike Phish do so with an equal fervor.”
