This week, we’re sharing stories from James Hamblin, Josina Guess, Edward Carey, Paraic O’Donnell, and Ruth Graham.
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When Readers Support Longreads, We Can Nurture Strong Relationships with Writers
There’s a direct link between our readers’ commitment to Longreads and our ability to commit your favorite writers.
Posted inArts & Culture, Feature, Nonfiction, Story, Uncategorized
Shelved: Sonny Rollins Live at Carnegie Hall
The saxophone colossus recorded two concerts at the same venue fifty years apart. Only one recording emerged from the vault.
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Longreads Best of 2020: Music Writing
Music has been a salve this year, helping us cope with the myriad challenges that 2020 brought. Here are some favorite pieces of music writing we picked in 2020.
Posted inArts & Culture, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Shelved: The Lady of Rage’s Eargasm
Rapper Robin Allen’s hit song bypassed the hip-hop boys club that held her debut solo album back.
Posted inArts & Culture, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Shelved: Jimmy Scott’s Falling In Love Is Wonderful
Greed and contractual disputes kept one beloved jazz singer’s masterpiece off the shelf for 40 years, and sent him into retirement.
Posted inArts & Culture, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Shelved: Bill Evans’ Loose Blues
An album that took five months to record sat in the vault for 20 years before finally getting pressed to vinyl.
Posted inArts & Culture, Business & Tech, Feature, Story
Sleeping with Amazon
Sometimes it’s not who you work with, but who you work for.
Posted inArts & Culture, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Shelved: The Sound of Big Star’s Self-Destruction
As the band dissolved, they managed to capture their destruction in some dark, powerful music.
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Vessel of Antiquity
For musical performance artist Leon Redbone, the past was all the material he needed, except his own, which he replaced with a persona. “I don’t have a past,” he said. “The past begins tomorrow.” Strange enough to earn comparisons to Frank Zappa and Tom Waits, Redbone often got shelved in record stores’ rock sections, even […]
