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Hanif Abdurraquib’s Third Favorite A Tribe Called Quest Album Might Surprise You
“Author Hanif Abdurraquib on his new book, A Little Devil in America, how current Black music is shaping the racial justice movement, his favorite A Tribe Called Quest albums, and more.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Jason Fagone, Stephanie Mencimer, Roberta Hill, Kaleb Horton, and Kelundra Smith.
Madness, Melancholy, or Murder: An Ancient English Farm’s 50-Year-Old Mystery
Andrew Chamings returns to his childhood farmland to investigate the mystifying deaths of the Luxton siblings. What really happened down that dark country lane?
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Laurie Penny, Josh McColough, Will Di Novi, Kent Russell, and Christian Wallace.
Honky-Tonk Tokyo
Country music became popular in Japan after World War II. Today, Tokyo has a vibrant underground country music scene.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Josefa Velasquez, Wufei Yu, Tom Foster, Tim Requarth, and Ellen Ruppel Shell.
Tomorrow Isn’t Over: A Reading List About Brighter Futures
Hope may seem to be in short supply these days, but these stories dare to chart a course toward something better.
“Like a Tap Being Turned Off”: Music Magazines Fight for Survival in UK
With no concerts to sell ads for and few shops open to sell print issues, British music magazines such as Q, Uncut, and Mojo are suffering and considering their options for survival.
Tangled Up in Bob Stories: A Dylan Reading List
Few musicians have generated as much music and as much study as this Nobel Prize winning singer-songwriter. Dylanology will last hundreds of years.

