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Aaron Gilbreath

Posted inArts & Culture, Reading List

Cryin’, Dyin’, or Goin’ Somewhere: A Country Music Reading List

by Aaron Gilbreath July 29, 2020October 19, 2022

Although the sound of the music has changed, country’s themes have endured.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Reading List

A Genre of Myths: A Jazz Reading List

by Aaron Gilbreath July 22, 2020November 25, 2022

Created in New Orleans and played around the world, the music we call jazz is filled with genius, legend, and tragedy.

Posted inNonfiction

Down the Rabbit Hole: A Psychedelic Reading List

by Aaron Gilbreath July 1, 2020November 25, 2022

The science, the strangeness, the promise, of psychedelic journeys.

Posted inReading List

Tangled Up in Bob Stories: A Dylan Reading List

by Aaron Gilbreath June 24, 2020November 25, 2022

Few musicians have generated as much music and as much study as this Nobel Prize winning singer-songwriter. Dylanology will last hundreds of years.

Posted inNonfiction

Snapshot of Canada: An Accidental Reading List

by Aaron Gilbreath May 29, 2020December 9, 2022

An incomplete portrait of a nation emerges from a stash of old print magazines.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

Escaping Coronavirus Lockdown Through a Stranger’s Solitary Walks on YouTube

by Aaron Gilbreath April 9, 2020October 19, 2022

Under self-quarantine, Aaron Gilbreath ‘moves’ freely with the help of Rambalac’s video travelogues.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

Old Dudes On Skateboards

by Aaron Gilbreath October 15, 2019January 20, 2023

The death of his life-long skateboarding friend prompts Aaron Gilbreath to get back on his board — at 44, with his toddler daughter in tow.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

The Enduring Myth of a Lost Live Iggy and the Stooges Album

by Aaron Gilbreath April 29, 2019October 19, 2022

In 1973, Columbia Records professionally recorded the infamous band for a planned concert record. Columbia never released it. Maybe they never recorded it.

Posted inArts & Culture, Author Notes, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

Selling Vintage Records in Tokyo

by Aaron Gilbreath December 5, 2018October 19, 2022

Listening to music with a Tokyo record store owner forges a deeper bond than any shared language.

Posted inNonfiction

Finding the Soundtrack to My Desert Life

by Aaron Gilbreath April 25, 2018November 2, 2022

In the ’90s, discovering the music of Friends of Dean Martinez helped Aaron Gilbreath stop running and appreciate life in his native Arizona.

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