The Pulitzer Prize-winner’s work always feels honest, as writers have found when they dive deep into his literary influences.
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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Bootlegging Jane’s Addiction
Aaron Gilbreath considers the impact a live Jane’s Addiction recording has had on him, and the effect heroin had on the band’s — and his own — creativity.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Bootlegging Jane’s Addiction
Aaron Gilbreath considers the impact a live Jane’s Addiction recording has had on him, and the effect heroin had on the band’s — and his own — creativity.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Nonfiction
The Ubiquity and Brilliance of Tom Petty
The musician always seemed to be more of a friend to his fans than a distant celebrity.
Posted inArts & Culture, Business & Tech, Quotes
Where Have All the Guitar Heroes Gone?
Where’s the next generation of guitar heroes? The guitar industry misses you.
Posted inArts & Culture, Quotes
The Gifts of (a) Prince
Prince gave a lot of music away—much of it to women he thought would do it justice.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Do Music Biographies Really Enhance Our Musical Experience?
If [Rhiannon] Giddens were to tell us in a memoir that she’d been thinking about her own child when she sang, it would make the line a poignant narrative moment. But really, what would that reveal that we don’t know from her performance? It might risk drowning out other information we already have: Michael Brown’s […]
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People, Let Me Tell You ‘Bout My Best Friend
Ringo first met [Harry] Nilsson after the singer did a gonzo version of Ike and Tina Turner’s “River Deep-Mountain High.” “It was bordering on madness, and so we thought, ‘We gotta meet this guy,’ ” says Ringo. While Nilsson’s destructive friendship with Lennon got the ink — they drunkenly heckled the Smothers Brothers at L.A.’s Troubadour, and […]
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A professional musician calls for a rethinking of how we value (and pay) artists in the digital era: Rather, fairness for musicians is a problem that requires each of us to individually look at our own actions, values and choices and try to anticipate the consequences of our choices. I would suggest to you that, […]