Kendrick Lamar’s Poetic Awakening Kendrick Lamar’s Poetic Awakening
How an encounter with a creative writing teacher changed the LA rapper’s life.
Oct 8, 2020 / Marcus J. Moore
John Luther Adams’s Songs for a Vanished World John Luther Adams’s Songs for a Vanished World
A conversation, conducted via satellite phone, with the legendary composer about his new memoir, Silences So Deep, and the music of his life.
Oct 7, 2020 / Rumaan Alam
Sufjan Stevens’s Lullabies for the Apocalypse Sufjan Stevens’s Lullabies for the Apocalypse
His new album’s gentle pessimism about our state of affairs makes for a weirdly soothing musical experience.
Oct 1, 2020 / Bijan Stephen
How Kendrick Lamar Became the Voice of a Generation How Kendrick Lamar Became the Voice of a Generation
A conversation with Marcus J. Moore about his cultural biography of Lamar and the L.A. rapper’s impact on Black America.
Sep 30, 2020 / Q&A / Ann-Derrick Gaillot
The Culture Is Still Catching Up With Georgia Anne Muldrow The Culture Is Still Catching Up With Georgia Anne Muldrow
Whether in jazz, rap, or R&B, she has made music out of liberation.
Aug 31, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore
The Two Maria Schneiders The Two Maria Schneiders
The auteurist and activist impulses of her expansive jazz comes together on Data Lords.
Aug 17, 2020 / David Hajdu
Neil Young’s Journey Through the Past Neil Young’s Journey Through the Past
As he prepares to vote in his first American election, the eccentric singer-songwriter’s Archives project unearths his own lost history.
Aug 14, 2020 / John Semley
Arca’s Rebellion Against Music and Life Arca’s Rebellion Against Music and Life
How the experimental artist made one of the year’s most defiant pop records.
Aug 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez
Run the Jewels’ Wake-up Call Run the Jewels’ Wake-up Call
While other mainstream rappers might create one song or one album dedicated to the unrest, Killer Mike and El-P have carried that torch for six years.
Jun 29, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore
Charli XCX’s Experiment In Radical Transparency Charli XCX’s Experiment In Radical Transparency
During the first months of quarantine, she crafted an album in real time—and, in the process, celebrated how online connection changed the way we live and create.
Jun 17, 2020 / Olivia Horn