Music

Return of the Fabulous Return of the Fabulous

In the end, the vote was silly or sad, but for eighteen weeks on American Idol, Adam Lambert was Everyman and Everygayman, skating the edge of ecstasy and terror.

May 27, 2009 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski

Steve Earle’s Labor of Love Steve Earle’s Labor of Love

The music on Townes, Steve Earle's tribute to Townes Van Zandt, is simple and literally homespun. There is sinew to this music, and blood in the words.

May 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Charles P. Pierce

Democracy, on Mic and on Camera Democracy, on Mic and on Camera

A new film offers a nuanced and inspiring portrait of the role hip-hop activists have played in the politics of Senegal.

Apr 21, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Cora Currier

The GOP’s Hip-Hop Makeover The GOP’s Hip-Hop Makeover

Michael Steele's getting funky, frantically remixing the GOP message, in hopes of reaching new generation of conservative voters. Is anybody listening?

Mar 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ari Melber

Chameleon: Herbie Hancock Adapts to Lyrics Chameleon: Herbie Hancock Adapts to Lyrics

On River: The Joni Letters Herbie Hancock and Joni Mitchell make a remarkable collaboration.

Feb 18, 2009 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe

Rock for Barack Rock for Barack

A concert unlike any Washington has seen unfolded Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial, expressing the hopes and dreams of a nation on the cusp of enormous change.

Jan 19, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Corbin Hiar

Jazz Is?: A Power Stronger Than Itself Jazz Is?: A Power Stronger Than Itself

A new book on the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians looks at jazz as a power stronger than itself.

Jan 15, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Franklin Bruno

Eartha Kitt: An Anti-War Patriot Eartha Kitt: An Anti-War Patriot

Forty years ago, America’s cultural icons expressed the frustration of the American people with the failure of then-President Lyndon Johnson to end this country’s undec…

Dec 26, 2008 / John Nichols

Ives’s Ears: Charles Ives Reconsidered Ives’s Ears: Charles Ives Reconsidered

In songs, symphonies and sonatas, Charles Ives furnished America's musical past with a future.

Dec 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff

Listening to Odetta Listening to Odetta

Her voice a force of nature and her theatrical sense undimmed, Odetta-made music of extraordinary compassion, intuition and grace.

Dec 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Shapiro

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