Music

The Power of Music The Power of Music

Talking With Eddie Vedder, Boots Riley, Amy Ray, Carrie Brownstein, Tom Morello

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ann Powers

Desert Island Discs Desert Island Discs

Picture this: you're stranded on a desert island with nothing to comfort you but sand, sun and, miraculously, the solar-powered sound system that washed up with you.

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Various Contributors

‘Stakes Is High’ ‘Stakes Is High’

Fifteen years ago, rappers like Public Enemy, KRS-One and Queen Latifah were received as heralds of a new movement.

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Chang

Russell Simmons’s Rap Russell Simmons’s Rap

Russell Simmons, known for decades as Rush to his friends, is of average height and build for a man his age (45), with a cleanshaven face, bald dome and light complexion.

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Miles Marshall Lewis

Blowin’ in a New Wind Blowin’ in a New Wind

Ani DiFranco

Nov 26, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro

My Guitar Gently Weeps My Guitar Gently Weeps

"I was in a highly unshaved and tatty state," John Lennon said of his 1966 meeting with a certain conceptual artist, then mounting her first show at London's Indica Gallery.

Nov 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Alex Abramovich

Rockin’ in the Free World Rockin’ in the Free World

In a weapons producing nation under Jesus In the fabled crucible of the free world Camera crews search for clues amid the detritus And entertainment shapes the land

Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Jerusalem Calling Jerusalem Calling

On his new album, country-rocker Steve Earle lets politics infuse his music.

Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / David Corn

Of Jazz and Brave Ulysses Of Jazz and Brave Ulysses

Near the end of Jazz Modernism, Alfred Appel Jr.

Oct 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe

The Mayor of My Hometown The Mayor of My Hometown

It's only August, but I'll go out on a limb and congratulate the Village Voice's Keith Harris for what I feel confident will stand the test of time as the stupidest comment of ...

Aug 15, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

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