![Ester Dean (left) and B.o.B. perform at CinemaCon, March 27, 2014.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/hajdu_dean_ap_img.jpg)
It’s an Old Trope, but How Well Does the Factory Model Explain Pop Music? It’s an Old Trope, but How Well Does the Factory Model Explain Pop Music?
A new book about the music industry misses the fact that we’ve already entered the post-industrial age.
Oct 29, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
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Whistleblowers Composed Whistleblowers Composed
Ted Hearne’s masterpiece The Source captures digital disorder through the sounds of Wikileaks.
Oct 6, 2015 / Dispatch / David Hajdu
![Billie Holiday and Mister, circa 1946. (Credit: William P. Gottlieb / LOC)](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/hajdu_billieholiday_loc_img.jpg)
Who Loves You? Who Loves You?
America’s ongoing fascination with Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra.
Sep 10, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
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Next to Nothing: The Economics and Aesthetics of Streaming Music Next to Nothing: The Economics and Aesthetics of Streaming Music
Apps like Spotify and Apple Music haven’t just changed the way we purchase music—they've changed the way we listen.
Aug 24, 2015 / David Hajdu
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U2 and the Art of Digital Compromise U2 and the Art of Digital Compromise
How social media brought its own set of troubles to U2’s latest tour.
Aug 7, 2015 / David Hajdu
![Theo Bleckmann](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Bleckmann_otu_img.jpg)
Theo Bleckmann’s Bazaar Theo Bleckmann’s Bazaar
A vocalist as playfully experimental as Albert Ayler or Ornette Coleman.
Jul 1, 2015 / David Hajdu
![A More Perfect Pitch](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/roomful_of_teeth_otu_img.jpg)
A More Perfect Pitch A More Perfect Pitch
Roomful of Teeth’s new album, Render, is music for the 21st century.
Apr 28, 2015 / David Hajdu
![Words for Music Perhaps](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hajdu_wordsmusicperhaps_img.jpg)
Words for Music Perhaps Words for Music Perhaps
Warm and unaffected, Philip Glass’s memoir is nothing like his music.
Apr 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
![The Strange Story of Hungary’s Unofficial National Anthem](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hajdu_house_of_terrorotu_img_0.jpg)
The Strange Story of Hungary’s Unofficial National Anthem The Strange Story of Hungary’s Unofficial National Anthem
“Honvágy-dal,” or “The Song of Homesickness,” has roots in surprising places.
Mar 19, 2015 / David Hajdu
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Some Enchanted Standards Some Enchanted Standards
Singing the standards on Shadows in the Night, Bob Dylan employs his own flaws to beautiful effect.
Feb 2, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu