10 Songs of Resistance 10 Songs of Resistance
Music can be both salve and inspiration easing collective pain and encouraging group resistance.
Nov 14, 2016 / Peter Rothberg
Letters From the November 28, 2016, Issue Letters From the November 28, 2016, Issue
Blowing in the idiot wind… Necessary trouble... All we are saying is... The true silent majority?…
Nov 10, 2016 / Our Readers
Common and the New Aesthetics of Blackness Common and the New Aesthetics of Blackness
Rap music’s nice guy plays it safe on his new album Black America Again.
Nov 5, 2016 / Marcus J. Moore
New York City Students Tell Westboro Baptist Church That ‘God Loves Jazz’ New York City Students Tell Westboro Baptist Church That ‘God Loves Jazz’
Students countered a hateful Westboro protest with a spirited, impromptu concert.
Nov 4, 2016 / StudentNation / Peter Rothberg
Cosmopolitan Pop Cosmopolitan Pop
DJ /rupture and MIA capture the new global spirit of pop music.
Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Donald Trump’s ‘Horrifying’ Refusal to Accept the Election Results Donald Trump’s ‘Horrifying’ Refusal to Accept the Election Results
Joan Walsh on the debate, Kai Wright on right-wing media, and Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan.
Oct 20, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Greil Marcus: Maybe Bob Dylan Isn’t a Poet, but He Is One of America’s Greatest Artists Greil Marcus: Maybe Bob Dylan Isn’t a Poet, but He Is One of America’s Greatest Artists
The music writer on how Dylan has changed his songs over the decades.
Oct 19, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Bob Dylan, Nobel Laureate in Ashtray-Binding Bob Dylan, Nobel Laureate in Ashtray-Binding
The poetry in Dylan’s music has always been something different from the language on the page that we associate with poets.
Oct 13, 2016 / David Hajdu
A Seat at Solange’s Table A Seat at Solange’s Table
A poem inspired by her new album.
Oct 7, 2016 / Morgan Parker
Pop Progress: From the Beatles to Nicki Minaj Pop Progress: From the Beatles to Nicki Minaj
Popular music still works as a place where young people can try out notions that challenge ideas dear to their parents.
Oct 3, 2016 / David Hajdu