Music

Top 10 Most Patriotic Songs Ever: Nation Readers Speak

Top 10 Most Patriotic Songs Ever: Nation Readers Speak Top 10 Most Patriotic Songs Ever: Nation Readers Speak

Nation readers' pick!

Jul 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg

Top Twelve Most Patriotic Songs Ever Top Twelve Most Patriotic Songs Ever

The best things about America can usually be found embodied in our national music.

Jul 2, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg

Roll Over Techno Roll Over Techno

Can the conundrum of Stravinsky's wayward development be answered by exploring his national roots?

Jul 1, 2010 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff

Roll Over Techno Roll Over Techno

Can the conundrum of Stravinsky's wayward development be answered by exploring his Russian roots?

Jun 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff

Robot Rock Robot Rock

Video may have killed the radio star, but the vocoder liberates her voice.

Jun 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / J. Gabriel Boylan

Hesitation Blues Hesitation Blues

On Elizabeth Cook, Jorma Kaukonen and David Bromberg.

May 13, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

The Most Happy Fela The Most Happy Fela

Fela! is an ambitious but flawed musical about the Nigerian Afrobeat and anti-establishment icon Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

May 5, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Franklin Bruno

Back Talk: Alice Echols Back Talk: Alice Echols

A conversation with the author of Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture about the birth of disco and its transformation of gay life.

Apr 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

A Hard Week On the Planet A Hard Week On the Planet

Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond and the science behind global warming.

Feb 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Senator Mellencamp? Senator Mellencamp?

The guy who put populist politics on the charts with a song title "Pink Houses" John Mellencamp performed at the White House last week, as part of a program titled: "...

Feb 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols

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