category: music
Happy Birthday, Mister Frank
By Richard Torres, from April, 2015
Home Truths
By Benj DeMott, from April, 2015
Ol' Blue Eyes
By Bob Levin, from December, 2014
James Brown (Stay on the Scene)
By Amiri Baraka, Chuck D, Anne Danielsen, John Leland, W.T. Lhamon, Michael Lydon, Charles O'Brien, Robert Farris Thompson, Richard Torres, Casey Wasserman, & Mel Watkins , from October, 2014
L.C. Cooke: Truth & Time
By Peter Guralnick, from October, 2014
Bobby Blue Bland
By Peter Guralnick, from December, 2013
New Power Generation: Three Popcult Tableaux
By Ben Kessler, from October, 2013
There Is Still Some Great Stuff Left: Pharoah and Hargrove
By Amiri Baraka, from August, 2013
Jug Eyes
By Gerald Majer, from February, 2013
Bringing It All Back Home
By Aram Saroyan, from July, 2012
Big Man & Sisters Under the Skin
By Benj DeMott, from April, 2012
Acts of Creation
By Benj DeMott, from September, 2011
B-Side
By Benj DeMott, from July, 2011
Wild Fire in the 'Burbs
By Michael J. Kramer, from June, 2011
Lost Soul
By Patterson Hood, from June, 2011
Far From Fantasy
By Ben Kessler, from June, 2011
Top Ten
By Bob Levin, from November, 2010
Savoring the Roots of New York Mambo
By Robert Farris Thompson, Vincent Livelli & Pablo E. Yglesias, from July, 2010
Sphere of Influence
By A.B. Spellman, from July, 2010
The End of Sensitivity
By Ben Kessler, from April, 2010
Free at Last
By Charles O'Brien, from April, 2010
WSQ Meets M'Boom: Another "Grand Collaboration"
By Amiri Baraka, from January, 2010
Michael Jackson
By Various Authors, from August, 2009
At Ease in Azania
By Charles O'Brien, from August, 2009
Makeba In Memoriam
By Bongani Madondo, from January, 2009
Springsteen's "Magic" Realism
By Armond White, from February, 2008
The Difference Bert Williams Makes
By W.T. Lhamon Jr., from February, 2007
Godfather Meet Christian Dior
By Armond White, from February, 2007
JAMES BROWN
By Various Authors, from February, 2007
Four Tough Good Byes
By Amiri Baraka, from September, 2006
Live Lessons
By Amiri Baraka, from December, 2005
Play Fucking Loud
By Charles O'Brien, from December, 2005
Back to Life
By Benj DeMott, from December, 2005
Start Us Up
By John Leland, from November, 2005
Among the Believers
By Tom Smucker, from June, 2005
Jazz & the White Critic: 30 Years Later
By Amiri Baraka, from June, 2003
The Saddest Song Ever Sung
By Al Aronowitz, from June, 2002
Safe American Home
By Benj DeMott, from June, 2002
Citizen Jay-Z
By Armond White, from November, 2001
Sam Cooke: Lost and Looking
By Stephan Talty, from August, 2000