Journalist, music historian, author ("Talkin' Greenwich Village," bios of CSNY, the Dead, Jeff Buckley, Sonic Youth), Rolling Stone contributor.
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The Music Midterms Are Coming. They May Be Momentous Too.
I was recently chatting with an accomplished songwriter who’s placed a number of hits on the charts in recent years. We’d both just heard that Miley Cyrus’ latest, Bass Persuades, had taken a bungee-style jump off the Billboard album chart....
In Praise of “Two Of Us,” the Lost Beatles Movie
Four Beatle biopics are in the works. But can they top the emotional wallop of this forgotten fantasy film?
Those four separate Beatle biopics are still two years off. But not a week goes by when we’re not reminded they’re in the works. Mo...
Hits and Misses: Early Fall Edition
A few things I’ve been listening to over the last month, part of my regular “Hits and Misses” installment. Warning: Opinions ahead.
U2, “Street of Dreams”: If they want to aim for elevation and downplay the guitars along the way, that’s t...
Has Yacht Rock Finally Jumped the Shark?
I wish I could say that the ad above was a parody. But it isn’t. The entirety of tonight’s Dancing with the Stars will be devoted to a genre that never had a name, was given one belatedly and is now overstaying its ironic revival. I never t...
A Family’s Story, One Album at a Time: Part 1, Glenn Miller, “A Legendary Performer”
Not long ago I was perusing my record collection—several walls of CDs and LPs—and my wife Maggie and I both wondered what our daughter would do with all this music when we were gone. Not the most upbeat conversation, I admit, but we simply...
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