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In the Age of Trump, Resistance Requires Creativity
Jan 18, 2017As the political class in Washington, D.C., struggles to carve a path of resistance to the incoming Trump administration, artists are leading the way. Institutional players in liberal politics should pay attention.
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Class Act
Jan 13, 2017Where Bruce comes from, and how he got here.
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Half of Prince's $300 Million Estate Could Be Taxed. That's a Good Thing.
Jun 08, 2016The late pop star eschewed tax-dodging chicanery and will still leave a sizable fortune to his heirs—as well as to the taxpayers who helped him succeed.
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David Bowie, Media Economist
Jan 15, 2016How Bowie's predictions of the digital media revolution reshaped music, books, and journalism.
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Frank Sinatra, America's Definitive Voice
Dec 11, 2015An immigrant's kid gave our Songbook eternal life.
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Still Missing New Orleans
Aug 26, 2015When Europe lost the home of Mozart to war, America rebuilt it. When the U.S. lost the home of jazz to flood, it sold it to private speculators.
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The Evolving Politics of Punk in the Nation's Capital
Jul 15, 2015Retrospective projects like the library's new Punk Archive uncover D.C.'s radical past, but the scene remains at the center of the struggle for inclusion and human rights.
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The Many Ways the University of Oklahoma Fraternity Scandal Reveals America's Racism Denial
Mar 17, 2015Bill Kristol blames rap music. And the fraternity's lawyer says the racist chanters were "tarred and feathered." (Yes, he did.)
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America's Only Black Piano-Maker Soldiers on Through Slights and Triumphs
Feb 27, 2015When musician Warren Shadd decided to manufacture a line of high-tech pianos based on his own designs but with little capital, everyone thought he was crazy.
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Beyoncé Misses the Point of What Gospel Music Means to Black Americans
Feb 17, 2015The selection of Queen Bey to deliver a song identified with Mahalia Jackson ignored the importance of spiritual conveyance in the music that moved a people to action.
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Music and Memory
Dec 16, 2014The dangerous state of Zionism invites us to cherish the diaspora as Jewish cultural and religious homeland.
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Gaga and Bennett: Making a Great American Art Form Hip Again
Oct 24, 2014Jazz singers don’t usually rise to the top of the charts, but Cheek to Cheek topped Billboard’s list of best-sellers in the week after its release.
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A Hard Days Night and Beatlemania: The West's Last Outbreak of Optimism Disease
Jun 27, 2014How much the Beatles helped create the '60s and how much the '60s helped create the Beatles is one of the great chicken-and-egg questions.
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Loving the Opera in HD
Mar 18, 2014Once controversial, Metropolitan Opera broadcasts for movie-theater audiences have become a gateway for new (and returning) fans.
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Sondheim Looks Back
Dec 06, 2013The composer reflects on his storied Broadway career in a new HBO documentary.
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