Final Words: How Some of Our Greatest Artists Used Their Music to Reckon With Death
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In a decade defined by loss, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen and others made transcendent art in their last days.
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Counterculture ’73: Summer Jam, Timothy Leary and the Sexual Revolution
Posted in: Music FeaturesIn an excerpt from the new book ‘1973: Rock at the Crossroads,’ Andrew Grant Jackson breaks down the counterculture moments of the summer of 1973
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‘Let It Bleed’: Why the Stones’ Nastiest Masterpiece Feels Right on Time
Posted in: Music FeaturesTheir 1969 classic remains the band’s darkest LP, and that’s why it sounds perfect right now
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Owsley Stanley’s ‘Sonic Journals’: Inside the Tape Vault of a Psychedelic Legend
Posted in: Music FeaturesNew box set features vintage live recordings of New Riders of the Purple Sage, made by the pioneering acid chemist and sound engineer known as Bear
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That Time Michael Bolton Wrote a Song With Bob Dylan
Posted in: Music Features“Anybody in their right mind would stop whatever they were doing,” singer recalls of the lead-up to the pair’s unlikely 1990 collaboration on “Steel Bars”
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Releasing Joyner Lucas and Eminem’s ‘What If I Was Gay?’ Would Have Been a Huge Mistake
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe two MCs were the victim of a leak this week, leading the internet to a “Stan”-like track that’s about as bad as you can imagine
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In the Room at Nirvana’s ‘MTV Unplugged in New York’
Posted in: Music FeaturesWhatever demons were circling him, Kurt Cobain was in total control on a night that showed what his future could have been
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How Kanye West’s ‘Sunday Services’ Began
Posted in: Music FeaturesChoir director Jason White initially expected to collaborate with West for a couple weeks. That turned into 10 months — with no end in sight
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Kanye West Benefits From Gospel. Does Gospel Benefit From Kanye West?
Posted in: Music FeaturesWhen a secular artist experiments with gospel, mainstream listeners often see it as a bold stylistic leap. But those same listeners rarely give contemporary gospel artists the same (or any) consideration
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Ant Clemons Went From Sleeping on Floors to Singing With Kanye West
Posted in: Music FeaturesWhen the singer first arrived for a ‘Jesus Is King’ session, he was greeted by West, Chance the Rapper, and right-wing provocateur Candace Owens
