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Tupac Shakur’s Volatile Life, Delivered by Friendly Hands

A Cockeyed Optimist: Oscar Hammerstein Was No Stephen Sondheim

The Racist Song That Has Dug Deep Roots in American Culture

Terry Teachout, Arts Critic With a Wide Range, Is Dead at 65

From Dave Grohl to Bessie Smith, New Books on Music’s Iconoclasts

Sonic Sensations: Picture Books About Nina Simone and Jimi Hendrix

A Singer Lends Her Voice to a Conversation About Autism

A Singer Lends Her Voice to a Conversation About Autism

How an Artist Listens to the Voices in His Head

Questlove Looks at 50 Years of Modern Music — and Modern History

‘Major Labels’ Wraps Popular Music — All of It — in a Warm Embrace

Why Write About Pop Music? ‘I Like When People Disagree About Stuff.’

Dolly Parton and James Patterson Are Working 9 to 5 on a Novel

Touring American Pop Music by Way of the Writers Who Have Addressed It

When Her Mother Died, She Found Solace at a Korean Grocery

Even on Her Best Days, Brandi Carlile Cleans Up Vomit

Why Did Los Angeles Become a Cultural Mecca in the Early 1970s?

‘Liner Notes for the Revolution’ Opens Up New Ways of Looking and Listening

Dolly Parton and the Women Who Love Her