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Dylan’s Back Pages, and Then Some

Britney Spears Doesn’t Need to Narrate Her Memoir for It to Sing

Nick Hornby Reviews a Short History of the Beatles Before the Band

The Power of a Good Narrative, in Your Ear or Otherwise

Sonic Sensations: Picture Books About Nina Simone and Jimi Hendrix

Dave Grohl Has Some Writing Advice You Need to Hear

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

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

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

Even on Her Best Days, Brandi Carlile Cleans Up Vomit

How ‘Catcher in the Rye’ Influenced Lenny Kravitz’s Memoir

7 Takeaways From Mariah Carey’s Memoir

New & Noteworthy, From Dorothy Strachey to Musical Gender Bending