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Sharps and Flats
Sheryl Crow, Steve Earle, Ani DiFranco and others rework '60s classics for "Steal This Movie." But does Bob Dylan need updating?
Nina Simone
Now on a rare tour of the U.S., she's been the "High Priestess of Soul" for decades, making music that's an eloquent blend of joy, sorrow and anger.
The reeducation of Lauryn Hill
The hip-hop songstress says she wrote and produced her multiplatinum album. A lawsuit contends that's not the whole truth. Behind the case is a bigger question: What is a pop song, anyway?
Petty striving
It's not easy being a struggling artist when your dad toured with Bob Dylan.
Sharps & Flats
Loaded with off tunes by Dylan and the Velvet Underground as well as killer songs by Smog, Stereolab and the Beta Band, the "High Fidelity" soundtrack plays like a perfect mix tape.
Babatunde Olatunji: Delivering the cure
A strange stranger in a strange land, decades ago Baba introduced millions to the medicine of drumming. Now 72, he's still got the beat.
"Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter" by James S. Hirsch
A biography of the middleweight contender who was framed for murder scouts out the pieces of the life the reporters missed.
Storm of the century
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter has lived a life of novelistic proportions. Unfortunately, the only fiction was the prosecutor's case.
Real Life Rock Top 10
Teddy Morgan and the Pistolas top the author and critic's biweekly accounting of pop and its discontents.
The dearth of cool
Are white hipsters an endangered species? Is sellout just another word for nothing left to lose? Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: |
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