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Music Featured: Top of Home Page Features Music Features

Joni Mitchell’s Turbulent Indigo and Taming the Tiger

By
Kurt Wildermuth
/ 26 March 2026

Joni Mitchell’s Turbulent Indigo and Taming the Tiger show an artist in full command, at home in herself and her work, replacing 1980s gloss with intimacy.

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“Paul McCartney Is Dead”: The Hoax That Just Won’t Die

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Dave Van Dyke
/ 26 March 2026
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The Cosmic Tones Research Trio Create “Great Black Music”

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Teo Blake Beauchamp
/ 25 March 2026
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‘Nobody’s Fool’ Is Paul Newman’s Best Loser Role

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Kevin Craft
/ 25 March 2026
Edmund White’s Longing for Being and Nothingness
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Edmund White’s Longing for Being and Nothingness

By
Mike Cormack
/ 24 March 2026
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Music

Kula Shaker’s Crispian Mills Discusses the Creative Life

By
Alyssa Charpentier
/ 24 March 2026
‘A Man and a Woman’ and a Dizzy 1960s Romance
Film

‘A Man and a Woman’ and a Dizzy 1960s Romance

By
Michael Barrett
/ 24 March 2026
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The Stone Roses, Experience and Memory

By
Mike Cormack
/ 23 March 2026

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Patrick Gill
/ 26 March 2026
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Steve Horowitz
/ 26 March 2026
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New German Cinema Goes in Search of Self

By
Jack Walters
/ 26 March 2026
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SXSW at 40: The Music’s Still Worth the Trip

By
Steve Horowitz
/ 26 March 2026
Young Fresh Fellows Return with Playful, Restless ‘Loft’
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Young Fresh Fellows Return with Playful, Restless ‘Loft’

By
Emily Votaw
/ 26 March 2026
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Music

Courtney Barnett Brilliantly Showcases Her Voice on New LP

By
Eoghan Lyng
/ 25 March 2026
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Music

Trumpeter Adam O’Farrill Dances with Brillance on ‘Elephant’

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Will Layman
/ 25 March 2026
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Band of Horses’ ‘Everything All The Time’ Is Essential at 20

By
John Bergstrom
/ 25 March 2026
Mary Ocher’s ‘Weimar’ Has a Stunning, Dramatic Atmosphere
Music

Mary Ocher’s ‘Weimar’ Has a Stunning, Dramatic Atmosphere

By
Chris Ingalls
/ 25 March 2026
Robyn Is Doing Herself on ‘Sexistential’
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Robyn Is Doing Herself on ‘Sexistential’

By
Nick Malone
/ 24 March 2026
Jon Irabagon and Quartet Brilliantly Go in Every Direction
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Jon Irabagon and Quartet Brilliantly Go in Every Direction

By
Will Layman
/ 24 March 2026

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Britney Spears’ ‘Femme Fatale’ Is Daring and Boring

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Music

Wiz Khalifa’s ‘Rolling Papers’ Only Has One Good Song

By
David Amidon
/ 25 March 2011
Radiohead’s ‘The King of Limbs’ Is Simply Brilliant
Music

Radiohead’s ‘The King of Limbs’ Is Simply Brilliant

By
Arnold Pan
/ 20 February 2011

Music Features

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Joni Mitchell’s Turbulent Indigo and Taming the Tiger

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Kurt Wildermuth
/ 26 March 2026
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By
Dave Van Dyke
/ 26 March 2026
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SXSW at 40: The Music’s Still Worth the Trip

By
Steve Horowitz
/ 26 March 2026
The Cosmic Tones Research Trio Create “Great Black Music”
Music

The Cosmic Tones Research Trio Create “Great Black Music”

By
Teo Blake Beauchamp
/ 25 March 2026
Kula Shaker’s Crispian Mills Discusses the Creative Life
Music

Kula Shaker’s Crispian Mills Discusses the Creative Life

By
Alyssa Charpentier
/ 24 March 2026
The Stone Roses, Experience and Memory
Music

The Stone Roses, Experience and Memory

By
Mike Cormack
/ 23 March 2026
billy woods and Mickey Diamond Take a Bite Out of “Peter and the Wolf”
Music

billy woods and Mickey Diamond Take a Bite Out of “Peter and the Wolf”

By
Arj Medhinio
/ 23 March 2026

Film

‘The Blue Trail’ Traces the Exile of Growing Old
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‘The Blue Trail’ Traces the Exile of Growing Old

By
Guilherme Quireza
/ 26 March 2026
‘Nobody’s Fool’ Is Paul Newman’s Best Loser Role
Film

‘Nobody’s Fool’ Is Paul Newman’s Best Loser Role

By
Kevin Craft
/ 25 March 2026
‘A Man and a Woman’ and a Dizzy 1960s Romance
Film

‘A Man and a Woman’ and a Dizzy 1960s Romance

By
Michael Barrett
/ 24 March 2026
‘My Word Against Mine’ Turns Fracture into Procedure
Film

‘My Word Against Mine’ Turns Fracture into Procedure

By
Guilherme Quireza
/ 24 March 2026
Star Trek’s Ultimate, Absolute, Inarguably Final Frontier
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Star Trek’s Ultimate, Absolute, Inarguably Final Frontier

By
Amir Segal
/ 23 March 2026
‘Project Hail Mary’ Tests Our Limits
Film

‘Project Hail Mary’ Tests Our Limits

By
Chris Barsanti
/ 23 March 2026
‘Scream 7’ Is Spinning Its Wheels in the Chop Shop
Film

‘Scream 7’ Is Spinning Its Wheels in the Chop Shop

By
Declan McCarthy
/ 23 March 2026

Books

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Mike Cormack
/ 24 March 2026
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The Black Dahlia Is a Victim of Time

By
Douglas MacLeod
/ 19 March 2026
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By
Jeremy McDonagh
/ 18 March 2026
Vigdis Hjorth’s ‘Repetition’ and the Rhythm of Clinical Work
Books

Vigdis Hjorth’s ‘Repetition’ and the Rhythm of Clinical Work

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Dylan Bedsaul
/ 17 March 2026
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Melissa Auf der Maur’s Memoir Mirrors 1990s Rock Attitude and Excess

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Sal Cataldi
/ 16 March 2026

Television

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Amir Segal
/ 23 March 2026
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What Is Wrong with ‘Bridgerton’?

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Ashcharya Wickramage
/ 17 February 2026

Interviews

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The Cosmic Tones Research Trio Create “Great Black Music”

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Teo Blake Beauchamp
/ 25 March 2026
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Alyssa Charpentier
/ 24 March 2026
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Tedeschi Trucks Band Shake Things Up with “Future Soul”

By
Michael Elliott
/ 16 March 2026
John Pizzarelli Discusses His Tribute to Tony Bennett
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John Pizzarelli Discusses His Tribute to Tony Bennett

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Will Layman
/ 12 March 2026
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Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart Is All Covered Up on New Record

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Brian Stout
/ 4 March 2026

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/ 25 March 2026
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Mary Chiney
/ 25 February 2026
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of February 2026

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Spyros Stasis
/ 23 February 2026
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