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Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll (excerpt)

Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll (excerpt)

Ikette Claudia Lennear, rumored to be the inspiration for Mick Jagger's "Brown Sugar", often felt disconnect between her identity as an African American woman and her engagement with rock. Enjoy this excerpt of cultural anthropologist Maureen Mahon's Black Diamond Queens, courtesy of Duke University Press.

Rolling Stones, Covered in Blues

Rolling Stones, Covered in Blues

On Chicago Plays the Stones, ten Chicago-based blues artists remake a dozen Rolling Stones compositions, with mixed results.

Dave Stewart’s Charmed Life, Page by Page

Dave Stewart’s Charmed Life, Page by Page

The Eurythmics co-founder gives an in-depth account of how he went from being a football-loving kid to one of our greatest writers and producers. And man, has he got a lot of friends.
Rock’s Bad Boy Mick Jagger Is Not Bad Enough for ‘Ned Kelly’

Rock’s Bad Boy Mick Jagger Is Not Bad Enough for ‘Ned Kelly’

Tony Richardson’s 1970 Down Under biopic Ned Kelly provides lovingly filmed scenery--including the Rolling Stone’s Mick Jagger--but, in this version of the folk legend, bad boy Ned seldom seems to be the “wild colonial boy”.
‘Ain’t it Time We Said Goodbye’ Is a Reader’s Digest-like Condensation of the Rolling Stones Story

‘Ain’t it Time We Said Goodbye’ Is a Reader’s Digest-like Condensation of the Rolling Stones Story

Veteran Stones scribe Robert Greenfield captures a band, and its key relationship, in turmoil and on the cusp of change.

The Rolling Stones Under Review: 1975-1983: The Ronnie Wood Years Pt.1

Pete Townshend’s ‘Who I Am’ Answers Age-Old Question with Aplomb

Pete Townshend’s ‘Who I Am’ Answers Age-Old Question with Aplomb

This is Pete Townshend laid bare; offering us tales from the cradle to the hearing aid.

An Open Letter to Tom Cruise: How to Make a Movie Rock

Cock Roaches and Keith Richards: How Do Some Bands Seem to Last Forever?

Mick Jagger Performs on ‘Saturday Night Live’

We Piss Anywhere: ‘Sympathy for Mick Jagger’

Rocking Chair Blues: Howlin’ Wolf – “Little Baby”