"Art, if it's being done right, punches holes in the status quo." Woody knew, Tweedy expands. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...
Opinion | Jeff Tweedy: What Woody Guthrie Knew About Us
The lead vocalist in Wilco reflects on what Guthrie wrote in The Times in 1943.
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"Most pop stars seemed irrelevant immediately after Sept. 11. Mr. Springsteen, who has spent most of his career singing about American dreams and disappointments, did not." Outstanding writing via @jonpareles.bsky.social about "The Rising." timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...
MUSIC; His Kind of Heroes, His Kind of Songs
A FEW days after Sept. 11, Bruce Springsteen was pulling out of a beach parking lot in the Jersey Shore town of Sea Bright when a fan rode by. The man rolled down his window, shouted, ''We need you!''...
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A self-described “anarcho-confectioner,” he led the International Patisserie Brigade, a gang of custard commandos who referred to their assaults as entartements. They deployed pies with soft crusts to ensure that their caloric projectiles would only injure pride www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/w...
Noël Godin, Prankster Who Threw Pies at the Powerful, Dies at 80 (Gift Article)
Splattering figures like Bill Gates, Jean-Luc Godard and Bernard-Henri Lévy, he perfected the art of using whipped cream as a form of protest.
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"Cream and Punishment"... Great obit: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/w...
Noël Godin, Prankster Who Threw Pies at the Powerful, Dies at 80 (Gift Article)
Splattering figures like Bill Gates, Jean-Luc Godard and Bernard-Henri Lévy, he perfected the art of using whipped cream as a form of protest.
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#BandcampFriday continues today. Musicians deserve the direct support.
For Paul McCartney, songwriting isn’t only a job, a craft and an emotional outlet. It’s a compulsion and a craving. "It's just because I love it," he said. "I'm addicted.” Read our interview ahead of the release of his new album, "The Boys of Dungeon Lane."
Paul McCartney on His New Album and the Beatles’ Earliest Days
On his new album, the ex-Beatle revisits his past and revels in simply continuing to create.
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Yes, I heard McCartney's iPhone demos. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/a...
Paul McCartney Doesn’t Need to Make Music Anymore. He Just Loves To.
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It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2
No one album (or 12 or 100!) could ever sum up his greatness but here are some starting points as we begin to take stock of this incalculable loss: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/a...
Sonny Rollins: 12 Essential Albums
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"A complex series of adaptations to a hostile environment" .... www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/a...
How Did Black Music Take Over the World? Let Melvin Gibbs Explain.
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Odd meters, loops, syncopations, non-diatonic scales, big noses, crazed guitar tones, fast fingers hands and feet--what's not to love? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/a...
With Polka Dots and Microtones, Angine de Poitrine Has Gone Viral
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www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/a... Come for the Dead and Bonnie Raitt, stay for the Ligeti and Schoenberg...
Bruce Hornsby Still Isn’t Playing It Safe
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