Striking The Match
In 1965, Bob Dylan did more than go electric—he detonated a cultural shift. From the smoke-filled hotel rooms of London to the charged stage at Newport, he carried himself with...
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The Ballad Of Marianne Faithful
The voice of Marianne Faithfull (1946-2025) is one you remember long after the music stops. Like bruised velvet with a trace of smoke, it's the sound of someone who has...
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The Many Faces of Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash was a man of constant reinvention, but looking back, you wouldn't know it. From the moment he fell into the lucky laps of Sun Records in the mid-'50s,...
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In Pursuit of an Impossible Purity of Sound
In January 1955, after a Columbia Records executive attended the debut recital of Glenn Gould in New York City, the 22-year-old pianist was offered a contract. By that summer, Gould...