Music

Dig Scape

The Cyclepath Diagnosis: A Two-Wheel Solution

bart plantenga / Truthdig May 29, 2024 We need to embrace the health and environmental benefits of biking by making roads less dangerous overall. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Music

Can You Hear Me Now?

Tim Riley / Truthdig May 7, 2024 The pleasures and mysteries of Peter Jackson’s remastered version of “Let it Be.” Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Politics

Consumption-As-Politics: Taylor Swift Isn’t the Defining Political Issue of Our Times

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Feb 9, 2024 Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Film

The Red, White and Blue Notes

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Jan 24, 2024 “Soundtrack to a Coup d'État” takes an impressionistic approach to the weaponization of American music during the Cold War. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Book Excerpt

The Doors Unhinged and Jim Morrison’s Legacy

John Densmore / Akashic Books Nov 3, 2023 We were seduced by the allure of corporate money and Jim wanted to smash a Buick to smithereens. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Music

A Tribute to Canyon Women

Jessie Kindig / N+1 Jul 22, 2023 A memoir about Joni Mitchell, Vivian Gornick, and legacies of feminism. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Arts & Culture

Keeping a Watchful Eye: A Half-Century of the Residents 

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Jun 20, 2023 When you weren’t looking, the Residents changed your world. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Book Review

Portraying Mozart in His Time

Tim Riley / Truthdig Apr 21, 2023 Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Music

The Transcendental Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou

J Mamana / N+1 Apr 14, 2023 An obituary for the great Ethiopian pianist and composer Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Music

Make the Blues America’s National Anthem

Richard Heinberg / Resilience.org Dec 2, 2022 The blues is America’s music — and who likes the “Star-Spangled Banner” anyway? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Coachella Festival Postponed Amid Virus Concerns

The Associated Press Mar 10, 2020 The Southern California desert event will be rescheduled to October. Meanwhile, death toll from coronavirus rises to 24 in Washington state. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Country, Smoothed Over

Tim Riley / Truthdig Sep 20, 2019 Ken Burns' documentary "Country Music" and its book tie-in present country music with a naive affection that misses key American tensions. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )