Book Review: Chords of Strength by David Archuleta
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Book Review: Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet: Race and the Mythology, Politics, and Business of Jazz by Randall Sandke
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Book Review: The Songs of Hollywood by Philip Furia and Laurie Patterson
September 13, 2026For the next few years, Hollywood musicals, climaxing in 42nd Street (1933), would be "backstage" pictures....
Movie Review: The Runaways
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Book Review: Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen by Jimmy McDonough
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The Great Music Videos #2: “Thriller” (dir. John Landis)
August 31, 2026Jackson as a zombie in “Thriller” William Bibbiani noted in the Great Music Videos #1 post...
Nicole Atkins: Femme Noir
August 4, 2026She’s been called the female Roy Orbison, a psychedelic metalhead who grew up listening to Elvis...
Nina Simone: The Biography by David Brun-Lambert
July 26, 2026The granddaughter of slaves on both parents’ sides of the family, Simone’s stardom coincided with the...




