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The Chinese pop music scene is like no other ...
The best part of him will never leave the building ...
Like all chart categories, "country" is an arbitrary heading under which one finds the ridiculous, the sublime, and everything in between. On the sublime end, a track that I have been listening to over and over for the last six months: Wynnona Judd's version of "She Is His Only Need." The way she sings it, irony is not a color or even a set of contrasting colors; it is iridescence.
Does Miles Davis belong in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame? Here's my take on his career ...
Attention, high school jazz listeners ...
I have mixed feelings about the movie Good Night, and Good Luck. But not about the soundtrack...
Normally I would not presume to choose a theme song for what's happening right now, but...
Does James Brown's musical legacy live on? Or has it been betrayed? See my essay in the Weekly Standard...