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- Friday, Feb 01, 2002
ZMag Article 2001 In Music -
- Monday, Oct 01, 2001
ZMag Article Talking About Myths, Heroes, And Scoundrels -
- Saturday, Sep 01, 2001
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- Sunday, Jul 01, 2001
ZMag Article Ralph Stanley's Old-Time Music -
- Friday, Jun 01, 2001
ZMag Article Amy Ray Goes Stag -
- Tuesday, May 01, 2001
ZMag Article Spring Reviews -
- Thursday, Feb 01, 2001
ZMag Article The pop world of 2000 was a dreadful mess, still dominated by boy band
bromides, naughty sweet boy toys, rap-metal meatheads, and gangsta nihilism.
Against that backdrop rises the sensational Eminem whose critically hailed
and mass selling T... -
- Wednesday, Nov 01, 2000
ZMag Article The Great Folk Scare Continues -
- Saturday, Jul 01, 2000
ZMag Article Hip-Hop Uprising -
- Thursday, Jun 01, 2000
ZMag Article From the first half of the year, some
of the good and better releases not yet getting their due.
Marianne Faithfull, Vagabond Ways
(Instinct)
For better and for worse, Marianne Faithfull’s best work usually d... -
- Monday, May 01, 2000
ZMag Article The Second Coming Of Patti Smith -
- Saturday, Apr 01, 2000
ZMag Article Every year when the National Academy
of Recording Arts and Sciences celebrates its Grammy Awards, I gag at the
notion that any of this music industry pomp honors the best music of the
past year. Although all of the big time... -
- Friday, Mar 03, 2000
Commentary Every year when the National Academy Of Recording Arts and Sciences celebrates its Grammy Awards, I gag at the notion that any of this music industry pomp and propaganda honors the best music of the past year. Although all of the big time entertai... -
- Tuesday, Feb 01, 2000
ZMag Article In the decade I’ve been writing about music and popular culture in the
pages of Z, I can’t recall a year when the pop music mainstream seemed
more empty of soul and critical thought than in 1999. Commercially speaking,
this was a y... -
- Saturday, Jan 01, 2000
ZMag Article Carter
When
the Atlanta, Georgia-based duo the Indigo Girls signed on with Epic Records in
1988, the mainstream music market was getting on the bandwagon of a new "folk
revival" trend triggered by the surprising breakthroughs of Trac... -
- Wednesday, Dec 01, 1999
ZMag Article Carter
As
we come to the end of the 20th century, it’s increasingly difficult to
believe in the power of rock and roll to change lives. But with the current
reunion tour of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, the tradition
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- Wednesday, Sep 01, 1999
ZMag Article Move On Up: The Politics Of Gospel -
- Thursday, Jul 08, 1999
Commentary Because nearly all music heard in the United States is driven by dreams of fame and fortune, the sounds of the Cuban ensemble known as the Buena Vista Social Club are immediately startling. The melodies, rhythms, and songs of the group pull you in... -
- Thursday, Jul 01, 1999
ZMag Article Cures For The Summertime Blues -
- Monday, Jun 07, 1999
Commentary Since the school shootings in Littleton, the nation's print and broadcast media have unleashed a sensational outpouring of analysis and concern aiming to explain why boys kill and what can be done to save them. Once we get by the headlines, howeve... -
- Saturday, May 01, 1999
ZMag Article Cassandra Wilson Sings Miles Commentary Pearl, Miss., West Paducah, Ky., Jonesboro, Ark., Springfield, Ore., Fayetteville, Tenn., Edinboro, Pa., and last week--Littleton, Colo. Seven school shootings in less than two years. -
- Thursday, Apr 01, 1999
ZMag Article Reading Elvis -
- Thursday, Mar 25, 1999
Commentary Despite all the controversy stirred by the decision of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to give director Elia Kazan an honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, SundayÕs 71st Academy Awards ceremony passed with no disruption and litt... -
- Monday, Feb 01, 1999
ZMag Article 1998 in Review -
- Friday, Jan 01, 1999
ZMag Article Remembering Betty Carter -
- Tuesday, Dec 01, 1998
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- Sunday, Nov 01, 1998
ZMag Article
During
the late 1960s, Detroit’s legendary MC5 played loud, raging rock and roll laced with
bold, incendiary rants against the established order. Although far too abrasive for
mainstream success, the band’s frenzied en... -
- Thursday, Oct 01, 1998
ZMag Article Slippin’ & Slidin’
Adventures in Mutations
By Sandy Carter
This month’s reviews feature artists who make music that
owes little or no loyalty to genre purity. Though their sound may be based in a particular... -
- Tuesday, Sep 01, 1998
ZMag Article
Ever since the late 1960s, when the Byrds, the
Flying Burrito Brothers, and Bob Dylan started making the lonesome moan of a pedal steel
guitar hip for rock audiences, various mutant strains of country music have been sprouting
u... - All Most Recent Content
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