I don’t cry easily, but I came close when Prince died. I received the news as it broke, immediately blasted “Purple Rain” and allowed my mind to go blank for several minutes. The minutes turned into hours; as I came to […]
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Three weeks ago — on April 6, 2016— Merle Haggard died. His unmistakable voice wound its way into our lives in drinkin’ songs (“I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink,” Barroom Buddies”), family songs (“Grandma Harp,” “Daddy Frank,” “Mama […]
To write a live review of a Prince show never occurred to me. You were — God, that past tense jars — so much in the moment, and with the people around you. Who wanted to be making mental notes, […]
I knew it was over when Britain’s largest supermarket chain, Tesco, announced that they would begin selling vinyl in their stores. Not raincoats or reclining chairs or shiny boots or garden hoses, but actual record albums. What has been a […]
The last week of another year has arrived. And while, sure, a year is a sort of arbitrary way to group artistic projects, this transition from one calendar year to another affords us the opportunity to take stock of what […]
Amanda Kravat says it’s “impossible” to pick the best concert performance she has seen, so “I’ve stuck ‘em all in a jar and am blindfolding myself and picking one out.” The winner? Prince … and it wasn’t even his gig. […]
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