The 50 Best Songs of 2021
I’ve always liked using songs as a form of marking time—sometimes to my detriment, especially over the last two years—and this year especially has reminded me of the power of
The 10 Best Albums of 2021
In many ways, it feels like 2021 went by in a much more stressful, surreal blur than 2020 did, as life began to readapt into new versions of a previous
20 Questions with Mark Scarbrough
20 Questions is a Q&A interview series with musicians, authors, and everyone in between, celebrating experiences both shared and individual in the messy game of being human. “When you read,
The Best Books I Read This Fall
Hi, hello, how are you, and welcome back to The Best Books I Read This Season. Lots of life changes found themselves headed my way this fall, but as I
Adele Needs No Comeback on ’30’
Originally written and published by me for PopMatters. 6 long years ago, when Adele released her last studio effort 25, it was clear that she had pop comeback on her mind.
Taylor Swift is Passionate But Removed on ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’
Originally written and published by me for Spectrum Culture. If there was ever anyone who doubted Taylor Swift’s capacity to re-record her first six studio albums—whose masters were unceremoniously bought
20 Questions with Abdi Nazemian
20 Questions is a Q&A interview series with musicians, authors, and everyone in between, celebrating experiences both shared and individual in the messy game of being human. “Art is our
20 Questions with Olivia Swindler
20 Questions is a Q&A interview series with musicians, authors, and everyone in between, celebrating experiences both shared and individual in the messy game of being human. “When I read,
Alessia Cara’s ‘In the Meantime’ is a Spellbinding and Necessary Body of Work
Originally written and published by me for PopMatters. “So much harder to be honest / With yourself at twenty-something,” declares Alessia Cara on her third studio album, In the Meantime. “You
20 Questions with Allie Dunn
20 Questions is a Q&A interview series with musicians, authors, and everyone in between, celebrating experiences both shared and individual in the messy game of being human. “I was trying
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