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Music Archives: 03/2024
“Nauseating chaos”: The jazz albums that shaped rock ‘n’ roll
The unavoidable links between the disparate genres.
“The birth of no”: The Pearl Jam show that was an absolute mess
Earning the right to say no to gigs.
A poet laureate and the voice of a generation: how Patti Smith and Bob Dylan became friends
She still pinches herself.
The Maharishi lecture that inspired two songs by The Beatles
During their infamous trip to India in 1968.
Paul Simon on the manipulative nature of protest music and the Paul McCartney song he calls “garbage”
“I don’t feel it talking to me at all.”
The Jimi Hendrix song about wanting to make love to music instead of “everyday” women
“Instead of the same old everyday woman.”