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October 23, 2020

Culture

The Mad Genius of Eddie Van Halen

James Parker

October 9, 2020

Eddie Van Halen with arms raised while wearing a guitar

Books

The Books Briefing: British Invasion

Tori Latham

October 2, 2020

Culture

The Polarizing Emo Record That Captured Teenage Angst

Hannah Giorgis

September 30, 2020

The four original members of Panic! at the Disco sit on a couch and glare at the camera.

Books

How Jimi Hendrix’s London Years Changed Music

James Parker

September 18, 2020

Culture

Sufjan Stevens’s Problem With America

Spencer Kornhaber

September 16, 2020

Culture

BTS’s ‘Dynamite’ Could Upend the Music Industry

Lenika Cruz

September 2, 2020

Culture

How Pop Music’s Teenage Dream Ended

Spencer Kornhaber

September 1, 2020

Culture

Beyoncé’s Search for Home Continues on Black Is King

Zandria Felice Robinson

August 15, 2020

Culture

Taylor Swift Is No Longer Living in the Present

Spencer Kornhaber

July 28, 2020

Culture

The Funkadelic Album That Predicted the Future

James Parker

July 24, 2020

George Clinton and Garry Shider of the funk band Parliament-Funkadelic perform onstage circa 1977.

Newsletters

The Atlantic Daily: Is There a Song of the Summer?

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

July 17, 2020

Culture

The Song of the Summer Is in Chaos

Spencer Kornhaber

July 17, 2020

Culture

Country Music Can No Longer Hide Its Problems

Spencer Kornhaber

July 15, 2020

Culture

Pop Smoke Made the Soundtrack of a Lost Summer

Hannah Giorgis

July 7, 2020

Family

How Far Does the Apple Fall From the Tree?

Dave Grohl

June 21, 2020

Culture

What Bob Dylan Knows About This Moment

Spencer Kornhaber

June 19, 2020

Ask Dr. Hamblin

Paging Dr. Hamblin: When Will It Be Safe to Sing Together?

James Hamblin

June 10, 2020

An illustration of singing faces in a choir, with a cloud of red dots coming from one figure's mouth

Culture

Defund the Police Gets Its Anthem

Spencer Kornhaber

June 9, 2020

Culture

Lady Gaga Is Back and Smaller Than Ever

Spencer Kornhaber

June 1, 2020

Newsletters

The Atlantic Daily: A Playlist for Partying Alone

Spencer Kornhaber

May 22, 2020

Culture

Charli XCX Captures the Weird Intimacy of Quarantine

Spencer Kornhaber

May 19, 2020

Culture

The Big Story: The Day the Live Concert Returns

May 18, 2020

Uncharted

The Day the Live Concert Returns

Dave Grohl

May 11, 2020

Culture

Hip-Hop and R&B Were Once Disparate. Andre Harrell Changed That.

Hannah Giorgis

May 10, 2020

Culture

Little Richard Set the Mold by Breaking It

Spencer Kornhaber

May 9, 2020

Culture

Drake Responds to the Pandemic in a Predictably Drake Way

Spencer Kornhaber

May 4, 2020

A still from Drake's 'Toosie Slide' video.

Culture

A Strangely Comforting Quarantine Album

Spencer Kornhaber

May 2, 2020

Culture

Fiona Apple’s Survival Guide to Isolation

Spencer Kornhaber

April 17, 2020

Culture

People Are Remembering What Music Is Really For

Spencer Kornhaber

April 9, 2020

Yee Feng sings "Keep Your Head Up" by Andy Grammer with wife, Carolyn, and kids Ellie, 9, and Jediah, 11, during a neighborhood sing-along they have started doing each evening to connect with neighbors while social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak in Seattle.

Culture

12 Free Things to Watch, Listen to, and Learn in Quarantine

The Atlantic Culture Desk

April 8, 2020

Drawings of people dancing, listening to music, watching TV, baking, etc.

Ideas

John Prine Always Found the Right Words

John Dickerson

April 8, 2020

Culture

Bill Withers’s Life Was as Rich as His Songs

Spencer Kornhaber

April 3, 2020

Culture

What Adam Schlesinger Knew About America

Spencer Kornhaber

April 3, 2020

This September 14, 2019, file photo shows Adam Schlesinger, winner of the awards for outstanding original music and lyrics for "Crazy Ex Girlfriend," in the press room at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Schlesinger, an Emmy and Grammy winning musician and songwriter known for his band Fountains of Wayne and his songwriting on the TV show “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” has died from the coronavirus at age 51.

Culture

The Importance of Partying Alone

Spencer Kornhaber

April 1, 2020

Newsletters

The Atlantic Daily: 13 Songs to Get You Through Social Distancing

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

March 31, 2020

Sections

The Print Edition

De-stress With an Election-Anxiety Playlist

The Mad Genius of Eddie Van Halen

The Books Briefing: British Invasion

The Polarizing Emo Record That Captured Teenage Angst

How Jimi Hendrix’s London Years Changed Music

Sufjan Stevens’s Problem With America

BTS’s ‘Dynamite’ Could Upend the Music Industry

How Pop Music’s Teenage Dream Ended

Beyoncé’s Search for Home Continues on Black Is King

Taylor Swift Is No Longer Living in the Present

The Funkadelic Album That Predicted the Future

The Atlantic Daily: Is There a Song of the Summer?

The Song of the Summer Is in Chaos

Country Music Can No Longer Hide Its Problems

Pop Smoke Made the Soundtrack of a Lost Summer

How Far Does the Apple Fall From the Tree?

What Bob Dylan Knows About This Moment

Paging Dr. Hamblin: When Will It Be Safe to Sing Together?

Defund the Police Gets Its Anthem

Lady Gaga Is Back and Smaller Than Ever

The Atlantic Daily: A Playlist for Partying Alone

Charli XCX Captures the Weird Intimacy of Quarantine

The Big Story: The Day the Live Concert Returns

The Day the Live Concert Returns

Hip-Hop and R&B Were Once Disparate. Andre Harrell Changed That.

Little Richard Set the Mold by Breaking It

Drake Responds to the Pandemic in a Predictably Drake Way

A Strangely Comforting Quarantine Album

Fiona Apple’s Survival Guide to Isolation

People Are Remembering What Music Is Really For

12 Free Things to Watch, Listen to, and Learn in Quarantine

John Prine Always Found the Right Words

Bill Withers’s Life Was as Rich as His Songs

What Adam Schlesinger Knew About America

The Importance of Partying Alone

The Atlantic Daily: 13 Songs to Get You Through Social Distancing