Good Music Reading - Articles and Essays To Enrich Your Mind

[LeanneP]

I read a couple of good articles today in the New Yorker and thought I'd share. I love reading well-written articles about music/bands/movements/genres/etc that aren't necessarily reviews or promotions.

Thought maybe we could share them 

Deadhead: The afterlife.
by Nick Paumgarten November 26, 2012 The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/11/26/121126fa_fact_paumgarten?currentPage=all

Hanna and Her Sisters: Bikini Kill sparked the riot-grrrl movement. It also made great music.
by Sasha Frere-Jones November 26, 2012, The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2012/11/26/121126crmu_music_frerejones?currentPage=all

Now your turn!

[Mr. White]

Thanks for posting the article on the Deadheads and their obsession with concert tapes. I have been listening to the Grateful Dead for quite a while now, and have collected many recordings myself. I am nothing like the fanatics and tape archive junkies the article was mostly about, but I do own many of the official releases, everything that has been released on DVD, and quite a few audience recordings I found on the old and now defunct GDLive site. Thanks again!

[Fully]

This month's Oxford American is all about Louisiana music. I'd highly recommend it. I've been reading it since I got home this afternoon, and there is still quite a bit to be devoured. You can purchase it online @ http://oxfordamerican.org or pick it up a magazine rack. Sorry they don't have it online yet. I imagine that it will be there later. There's an interesting article about Preservation Hall among other good reads.