In 1976, Susan Lucas asked a local barber in Ealing, West London, to part the back of her short hair — which she greased on the...
Electric Lady Studios, in Greenwich Village, is a working music museum. The Fender Twin amplifier that the studio’s onetime owner Jimi Hendrix brought to work before...
The independence cost him. The initial response to “Heavy Metal” from important people in his life and from his label did not bode well. “I’d never...
It’s Will Smith announcing a new album. It’s “Mamma Mia!” returning to Broadway. It’s the uptick in law school applications. And it’s absolutely spring breaking in...
Dear Tripped Up, I’m a co-owner of Luaka Bop, a New York-based record label, and last June was accompanying the Staples Jr. Singers, a gospel group...
One morning, when she was about 7 years old, Neko Case stood on her front porch, closed her eyes and wished with all her might to...
