Email Author James Hunter

2001 Stories by James Hunter

• Remember Rock?

  published December 11, 2001

  A seasoned Swedish band named The Soundtrack of Our Lives are having a fairly grand debut here, suddenly, courtesy of a small Midwestern indie... More >>

• The Stockholm Syndrome

  published September 25, 2001

  "I have discovered a mind-blowing world of music that nobody seems to know about," a pop manager of my acquaintance announced over his cell phone... More >>

• Two Soul Singers

  published September 4, 2001

  The soul singer, a 28-year-old New Yorker named Maxwell, is performing "This Woman's Work," a song by Kate Bush, the intensely chirpy English... More >>

• Bobos in Love

  published February 27, 2001

  In the middle of Love, Etc., the new novel by the English writer Julian Barnes, a stern old Frenchwoman who declares herself captive to... More >>

• Boots and Beats Beneath the Bed

  published February 27, 2001

  When hip-hoppers go anywhere from Spandau Ballet to Annie to Diana Ross and David Bowie to Kenny Rogers for music—as Prince Be, Jay-Z,... More >>

• Mixed Emotions

  published January 23, 2001

  For perhaps a decade, the weedy galaxy of sound called DJ music has fascinated pop musicians. This seemingly wide-open stronghold of freedom... More >>