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When the Voice Reviewed an Album for the Ages

Discovering the ‘harrowing chic’ of the the Velvet Underground’s first album

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Janis and Jimi Jamming at the Singer Bowl

Janis Joplin ‘lives more in one song than a lot of people do in one lifetime’; Jimi Hendrix wipes his nose with the Confederate flag

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What the Afropunk Festival Means in the Age of Black Lives Matter

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Death Cab for Cutie’s Prodigal Songwriter Comes Home

‘We’re in the right area of the country for where I should be living,’ says Ben Gibbard. ‘I think that comes out in the music.’

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Real Life Rock Top 10: Memories of Aretha

Encounters with the Queen of Soul, Daveed Diggs, and the ghost of Jackie Wilson

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Where Were You When Elvis Died?

Lester Bangs recalled his “erection of the heart” when he said goodbye to the King

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Aretha: The Voice of America

“I celebrate having been a witness to her life, and mourn her passing because she was special, and we may not see her equal again.”

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Aretha Franklin’s Hip-Hop Legacy in Five Songs

The ‘Queen of Soul’ was a favorite of producers from the Bomb Squad to Kanye West

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2018 Village Voice article about the legacy

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Farewell to the Revolutionary, Influential, and Dazzling ‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin

The legendary American r&b singer dies at the age of 76

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J-Zone’s Wild Ride From Rapper to Funky Drummer

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