Brioso

“Too Marvelous For Words”: A Taxonomy of Liner Notes

John Adamian

Spare Songs From a Diminished Land

Ted McDermott

The Prophet: Gil Scott-Heron

Steve Almond

Gentle Giant: The Unfair Reputation of Prog-Rock Concept Albums

Rick Moody

Bite Me: A Brief History of Dentistry and Music

Paul Collins

The Ambient Cannibal: A Review of a Sept 1996 Episode of Negativland’s Radio Show

Matthew Simmons

Three Short Essays on Jazz

Haruki Murakami

Rockin Pneumonia: And the Boogie Woogie Flu

Douglas Wolk

The Grizz-ind: In Praise of Rap CDS Purchased on the Street

Davy Rothbart

Two Weeks at Music Camp

Rick Moody

Waiting and Listening

Lavinia Greenlaw

A Secret History of Phonography: A Consideration of a Field Recording of a Dog Pound

Christopher DeLaurenti

A Blaze in the North American Sky

Brandon Stosuy

The Original Singing Babies: The Jingle Babies

Blake Butler

Pleasantly False Deja Vu: The Obscure Vaudeville Charms of Bree Benton

Ange Mlinko