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40 Of The Worst Album Covers That Shouldn’t Have Seen The Light Of Day

If you want people to listen to your music, you need to grab their attention first—and album artwork has always been one of the fastest ways to do that. A striking cover can spark curiosity, set expectations, and sometimes even sell the record on its own. However, some artists and…

Bored Panda · Jan 24

Bob Dylan's 'The Philosophy of Modern Song' book is a love letter to music — and, um, polygamy

Bob Dylan doesn't think much of the current state of songwriting or of contemporary pop music, two points underscored in his sometimes dizzying, sometimes confounding, but rarely less than absorbing new book, "The Philosophy of Modern Song." But he does think polygamist marriages are greatly underrated, about which more in…

Tribune News Service · Oct 27, 2022

October is for appreciating jazz, and the cultures that have inspired it

Due to ignorance, fear, and the internet, we live in a divisive and isolated world. Cultural appropriation, seen here as a creative act, allows for such borders to be crossed.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 22, 2022