The article that kept the New Yorker alive was written by a debutante. Who happened to be married to Irving Berlin.

The many lives of Josh Tillman, who on the way to releasing one of the year’s best albums was “a defiant child of God, a broke dishwasher, a successful drummer, a Dionysian shaman, a failed poet, a drug-hoovering spiritualist, and a gleeful prankster.”

A draft dodger invents a pop music career for himself – without recording any songs.

The singer-songwriter has a calico cat named Nietzsche.

In the wake of Rumours, the band endures a series of break-ups.

How a blind, destitute man became a world-class composer while living on the streets of New York.

A conversation with Björk about Vulnicura, her new—and confessional—album about her recent break-up with Matthew Barney.

How the singer became the target of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics’ early, racially-motivated war on drugs. </br></br>

Excerpted from Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs.

An ode to Roy Orbison.

A biography of Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios.

Noah Lennox—better known as Panda Bear—has lived in Lisbon for a decade. How has the Portuguese capital shaped his life and work?

"Here’s God’s truth about it: being a groupie wasn’t about sex, it was about access. I wanted to live in the stage life, dazzled by color and sound, constantly in motion, driven by excitement and power, loved by the stage lights, part of the story."

We know the country music pioneer died New Year’s Eve, 1953. But how?

How a 63-year-old country singer went from a Nashville homeless shelter to #1 on the Swedish charts in under a year.

Aboard the JoCo Cruise Crazy, a ship captained by singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton and built for nerds.

360 degree deals and the music industry’s new hostages.

A profile of the singer as he returns to the stage for the first time in a dozen years.

An interview with Jimmy Page on nostalgia, Robert Plant, and why he would only publish an autobiography after he dies.

Kylee Kimbrough lost her childhood, lost her sobriety, lost her living situation, and finally even lost her son. Then she found the drums.

An interview with Stevie Wonder.

The rapper who never grew up.

Migos, a young Atlanta rap trio, has decamped to a mansion outside of town to avoid trouble, ride Go-Karts, shop for $2300 backpacks, and continue their streak of red-hot singles.

Alfred Dellentash Jr. chartered the Rolling Stones in private jets while smuggling planeloads of Pablo Escobar’s drugs on the side.

A profile of Nicki Minaj.

A profile of Prince as Diamonds and Pearls was released, based mostly off a brief phone call, all the access he’ll allow.