Is country music the genre of right-wing, straight, white men?

Madeline Harding traces the ideological development of American folk music showing that historically it has not always promoted conservative values, and how there is still hope for the political future of country.

Mazzy Star: what is so endearing about notoriously sad music?

Jade Barnes provides a commentary on why sad music, and specifically Mazzy Star’s music, is so captivating for modern day listeners.

The gruesome tale of Ethel Cain’s ‘Preacher’s Daughter’.

‘Post-brexit’ music? Dissonant music for dissonant times.

Billie Marten on her new album, ‘Drop Cherries’

Phoebe Bridgers ‘Punisher’, three years on and it’s just as great

4 songs I’m listening to – old and new

‘This Is Why’ review: Paramore

Haruki Murakami and the literary world of music

Natalia Lafourcade – De Todas las Flores, album review