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Liz Callaway landed her first Broadway role at 20. Four decades later, she hasn't stopped.
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Holly Knight broke barriers as a woman writing hit songs in the 1980s. Now, she's telling her story in a new memoir.
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From Adele to Taylor Swift to Pink, artists have been calling on Dan Wilson for decades to help them write songs. We spoke for an hour about how he…
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Artists have been playing concerts for hundreds of years, but how have things changed recently? I spoke with concert promoter Justin Bridgewater to find…
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For the last 10 years, Jonathan Bernstein has been verifying facts for Rolling Stone. We spoke for an hour about his role at the famed magazine and his…
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Whether you're into the scuzzy sounds of Faith No More or the clean tones of O.A.R., Matt Wallace has probably made some of your favorite rock records…
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During his time at SoundCloud, Michael Pelczynski helped conceive of a new way to pay artists. Now, he is looking for more ways to improve the music…
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From singing on a number one hit to cowriting the theme from Rocky, Carol Connors has done it all. What keeps her going 8 decades later?
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I spoke with the inimitable Billy Steinberg, a man in a rare class of songwriters that composed hits for over 30 years.
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I spoke with record collector and TikTok creator Locked Groove about their giant record collection.
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I asked our AI overlords for a few lessons about the evolution of popular music.
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I spoke with Matt Stoller from the antitrust Substack BIG about concentration in the music industry.
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