David Hajdu

Why Are There So Many Orphans in the Comics?

Sing Along with Beck

Carole King’s Forgotten Partner

How Ravi Shankar Paved the Way for the Concert for Sandy Relief

Is Electro the New Rock and Roll?

Remembering Eleanor Powell, the Dancer Too Good for Fred Astaire

Music of the RNC, Then and Now

Marvin Hamlisch, Pussy Riot, and the Perils of Judging by Appearances

Standing in the Rubble of New York’s Cocktail Life

The Horrific Racism of Kitty Wells’ Cyrano

The Surprising Queer Roots of the Blues

Lorenz Hart’s Street Talk and Usher’s Post-Verbal Pop

A Creepy Father’s Day Song from the ‘Mad Men’ Era

Meet the Next Louis Armstrong

A Stirring Revival of Vaudeville Theater

Barbara Lea: She Had No Superior

Remembering the Monstrous Stan Kenton

Small Signs of Life in the Grammy World

A Smile for Carol Kaye

The Famous Door: Blake Shelton’s Cowardly Ass