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March 6, 2015
David Hajdu
Tearing Up the Pop Charts
If popular music is escapist fun, why are the songs so sad?
September 28, 2014
David Hajdu
How Parody Videos Transformed Pop Music—for Better and Worse
July 20, 2014
David Hajdu
Why Are There So Many Orphans in the Comics?
Roz Chast's take on child/parent relationships and aging
June 14, 2014
David Hajdu
In Praise of Beautiful Music
There's nothing edgy about Maria Schneider's big-band orchestra, but there's nothing wrong with that
January 28, 2014
David Hajdu
Pete Seeger: "For Too Much of My Life, I Preached to the Converted"
A previously unpublished interview
December 27, 2013
David Hajdu
The Year in Music
The Best Albums of 2013, the Year Marketing Almost Took Over Music
July 4, 2013
David Hajdu
The Post-Jazz Jazz of John Hollenbeck
A lyrical experimentalist
June 18, 2013
David Hajdu
Oh, 'Yeezus'
Kanye West's new album is raw, unapologetic—and boring
June 4, 2013
David Hajdu
Why George Jones Ranks with Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday
April 11, 2013
David Hajdu
Meet the Queen of 'Kamikaze Cabaret'
Burning down Lincoln Center with Meow Meow
March 23, 2013
David Hajdu
Pacino as Phil Spector, Power Player Extraordinaire
March 17, 2013
David Hajdu
David Bowie's Comeback Album
February 13, 2013
David Hajdu
R.I.P. Donald Byrd, Master Source of Jazzy Hip-Hop Samples
February 2, 2013
David Hajdu
Sing Along with Beck
This old-timey "album" of sheet music isn't worth the gimmick
January 13, 2013
David Hajdu
In His New Music, David Bowie Can’t Stop Looking Back
January 4, 2013
David Hajdu
Carole King’s Forgotten Partner
December 27, 2012
David Hajdu
From Charles Mingus to Grimes: David Hajdu’s Albums of the Year
December 14, 2012
David Hajdu
How Ravi Shankar Paved the Way for the Concert for Sandy Relief
December 7, 2012
David Hajdu
How A Sixties Pop Singer Became One of Today’s Finest Vocalists
December 7, 2012
David Hajdu
Is Electro the New Rock and Roll?

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