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Jimmy Carter and Motown Founder Berry Gordy’s Surprising Connection

According to a detailed family history compiled by one of the former president’s sons, the two men shared a common ancestor in 19th-century Georgia.

By Ben Sisario

Blues Music Books and Literature Booth, Stanley (1942-2024) Dance With the Devil: The Rolling Stones and Their Times (Book) Deaths (Obituaries) Esquire (Magazine) Magazines Playboy Magazine Pop and Rock Music Redding, Otis Richards, Keith Rolling Stones Writing and Writers

Stanley Booth, Music Journalist Who Loved the Blues, Dies at 82

He is best known for his book about the Rolling Stones. But he mostly wrote about blues artists, some of them famous (B.B. King) and some less renowned (Furry Lewis).

By Richard Sandomir

A Complete Unknown (Movie) Don't Look Back (Movie) Dylan, Bob Eat the Document (Movie) Folk Music I'm Not There (Movie) Inside Llewyn Davis (Movie) Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Movie) Masked and Anonymous (Movie) Movies Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Movie) Pennebaker, D A Pop and Rock Music Scorsese, Martin

Bob Dylan on Film: A Guide to the Movies’ True Shapeshifter

The singer-songwriter was never only a creature of music. Our critic watched every film with him that she could find to better understand the artist.

By Alissa Wilkinson

Charli XCX Country Music Drake (Rapper) Fans (Persons) Knowles, Beyonce Lamar, Kendrick Pop and Rock Music Rap and Hip-Hop Social Media Swift, Taylor Two Thousand Twenty Four

Pop Musicians, Please Spare Me the Back Stories

The power of a lasting song is that it breaks free of its origins. Hits should be more than celebrity narratives.

By Jon Pareles

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