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Lay It Down

People love John Samson Fellows’s music. He doesn’t want to make it anymore.

Out Around the Bay

When Wanda bought the house, she didn’t imagine that anyone in the community would recognize that she and Lynn were queer.

Chasing Monsters In a Dream

Emmett Miller was a secret father of pop music—who happened to perform in blackface. Was he a monster, or a genius, or both, or neither? For his biographer, Nick Tosches, should it have mattered?

Joni Mitchell's Matala Diaries

A fictional journal based on the Joni Mitchell song “Carey” from the 1971 album Blue. Part of the series Household Gods, a collection of stories about our relationship to famous people and how celebrities infiltrate our private lives.

Nile Rodgers is Not a Machine

The legendary Chic guitarist’s recent Daft Punk-sparked moment in the spotlight is a fine reminder of just how soulful and human his music can be—even when he’s playing with robots.