A weekly Sunday round-up of historical music events, covering album anniversaries from decades ago back to over a century, with artist profiles, quotes and music facts. Readers get well-sourced, quote-rich mini-essays on the making of landmark records such as Tom Petty's Damn the Torpedoes and David Bowie's Heroes.
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A deeply researched jazz history newsletter by Lewis Porter, covering archival details about Hazel Scott's family, Langston Hughes's uncollected newspaper writings, and the recorded sources behind John Coltrane's compositions. Readers get primary-source-based corrections, transcribed period material and long-form analysis, with some bonus content for paying subscribers.
JazzWax is a near-daily blog by Marc Myers on jazz history, focusing on legendary recordings, musicians and the stories behind them. Its posts draw on original interviews and archival research, such as oral histories of films and TV appearances by vocal groups like Lambert, Hendricks & Ross.
A daily history newsletter that retells dramatic events that happened on the same calendar date, with narrative detail drawn from primary and historical sources. Readers get vivid, well-researched accounts of moments like plane crashes, battlefield surrenders, and Cold War crises.
A classical music newsletter from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center that offers approachable essays on composers, their teachers, and the context behind their works. Each issue pairs a written piece by writers like Paul Griffiths or Jan Swafford with a curated listening playlist.
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