Song of the day from the sixties onwards - mostly rock 'n' roll - to get us moving and grooving to our amazing musical legacy

Welcome to Black Noise by Saint Virgil! Each week, explore obscure and non-mainstream music through deep dives, artist interviews, classic album reviews, live music insights, and curated playlists. Join us to discover hidden gems and celebrate the stories

Thoughts on pop music old and new from David Cantwell and Charles Hughes

'LP': Absorbingly written stories of great albums, classic and new, and the artists who create them. Ian Sharp, Music Writer.

Thursday highlights about a classical piece or composer along with Saturday classical picks for a beautiful start to your weekend.

Slow writing on culture and music from an NPR veteran and bestselling author

Writing from/about Montreal. Parochial af.

A semi-monthly essay about music, culture and other stuff.

Because life has surface noise

then meets now

The intersection of music and data

Conversation from the Crossroads of Southern music, history, and culture from historian Dr. Bob Beatty, author of 'Play All Night! Duane Allman and the Journey to Fillmore East'

Each day discover amazing old school songs significant to that date and their back stories. A daily dose of rare soul, funk, disco and jazz that frees minds and shakes behinds. File under: music, sampling, vinyl records

Music for the curious, Canadian and otherwise. Toronto live music listings.

Writing about Music and Pop Culture that spans the decades

Rock history written from a queer lens.

New insights into jazz and its history

The most electrifying page in cultural commentary.

Riffs on music and culture, improvised and otherwise, from critic Nate Chinen

Essays and interviews, mostly about music. Also a podcast. Also a record label.

Everyday culture and found objects

It's a wonderful world—meet the inhabitants!

"The best music history writing online!" says Mike Degen of "Deeg's Poems" on Substack. It's rock, records, and radio, as we go behind the scenes of my years in FM rock radio and the record biz in the '70s & '80s!

These diaries reflect on Art, Culture, and Race with the mindful eye of a memoirist. Come on in. The water's fine.

Storytelling about rock pop music and culture through decades of interviews, reviews, and feature stories, shaken in a blender. Might be Steely Dan, Dylan, Springsteen, Stevie Wonder. Might be Laura Nyro, Tori Amos, the Ramones.

In-depth articles about music, motion pictures, TV, Radio and more past and present

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

Music, Movies, Books...the good stuff! This is also the home now to Off The Tracks - a full archive of 11,000 posts on pop culture

I've covered everything from three wars, a few presidential campaigns, the Stonewall riots and the Rolling Stones. This column reflects that history and is about politics, culture, personal stories, and the nation's descent into anti-democratic madness.

Zappagram is the mother of all music newsletters

A music newsletter & community for people tired of algorithms. Record reviews, interviews, and more.

A country music newsletter.

Thoughts on nearly vanished sounds, spirits, ideas.

Free newsletter packed with good vibes, curated playlists, song recommendations, and music-themed stories from all around the world. Hope to become a regular stop for you!

Black music, black culture and America.

This is Ross Barkan's newsletter - original essays on politics, society, and culture

Stories to read while the world is on fire.

Bob Dylan concerts throughout history

Robert Christgau's weekly newsletter. Music. Books. Politics. Old Age.

If music is your best friend, always there for you, in the best times and the worst times, if you turn on some music to start your day, and if you brake for rainbows, this is the place where I explore and celebrate music and the people who create it.

Jazz Music; Classical Music; Do the Math