New York Stories: Hua Hsu
A Cali transplant becomes a New Yorker with help from a Williamsburg groove merchant.
Magazine
More Songs About Painting and Food
Mike Rubin on a half-century of art and music commingling in New York City.
Bugalu on Broadway: The Dawn of Salsa in New York City
Ned Sublette charts the birth of salsa, a rhythm with Cuban and Puerto Rican roots that found its legs in ’70s New York before it was marketed to the world.
New York Stories: Gary Panter
The underground comic goes to great lengths to prove that he doesn’t know all that much about music in New York.
Nightclubbing: SqueezeBox!
An oral history of the Manhattan party that birthed bands, revolutionized the drag scene and served as a hothouse for Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
The Original Jazzy Jay
From Bronx creation to the Zulu Nation, the real roots of hip hop culture
The Crooklyn Dodgers: An Oral History
The story behind Spike Lee’s hip hop supergroup.
Randy Muller
Brooklyn brass constructivism and the human need for mapping things
New York Stories: Will Hermes
A personal postscript of no wave New York.
Black Magic: Jazz and Metal’s Unholy Union
Hank Shteamer uncovers the rich overlapping history between two genres that seem to have little to do with one another.
The Hum of the City: La Monte Young and the Birth of NYC Drone
Alan Licht profiles the remarkably influential composer – and charts the impact his work has had on generations of avant-garde music-makers.
Interview: Phade of The Shirt Kings
We talk to one of the artists behind the whimsical custom-made T-shirts snapped up by just about every early hip hopper you’d care to name.
Just Blaze
Justin Smith the First: taming rappers' egos since '99
Public Enemy at Rikers: An Oral History
In 1988, the politically charged hip hop legends became the first rap group to play at Rikers Island. Chuck D and a host of insiders tell the story to Amy Linden.
New York Stories: Jami Attenberg
A secret Sonic Youth gig becomes a life-defining experience.
Planet Rock Mixtape: Exporting Hip Hop Culture
Breakdancing, graffiti writing, DJing and MCing: Michael A. Gonzales explains how the four elements of hip hop changed the world.
Arto Lindsay
No bossa, no wave: connecting the dots with the man behind Lounge Lizards and DNA
New York Stories: S.H. Fernando Jr.
The 2001 edition of RBMA kicked off in New York on 9/3. On 9/11, everything changed. An Academy lecture host that year recalls the experience.
Interview: Laraaji
Talking laughter meditation with the Brian Eno collaborator and electric zither specialist.
Mister Saturday Night Anthems
Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin give us a rundown of some of the biggest tracks from their NYC shindig through the years.
