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High notes By Cynthia Joyce
Salon contributors answer the question: What was your most significant musical moment of 1997?
(12/24/97)

Paint it black By David Bowman
A prayer for His Holy Hipness, Johnny Cash (12/05/97)

Stephane Grappelli, 1908-1997 By Stacey Kors
A beloved jazz legend passes
(12/03/97)

The gospel according to Paul By Mark Hertsgaard
"Many Years From Now": The gospel according to Paul McCartney
(11/12/97)

Bridges to Babylon- Rolling Stones
by Sean Elder
Maybe it's comforting to know that rock 'n' roll's elder statesmen can still crank out rock riffs and boozy ballads in their sleep -- but it's too bad they have to take that judgment literally. Sean Elder makes an argument for early retirement.(11/05/97)

Music Singing the body eclectic
A Salon critics' guide to world music. (10/03/97)

Time Out Of Mind -- Bob Dylan By David Bowman
It's now been seven long, lackluster years since Bob Dylan's "Oh Mercy" -- can producer Daniel Lanois fire up the Bard a second time? Amateur Dylanologist David Bowman takes on the long-awaited "Time Out of Mind" (09/19/97)

Summer Movie Soundtracks A review of summer picks by Cynthia Joyce and Michelle Goldberg
A round-up of this year's summer soundtracks, including "Men in Black," Batman and Robin," "Austin Powers," "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion" and others. (09/12/97)

Return of the Mac By Michael Snyder
Lindsey Buckinham, pop-wise guitarist of Fleetwood Mac, talks to Salon. (08/29/97)

In Memoriam: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan by Banning Eyre
With a voice that could move a crowd like no other, qawwal Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a national treasure to his native Pakistan and a world-reknowned singer. Banning Eyre remembers the experience of seeing Nusrat, who died of a heart attack in London on August 16, live for the last time. (08/22/97)

Pup Tent - Luna by Cynthia Joyce
Pop rocks: Members of New York's Luna poke their heads out of "Pup Tent." (08/21/97)

CD Bloat By Charles Taylor
Why smorgasbord-style CDs makes our critic sick to his stomach. (08/15/97)

Way dead Elvis By Greil Marcus
A tribute to the King proves that his posthumous legend has become equal parts sincerity and trash. (08/12/97)

Mothers Who Think A few good men By Joyce Millman
Bruce Springsteen: Growing old with the Boss. (08/08/97)

Rebel Music - Fela Kuti
Jazz/World, review by Milo Miles
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti of Nigeria, usually called just Fela, was the first African rock star and still the grandest. He died on August 3 at age 58 of AIDS, after a long career battling giant enemies he made look small. (08/06/97)

Michael Tilson Thomas
Classical, review by Douglas McLennan
If classical music is going to survive in the modern culture it has to appeal to new audiences, and Michael Tilson Thomas has demonstrated some encouraging success with that challenge. His Mahler, Copland and Prokofiev discs have all been on Billboard's Best Seller list, and the Prokofiev won a Grammy this year for best orchestral performance. (07/02/97)

Beck vs. Bach
Is classical music dead? Salon critics Sarah Vowell and Paul Festa face off (06/27/97)

The wizards of id By David Rakoff
Forget the martinis and smoking jackets. The Rat Pack ruled because they sang like angels and swung like hell (06/13/97)

Misery Loves Company By Dave Eggers
An interview with former American Music Club front man Mark Eitzel (05/08/97)

R.I.P. Laura Nyro By Sean Elder (04/11/97)

Dedicated Followers of Passion By Sean K. Elder
One partied, the other stewed: How the brothers Davies wove their rivalry and debauchery into the rough beauties of the Kinks' hits (03/04/97)

To Burt with Love By Joyce Millman
A Valentine to Burt Bacharach, the greatest love-song writer of the pop era (02/12/97)

Music 1996 By Joyce Millman and Cynthia Joyce (12/16/96)

• Beck: From "Loser" to Where it's At By Keith Moerer.
  Why Beck is Artist of the Year
• The Last Jazz Giant By Milo Miles
  Milo Miles bids farewell to Ella Fitzgerald
• The Golden Years By Paul Festa
  An anniversary toast to the Juilliard String Quartet
• Plus: Our critics' Top Ten lists

You Can't Talk to the Dude By Josh Kornbluth
Assigned to interview eccentric rocker Jonathan Richman, monologuist Josh Kornbluth found himself out-talking his subject. (12/16/96)

Songs From a Marriage By Joyce Millman
Amy Rigby's superb "Diary of a Mod Housewife" looks at real-life love from the kitchen-sink perspective of great country music. (11/25/96)

Shocked, shaken and stirred By Cynthia Joyce
Michelle Shocked talks about declaring war and finding peace. (10/14/96)

The White Album By Stephanie Zacharek
Contemplating the sonic blancmange that is Sheryl Crow.
Text-only version. (9/30/96)

The Basement Tapes By Milo Miles
Persistence pays off for two veteran indie rockers, Sebadoh and Scrawl.
Text-only version. (9/23/96)

Triumph of the Weird By Sam Hurwitt
More songs about Nixon and girlfriends from alt-rock's original free spirits, They Might Be Giants.
Text-only version. (9/23/96)

For those about to Bach, we salute you By Cynthia Joyce
"Exile on Classical Street": Will recommendations from rock stars sell their fans on classical music?
Text-only version. (8/26/96)

Classics for moderns By Tim Riley
Ten new classical music recordings that even a novice will want to own. (7/15/96)

Dead not gone By Milo Miles
Our critic searches for the source of the Grateful Dead's enduring appeal at the Furthur Festival. (7/15/96)

Personal Best
In the first of our quarterly roundups of our editors and critics' favorites in different fields of art and entertainment, we pick 14 pop albums that mattered -- and still do. (6/17/96)

Dalai-palooza. By Cynthia Joyce
A skeptical interview with the idealistic woman behind the forthcoming Tibetan Freedom concert, the all star benefit of the '90s. (5/27/96)

Plus: An interview with Freedom Concert performer Yoko Ono. (5/27/96)

You really got me By Lisa Crovo
An up close and personal encounter with rock legend Ray Davies. (5/20/96)

Elvis and his idols By Joyce Millman
Mr. Costello records the songs he wrote for his favorite singers -- because they won't. (5/13/96)

Beating a bad rap By Milo Miles
The Fugees, Busta Rhymes and Positive Black Soul take black music back from the gangstas. (5/13/96)

Penthouse View By Cynthia Joyce
Luna's Dean Wareham says he's no "aristorocker." (5/6/96)

Ballads and Bones By Scott Rosenberg
An interview with Richard Thompson, musician's musician, moody songwriter and rock's crown prince of irony (4/6/96)

Where Weird and Pop Converge By Cynthia Joyce
An e-mail duet with the unpredictable band Cracker's sardonic leader, David Lowery (4/6/96)

Incredibly Bad Music By Milo Miles
The revival of "lounge" music has our critic holding his nose. (3/23/96)

A Sweet Tune From Lennon's Tomb By Mark Hertsgaard
Their "new" single "Real Love" is one of the highlights of the Beatles' second Anthology CD. (3/23/96)

The biggest little music fest in Texas: South by Southwest. By Spike Gillespie (3/9/96)

Rust Never Sleeps. By Sam Hurwitt
Punk forefathers Iggy Pop and Lou Reed show their age. (2/24/96)

Entering Strong & Rising By Mary Elizabeth Williams
Wondering what current album to spin to set the horizontal mood? Salon's exclusive make-out guide to the Billboard Top Ten. (2/10/96)

Music From the World's Trouble Spots. By Milo Miles
Desperate situations can lead to powerful popular art. (2/10/96)

Carly and Her Daughters. By Joyce Millman
Out of the most humiliating corner of your record collection, Carly Simon is rising again -- and this time, she's got a posse. (1/13/96)

Maestro Marty. By James Marcus
Martin Scorsese's romance with pop music. (12/30/95)

Springsteen's Cabernet Grapes of Wrath Tour '95. By Adam Block
Baby, the Boss was born to slum. (12/30/95)

Moonlighting. Moonlighting pop stars often shine brighter in their sideline bands. By Sam Hurwitt. (12/16/95)

The Bulletproof Brotherhood of Ska and Punk. Milo Miles celebrates one roots style that will not die. (12/2/95)

Beatles '95: Joyce Millman on why the latest wave of Beatlemania can't buy her love. (11/20/95)

Trip-hop, Britain's newest musical trend, beguiles hipster introverts. By Milo Miles (11/20/95)