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Caryn Rose

Caryn Rose is a music journalist, historian and archivist. She's written for NPR Music, Variety, Pitchfork, Billboard and many others, and her most recent book is "Why Patti Smith Matters." She wrote for Backstreets Magazine for over 20 years and publishes a weekly newsletter about Bruce Springsteen's work at Radio Nowhere. She currently resides in Detroit, Michigan.

Margo Price performs during the Back Cove Festival on August 03, 2025 in Portland, Maine. ( Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images)

Margo Price is in her villain era

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Neil Young, 2025 ( Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images)

Neil Young demonstrates why live music will always be better

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Sinéad O'Connor (Michel Linssen/Redferns/Getty Images)

A literary tribute to Sinéad O’Connor takes her legacy off the back burner

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Ana da Silva and Gina Birch of The Raincoats (Martyn Goodacre/Getty Images)

Your favorite band’s favorite band gets its due

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Bruce Springsteen, 2025 (Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images)

Bruce Springsteen maps the treasures of his own music vault

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Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie (David A. Smith/Getty Images)

Low Cut Connie isn’t keeping quiet about finding it hard to be livin’ in the USA

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Bono in "Bono: Stories of Surrender" (Apple TV+)

Bono’s one-man show finds power in restraint

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Benmont Tench performing with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 1980 (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)

The magic of rock and roll is a sacred archive maintained by those alive to still play the hits

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Nick Cave (Pablo Gallardo/Redferns/Getty)

Nick Cave has been to hell and back, which is why his music sounds like heaven

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Bob Dylan (Fiona Adams/Redferns)

Bob Dylan can do whatever he wants

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Allee Willis on the set she designed for MTV's "Just Say Julie" (Courtesy of the Estate of Allee Willis and Magnolia Pictures)

The woman behind your favorite songs finally gets her spotlight

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Aretha Franklin (Getty Images)

Honoring Aretha Franklin, legendary “Queen of Soul,” the greatest singer of our time

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Bono of U2 (Getty/Kevin Winter)

U2 isn’t radical now: On tour, Bono calls for justice too softly — and safely — for 2018

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U2 during their 'The Joshua Tree World Tour' (Getty/Andrew Chin)

In Trump’s country: U2 takes “Joshua Tree” politics back on the road

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Keith Richards, Chuck Berry (AP/Vann)

“Chuck has his own way of showing appreciation”: Concert documentary “Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll” offers a candid Insight into Chuck Berry

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(Amazon Studios and Magnolia Pictures)

More than a real cool time: Jim Jarmusch’s “Gimme Danger” is essential viewing for Stooges fans

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Cover detail of "Born to Run" (Simon & Schuster)

The Book of Bruce: “Born to Run” is the Springsteen Bible fans have been waiting for

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Bruce Springsteen at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, N.J., July 3, 1981. (AP)

Bruce Springsteen’s “Chapter & Verse”: A close read of the companion album to his memoir “Born to Run”

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Max Casella, Bobby Cannavale and P.J. Byrne in "Vinyl" (HBO)

Behind the music on “Vinyl”: The live show triumph we’ve been waiting all season to see

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Juno Temple, Val Emmish and James Jagger in "Vinyl" (HBO)

Behind the music on “Vinyl”: Patti Smith, more Magic Tramps and Springsteen, who’s “like an approachable Dylan”

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James Jagger in "Vinyl" (HBO/Patrick Harbron)

Behind the music on “Vinyl”: Blink and you’ll miss Bruce Springsteen

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Bobby Cannavale and Ray Romano in "Vinyl" (HBO)

Behind the music on “Vinyl”: Elvis enters the building, and “the king of rock and roll is singing about lettuce”

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James Jagger and Bobby Cannavale in "Vinyl" (HBO)

Behind the music on “Vinyl”: David Bowie bookends, plus an Iggy Pop tease

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The Replacements, from cover photo of "Trouble Boys" (Da Capo Press)

Your new Replacements bible: “Trouble Boys” tells the truth about the Replacements — if you can handle it

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