music

Beyond Jazz: Kerouac and Music

The links between the Beat Generation and music seem obvious, and many of them have been pretty thoroughly explored. Ginsberg…

7 years ago

Unheard Ginsberg Recordings Newly Released

Released just a few days ago, The Complete Songs Of Innocence And Experience by Allen Ginsberg is a multi-CD (or download, if…

9 years ago

The Beats and the Beatles: two sides of the same coin

“If two things are two sides of the same coin, they are very closely related although they seem different” -…

11 years ago

Setting Kerouac to Music: An Interview with Kubilay Uner

This article originally appeared in Beatdom #14 - the MOVIE issue.   Kubilay Uner is the composer for the 2013…

12 years ago

From Albion to Shangri-La

From Albion to Shangri-La consists of collected excerpts from Peter Doherty’s journals, circa 2008 to 2013, with an added selection…

12 years ago

Mark Murphy/ Bop for Kerouac

“I want to be considered a jazz poet . . .” i Don’t miss Mark Murphy’s 1981 recording “Bop for…

12 years ago

Beatdom #7 on Kindle

One of our most successful issues of Beatdom was the 7th, released way back in 2010. This was the music-themed…

12 years ago

Summer Bop 2013

“All I can say is, if you know Jimmy Heath, you know Bop.” — Dizzy Gillespiei (more…)

13 years ago

Dick in Dixie: Hank Williams III

They say that I'm ill-mannered, that I'm gonna self-destruct, But if you know what I'm thinkin' you'll know that pop…

13 years ago

A Few Words From Patti Smith On Writing and Beats

On May 15, Patti Smith told us about her new record, Banga, and some of the source for the title…

14 years ago

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