David Barker, the major domo of the popular local musical act Zig Zag, has a new release, and it is not a record. “Drift Off ...

The context for pop music has shifted to the Web. “It’s the pictures that got small,” Norma Desmond famously quipped in Sunset Boulevard, when faced with the inconvenient truth that Hollywood had ...

Remember liner notes? They used to come with every record, tape, and CD, and detailed every composer, musician, and engineer who worked on an album (what, you think Beyonce does everything herself?).

In the old days, consumers of music were able to flip through liner notes of an album in order to ascertain precisely who was behind their favorite tracks. Now, after a digital hiatus, new technology ...

I wanted to hear “Song to Jutta,” so I bought a copy of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s first album. I was surprised to find that the liner notes were written by my friend Ann Moses. I called Ann. “Did ...

Joni Mitchell was onto something. You don't miss liner notes until you don't have them. I admit: Many liner notes leave me cold, for two reasons. First, they're way too detailed, especially in jazz.

Did you know that Bob Dylan is like Yeats? Or that Moby is troubled by fundamentalism? Or that Madonna shook the world? It?s all true. At least it?s true according to the liner notes on their albums.

One of the best parts of vinyl records are the liner notes. Whether it is the instrumentation, the lyrics, or its origin the liner notes gives you a glimpse into an artist's creative process. This ...

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When a music artist decides to write his or her memoir or autobiography, you can typically expect a fairly self-serving effort. There are some great exceptions, “Life,” by Keith Richards, for example.

A nod to one of Billboard's own contributor Judy Cantor-Navas on her unexpected nomination for liner notes. By Judy Cantor-Navas I am nominated for best album notes for Craft Recordings’ The Complete ...