‘Like a Virgin’ songwriter Billy Steinberg dies at 74

The songwriter's many hits included Madonna's "Like a Virgin," Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" and Heart's "Alone." ...

From sleeping in tents to Woodstock, rock ’n’ roll's ‘Forrest Gump’Leo Lyons shares the story of Ten Years After

Club, sparked the blues boom, achieved immortality at Woodstock – and is still going strong at 82. “Music,” he says, “it’s a ...
American Songwriter

3 Songs George Harrison Wrote for Ronnie Spector Then Recorded on Two of His Solo Albums, and One Track Link to David Bowie

I got [the single] because I was totally ga-ga over Ronnie Spector,” recalled Bowie. “I always thought she was absolutely ...

Baptisms of the dead and private interviews — what no one knows about growing up Mormon

‘If you die unbaptised you can have a surrogate do it for you on this plane,’ explains Kit. ‘So Mormons compile names of everyone in their family tree who’s died and make a bunch of teens get baptised ...
The American Prospect

‘A Foreclosing of Options’: Racial Health Inequality in Washington, D.C.

Black Washingtonians grapple with the largest racial life expectancy gap in the nation. But Sanyu Mojola isn’t satisfied that the burden of finding a solution to decades of health disparities rests ...