Music

Culture

Rock and Roll Entrepreneur

Frank Zappa's true legacy.

Nick Gillespie | 4.1.2005 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Let Freedom Sing

Iran's mystery diva.

Charles Paul Freund | 4.1.2005 12:00 AM

Policy

Suit Torrent

Hollywood vs. downloaders

Julian Sanchez | 4.1.2005 12:00 AM

Music

Artie Shaw, RIP

Nick Gillespie | 12.31.2004 6:42 AM

Culture

Dead Men Hawk Some Wares

Our pitchmen have risen from the grave

Jeff Taylor | 12.1.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Queen of Persia

Rock in the lap of the gods.

Charles Paul Freund | 12.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Illegal Music

The war on sampling.

Julian Sanchez | 12.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Joan Baez and Me

She gwine tell de folks how dat ol' missuh prez'dent be a debbil!

Ronald Bailey | 11.4.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Free Culture vs. Big Media

Lawrence Lessig leads the charge to retake the public domain.

David Post | 11.1.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Can't Wait Too Long

The Americana myth of Brian Wilson's Smile

Brian Doherty | 9.28.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Joy in Mudville

The Phish scene's swan song

Julian Sanchez | 8.23.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Vox the Rote

The return of protest music

Julian Sanchez | 8.9.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

John Perry Barlow 2.0

The Thomas Jefferson of cyberspace reinvents his body -- and his politics.

Brian Doherty | 8.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Jabbing JibJab

Copyright law vs. political satire

Jesse Walker | 7.29.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Regulating Radios

Broadcast flag at half-mast.

Julian Sanchez | 7.1.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Messing With the Blues

Revisionism comes to the Delta.

Jeff Taylor | 6.1.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Blue Kentucky Grrl

Loretta Lynn's America

Jesse Walker | 5.11.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

DJ Clampdown

Illicit turntablism.

Jesse Walker | 5.1.2004 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Artists For Censorship

An argument for the uselessness of culture

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.27.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Messing With the Blues

Revisionism comes to the Delta

Matt Welch | 3.15.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

D.C. Schoolmarms Build Better Mousetrap

P2P paranoia leads Disney into the culture warriors' den

Radley Balko | 3.11.2004 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

The Music Never Stopped

Recordings depend on music, not vice versa.

Brian Doherty | 3.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Talkin' 'Bout Regeneration

Politics, pop culture, and teen spirit

David Weigel | 3.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Shepherds of the Nation

The FCC's war on indecency

Jesse Walker | 2.10.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Only Rock 'n' Roll?

Radio killed the Soviet star

Brandon Turner | 2.1.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Alt Business

Mags for adult rockers

Matt Welch | 2.1.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Welcome Back, Napster

All power to the audience

Nick Gillespie | 1.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Domination Fantasies

Does Rupert Murdoch control the media? Does anyone?

Ben Compaine | 1.1.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Songs to Learn and Ping

Who isn't trying to sell online music?

Jeff Taylor | 12.17.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

35 Heroes of Freedom

Celebrating the people who have made the world groovier and groovier since 1968

Reason Staff | 12.1.2003 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Data: Music Meltdown

Nick Gillespie | 12.1.2003 12:00 AM

Culture

Hit the Road, Jack

How file sharing clears out the dead wood

Nick Gillespie | 10.30.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

"Weapons of Singing Destruction"

The escalating storm over Arabic pop videos

Charles Paul Freund | 10.29.2003 12:00 AM

Culture

Hag Protests the Nashville-Washington Axis

Jesse Walker | 10.7.2003 11:38 AM

Policy

Sacred Music

Zoning vs. groovy theology

Kerry Howley | 10.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Shut Up 'n' Play Yer Guitar

Stopping downloads won't fix the music business

Nick Gillespie | 9.15.2003 12:00 AM

Obituaries

You Wonder Why I Always Dress In Black

Jesse Walker | 9.12.2003 11:30 AM

Politics

Is It the Music?

The crackdown on raves continues.

Jacob Sullum | 8.20.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Pass the Biscuits

We're living in Pappy O'Daniel's world

Jesse Walker | 8.19.2003 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Albino Blues

The Winter of copyright discontent

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Really Creative Destruction

Economist Tyler Cowen argues for the cultural benefits of globalization

Nick Gillespie | 8.1.2003 12:00 AM

Economics

Fly Girl Unbound

Jennifer Lopez in the age of abundance

Kerry Howley | 7.31.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Play Politics

Free speech isn't free, even for the Dixie Chicks.

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2003 12:00 AM

Culture

Cold Fusion

Stanley Crouch wages jazz by other means

Kerry Howley | 6.27.2003 12:00 AM

Culture

Baghdad Rock

Heavy metal dissent

Charles Paul Freund | 6.1.2003 12:00 AM

Culture

Look Who's Rocking the Casbah

The revolutionary implications of Arab music videos.

Charles Paul Freund | 6.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Letters

Reason Staff | 6.1.2003 12:00 AM

Culture

Random Genes vs. Designer Kids

Opposing views from Bill McKibben and Ronald Bailey

Ronald Bailey | 5.16.2003 12:00 AM