What Does A Complete Unknown Teach Us About Finding Our Identity?
Bob Dylan deepens our understanding of identity by offering a broader view of formation, of the process of “becoming” over time.
Knocking on Heaven’s Door: Finding Eden within Time
True joy that brings contentment resides here with us, right now, in this very moment.
Listening Closer: A 50th Dylanniversary Party
Third in an interview series in which Jeffrey solicits historical insights and personal passion about Bob Dylan’s ‘Bringing It All Back Home’ on its 50th anniversary
Listening Closer: ‘Bringing It All Back Home’ with Joe Henry
This week in Listening Closer, Jeffrey Overstreet interviews Joe Henry about Bob Dylan’s ‘Bringing It All Back Home.’
Listening Closer: ‘Bringing It All Back Home’ for a Half Century (with Kate Tempest)
Fifty years after the release of Bob Dylan’s ‘Bringing It All Back Home,’ Overstreet interviews Dylan admirers about the artist and the album; this is the first in a three-part series.
Listening Closer: I Have a Dream of Election-Season Peace
Election season is on us again. Can music help us keep the peace?
“Something Is Happening Here”: Why Christians Should Read Rock Critic, Greil Marcus
Greil Marcus is doing what Christians have been doing since the book of Acts—re-mythologizing culture.
God and Country: Echoes of the Church in American Music
Popular music generally and Americana in particular are full of Christian relics—images, sounds, and pictures that innately yearn for their spiritual fulfillment.
Our Favorite Music of 2012
The Christ and Pop Culture writers got together and hashed out our list of the best music we heard this year. Here’s what we came up with.
