Seth Rogovoy is a contributing editor at the Forward. He is the author of Bob Dylan: Prophet Mystic Poet (Scribner, 2009) and the forthcoming Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison (Oxford University Press).
Seth Rogovoy
By Seth Rogovoy
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Aldean isn't the first to sing the praises of small towns, just one of the most xenophobic
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The classic 1973 film presents a whitewashed vision of America; its soundtrack was anything but
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The Welsh singer has covered songs by Bob Dylan and has sung about Samson and Delilah
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Culture The secret Jewish history of the Indianapolis 500
Alon Day, Peter Revson and Carl Fisher are names that should be known alongside Mario Andretti and A.J. Fo\yt
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A recent story out of Danville, Illinois makes 1984's 'New Danville Girl' — co-written by Sam Shepard — seem eerily prescient
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Al Kooper and Rage Against the Machine are among this year's inductees
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Theories abound as to why the 81-year-old artist has started covering Grateful Dead tunes
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Fifty years ago, Bette Midler, Kiss, Steely Dan and the Simons (both Carly and Paul) stormed the pop charts
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