rock-and-roll

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The finest rock-and-roll biographies are defined by their capacity for losing the reader inside the music.

From Salon • Jun. 16, 2025

“I’m a rabble-rouser who does humorous social commentary within a rock-and-roll setting,” he told The New York Times in 1990.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

At the time, the magazine agreed to credit photographer Goldsmith, known for portraits of rock-and-roll stars including Mick Jagger, and paid her $400 to license her 1981 black-and-white portrait as an artist reference.

From BBC • May 18, 2023

“There’s a tremendous change in the public perception of where rock-and-roll comes from, and who embodies it, who a rock god is,” Wald says.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2023

It was our little piece of rock-and-roll heaven.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam