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In the Wake of Hurricane Helene

North Carolina faces a long road to recovery. Our communities need support now more than ever.

To aid in relief efforts, we're dedicating our North Carolina Music Issue to those affected.

$10 from each sale from now until 10/31 goes to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund.

PURCHASE HERE
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Amanda Petrusich

About

Amanda Petrusich is a contributing editor to the Oxford American and the author of three books about music. She is a staff writer at the New Yorker, an associate professor at New York University, and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in nonfiction.

Articles

Betty Davis

Davis was impossibly beautiful, trawling onstage in neg­ligee, bracelets, and heels: sexualized, fear­less, proud.

By Amanda Petrusich

The Long-Gone Sound of Amédé Ardoin

By Amanda Petrusich

Snacks on Snacks on Snacks

By Amanda Petrusich

The Bottom of the River Haw

By Amanda Petrusich

Everybody Knows You When You're Down And Out

By Amanda Petrusich

Black Patti 8030

By Amanda Petrusich

Jam Nothin' But That Screw

By Amanda Petrusich
Issue 91, Winter 2015

The Road Goes on Forever

Motion sustained and also undid the Allman Brothers Band.

By Amanda Petrusich

Sweet Bitter Blues

By Amanda Petrusich
Issue 99, Winter 2017

Blank Place

By Amanda Petrusich
Issue 111, Winter 2020

Everybody Knows You When You're Down And Out

By Amanda Petrusich
Web Feature

Our Stories

By Amanda Petrusich