Professor Terry Barr and Keith got together a few weeks back to chat about how some singer/songwriters get academic treatment, like Bob Dylan and Taylor Swift (that’s real) and why some don’t… and probably won’t.
For the purpose of our discussion we looked at Jeff Tweedy of Wilco and Paul Westerberg of The Replacements. Of the two, we both came to the same conclusion - Jeff will probably see an academic assessment (if he hasn’t already).
Paul will be out back cleaning the erasers.
Linkage
Terry Barr on Medium
Dig It! - Terry’s Substack
Keith R. Higgons on Medium
Abandoned Albums - Keith’s Substack (you’re actually on it now, so where does this link go…)
The NYTimes Article - apologies, you gotta create an account if you don’t have one.
Some of the writers mentioned in episode:
Claire Dederer
Michael Chabon
Paul Auster
Susan Rogers
Phillip Roth
Jennifer Egan
Center Stage: An Abandoned Albums Podcast