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Terry Barr

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American Crisis Playlist: From Political Pestilence to Pandemic

American Crisis Playlist: From Political Pestilence to Pandemic

How music helped me cope with the pandemic and the 2020 nightmare presidential election.

2022

Stories

Pinned

Published in
Three Imaginary Girls

Music Genres Are Guides, Not Laws

Transgressing the boundaries of what all the “supposed to’s”

Jun 18

Music Genres Are Guides, Not Laws

Jun 18

Pinned

Published in
Counter Arts

Orville Peck and Southern Gay Pride

When being honest and vulnerable pays off

Jun 5

Orville Peck and Southern Gay Pride

Jun 5

Pinned

Published in
The Riff

My Grandmother: Hit Songwriter

A forgotten “rockabilly classic”

Feb 20

My Grandmother: Hit Songwriter

Feb 20

Pinned

Published in
Three Imaginary Girls

Subjective Gods and Tiny Hands

My search for Judaism and the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

Feb 12

Subjective Gods and Tiny Hands

Feb 12

Pinned

Published in
Counter Arts

Piano Lessons

And how we told a boy from a girl

Nov 10, 2023

Piano Lessons

Nov 10, 2023

Published in
The Memoirist

Snake Eyes in the Kitchen

Whoops!

Sep 8

Snake Eyes in the Kitchen

Sep 8

Published in
The Riff

When Smoke Gets in My Eyes

Remembering Deep Purple’s hit

Sep 5

When Smoke Gets in My Eyes

Sep 5

Published in
Counter Arts

Driving Through Fear

As the music plays on

Sep 2

Driving Through Fear

Sep 2

Published in
The Riff

I No Longer Belong at Music Festivals

A sign of fading love

Aug 26

I No Longer Belong at Music Festivals

Aug 26

Published in
The Riff

Old Roommates, Neil Young, and Me

A second Neil Young concert

Aug 20

Old Roommates, Neil Young, and Me

Aug 20

Terry Barr

Terry Barr

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I write about music, culture, equality, and my Alabama past in The Riff, The Memoirist, Prism and Pen, Counter Arts, and am an editor for Plethora of Pop.

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