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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

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Published in
Three Imaginary Girls

Music Genres Are Guides, Not Laws

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

Jun 18, 2024

Music Genres Are Guides, Not Laws

Jun 18, 2024

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Published in
Counter Arts

Orville Peck and Southern Gay Pride

When being honest and vulnerable pays off

Jun 5, 2024

Orville Peck and Southern Gay Pride

Jun 5, 2024

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Published in
The Riff

My Grandmother: Hit Songwriter

A forgotten “rockabilly classic”

Feb 20, 2024

My Grandmother: Hit Songwriter

Feb 20, 2024

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Published in
Three Imaginary Girls

Subjective Gods and Tiny Hands

My search for Judaism and the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

Feb 12, 2024

Subjective Gods and Tiny Hands

Feb 12, 2024

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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 Riff

Southern Men, Racism, and Resistance

When truth stares back at us

3d ago

Southern Men, Racism, and Resistance

3d ago

What I Think MG Means By Greatness Again

Where were you in 1955?

Feb 13

What I Think M*G* Means By Greatness Again

Feb 13

Published in
The Riff

The Best “Worst” Album

Or is it the worst best album?

Feb 13

The Best “Worst” Album

Feb 13

Published in
Counter Arts

Before and After David (Lynch)

A perfect dream of film and music

Jan 31

Before and After David (Lynch)

Jan 31

Published in
The Riff

The Song of the Year?

It takes a long time sometimes

Jan 28

The Song of the Year?

Jan 28

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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