I’m Caryn Rose and I write about rock and roll & pop culture in places like Pitchfork, NPR Music, Variety, Vulture, Backstreets Magazine, and more. My most recent book is WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS.
Newsletter
Disclaimer: this is not a news story. This is a heartbroken rant, post Astroworld I am so tired of people dying at concerts. I am so tired of looking for the exits when I get into a place or not going to venues because I legit don’t feel safe
Documentaries
between thought and expression lies a lifetime.
Patti Smith
she didn't call it "royal" either night
Tributes
and then there were three.
Patti Smith
I'll know my song well before I start singing.
Album Reviews
This is how I remember traveling to the Sinai: you took the overnight Egged bus from Tel Aviv’s central bus station to Eilat, the port city at the very bottom of the country. Then, you took a local bus to the border. Once you got there, you cleared Israel
Book Reviews
rebel girl you're the queen of my world.
Radio Radio
is there anybody alive out there?
Book Reviews
"I can make my own thing and be queen of it, instead of running after Joni Mitchell."
Newsletter
o life.
Album Reviews
"We didn’t ask what was in the bag, we just snorted it."
New York Dolls
I wanna know.