Archive - Greil Marcus / Letter in the Ether

Real Life Rock Top 10: May 6, 2026

May 6 • Greil Marcus

Ask Greil: May 1, 2026

Jimi Hendrix, Roy Orbison, Yoko Ono, and the Masked Marauders

May 1 • Greil Marcus

April 2026

Real Life Rock Top 10: April 8, 2026

History lessons, why UK post-punk will live at least as long as the people who make it, how some people lose their voices and others never find them

Apr 8 • Greil Marcus

Ask Greil: April 4, 2026

Roxy Music, vampires, friendship, and the Civil War

Apr 4 • Greil Marcus

March 2026

A Conversation with Daveed Diggs about Mystery Train

Mar 21 • Greil Marcus

NBC Bay Area on Mystery Train

Mar 14 • Greil Marcus

Ask Greil: March 9, 2026

Graham Parker, Garth Hudson, Liberace, and the Vulgar Boatmen

Mar 9 • Greil Marcus

Real Life Rock Top 10: March 6, 2026

"Walk Away Renee" and "Mole in the Ground" top the charts again, Backstreet Boys and Luke Wilson in a battle of the bands, and Charles Taylor reports on…

Mar 6 • Greil Marcus

February 2026

Ask Greil: February 9, 2026

Sam Cooke, Solange Knowles, and the Swingin’ Medallions

Feb 9 • Greil Marcus

Real Life Rock Top 10: February 4, 2026

Springsteen in Minneapolis, Freud and Jung in Zurich, Ann Lee in Hollywood, the Beatles in court

Feb 4 • Greil Marcus

January 2026

Event: Mystery Train 50th Anniversary Celebration with Daveed Diggs

California Ballroom, Oakland, March 7

Jan 30 • Greil Marcus

Ask Greil: January 15, 2026

"The Brutalist," Adrien Brody, the Band, and Lester Bangs

Jan 15 • Greil Marcus