In a career that has spanned decades, the rock villain known as Alice Cooper has gone from near alcoholic death to induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Rachel Barton Pine is a classical virtuoso who knew she wanted to play violin since she was 5. But her career nearly ground to a halt when she was 20, and lost her leg in a train accident.
Have you ever noticed how much popular music recycles itself? Music critic and author Simon Reynolds says that the digital archiving of old music has swamped creativity in new music. He says in his new book, Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past, that digital archiving is overwhelming any new creativity.
