Soul

Flirting with disaster Flirting with disaster

Will Amy Winehouse's self-destructive behavior make her a music legend -- or will it just kill her?
  • How do I become an adult?

    I missed the memo on how to grow up
  • Soul man

    In a vast new biography, Peter Guralnick takes on the late, great, silky-smooth crooner Sam Cooke.
  • A pop princess, unspoiled

    Alicia Keys beats the odds, avoiding a Lauryn Hill flameout (or a Britney travesty) with the simple and joyous retro-soul of her new album.
  • Soul survivor

    Al Green has never matched the nuanced, whispered restraint of his early-'70s classics. But a long-awaited reunion album with producer Willie Mitchell reminds us of his greatness.
  • A lost soul

    After her strokes, my grandmother is still here. But what is left is base behavior and compulsion, unleavened by charity, kindness or faith.
  • Sharps & Flats

    Soul singer Kina has a background like Sheryl Crow, a voice like Tina Turner and a debut record so good it makes you forget how silly the words are.
  • The self-help hot line

    It's hard to make chicken soup for the soul when your refrigerator is facing a past-life mind-soul fragment that's blocking your chi.
  • Save your soul!

    For just a few bucks, an Italian housewife will do your praying for you.
  • The myths and truths of our muscle of love

    An interview with Sherwin B. Nuland, author of "The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Reflects on Medical Myths."
  • eFaust eFoiled

    The real reason you can't sell your soul on eBay: There's just no way to prove you can make good to the winning bidder.
  • Pilgrim's passion

    A peripatetic seeker reflects on the quest at the heart of the pilgrimage.
  • Sharps & flats

    Unable to translate critical success into mainstream sales, Me'Shell Ndegeocello ends up "Bitter."
  • Sharps & flats

    I'm the lamest craze: Macy Gray is nothing but a new soul pretender.
  • Henri Dikongui

    Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
  • The heart of the matter

    Researchers have discovered what romantics have long suspected: that chaos and love are the same, and they're both good for the heart.
  • Erykah Badu

    Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
  • G-love and Special Sauce

    Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine

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