Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rock critic and author Griel Marcus sits for a portrait at his studio at his home in Oakland. It's the 50th anniversary of his ...

• Read an excerpt from Greil Marcus’ The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice With his close-cropped white hair, owlish black eyeglasses, and smart dark coat, Greil Marcus cut a ...

Greil Marcus — Rolling Stone magazine’s first reviews editor in 1969 — appeared before a crowd of mostly middle-aged smart types at Books and Books late last month in Coral Gables to read from his ...

But each snippet had to be more than that. Mr. Marcus is a world-class cultural spelunker, as he proved in such indispensable books as “Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock ’n’ Roll Music” (1975) ...

Music critic Marcus (Bob Dylan by Greil Marcus) offers a relentlessly beautiful and insightful evaluation of the music of the Doors—a fitting tribute on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of ...

This is the book Van Morrison's artistry has long deserved, and The Man's devotees will celebrate its blend of eloquence, passionate scholarship and soulfulness. In a series of essays that keep ...