Neil Diamond Gave Us “America” and Also Showed Us Its Limits
The artist's schmaltzy universalism is an exhilarating triumph for white Jewish people, but leaves out some others.
Sweet Caroline
Neil Diamond Is the Dirty Water Hot Dog of American Music, and That’s a Good Thing
Neil Diamond, in his way, is the dirty water dog of American pop music.
Pet Sounds : It’s Not Rock ‘n’ Roll, But We Like It
What, in this most sophisticated of ages, constitutes the ingredients of rock music? The classification often seems arbitrary, the category
