Jeff Slate

Jeff Slate is a New York City-based songwriter and journalist. His writing can be found at The New Yorker, Esquire, The Wall Street Journal and Rolling Stone, among others. He tweets at @jeffslate.


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9mos ago
MS NOW Opinion

Sly Stone’s legacy was so much bigger than the music

Stone changed R&B, soul and rock music forever (while helping to invent funk along the way) with a pop sensibility that few artists have ever even dreamed of.

10mos ago
MS NOW Opinion

Trump took Bruce Springsteen’s bait

This week’s mini-feud pits two predictable septuagenarians against each other. And the result is a personal gift to the Boss.

1year ago
MS NOW Opinion

The new Bob Dylan biopic isn’t a history lesson. That’s OK.

Here are five recommended books for the (mostly) real story of Dylan’s early years.

2years ago
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Rolling Stone’s rock ‘n’ roll gatekeeper is telling on himself

There’s a reason why white classic rock bands were covered endlessly, while people of color and women were all but erased from the magazine’s version of music history.