In Los Angeles-based author Anna Dorn’s newest novel, “American Spirits,” the pop star Blue Velour, formerly known as Beatrice Clark, moved to L.A. years ago, and eventually took the music world by ...

I’ve never really understood Lana Del Rey. She is a figure that burst fully formed into the musical landscape more than a decade ago with a persona combining nostalgia for Hollywood glamour and ...

Anna Dorn’s “American Spirits” re-imagines Lana Del Rey with the Gaylor subreddit, and does just alright with its ...

After Lana Del Rey announced her country album Lasso in January, details have been pretty scarce. She released a cover of “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver, and teased a song called “Henry, ...

How many ways are there to be American — or to celebrate America? Truly, there's no counting high enough, a reality sounded out by songs that bear our country's name. These tunes critique the United ...