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Mystery Train at 50

Greil Marcus’s Mystery Train turned 50 in 2025, resulting in a new, updated edition (with fully updated discographies and new introductions from Dwight Garner and Greil himself), as well as several interviews and reviews. Some of these links are paywalled. (If you know of anything missed here, drop a comment and it will be added to the list.)

Mystery Train interviews

  • Jim Ruland (Substack)
  • Rob Sheffield (Rolling Stone)
  • Barney Hoskyns et al. (Rock’s Backpages / audio)
  • Marc Weingarten (Los Angeles Times)
  • Wayne Robins (Critical Conditions/Substack)
  • Michaelangelo Matos (YouTube / live discussion)
  • Piers Beagley (Elvis Information Network)
  • Andrew Hamlin (The Tonearm)
  • Robert Scheer (Scheer Intelligence / YouTube interview)

    Mystery Train at 50 Reviews

  • Jack Walters (PopMatters)
  • Philip Martin (Arkansas Democrat Gazette)
  • Bowie Book Club podcast (discussion of MT)

    See past coverage of Mystery Train here.

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