Books
Lewis Mumford, a philosopher, historian and architecture critic who had an enormous impact on American thought for much of this century, has died of natural causes at his home in southeastern New York.
Jan. 28, 1990
The first question must be whether this book was necessary.
July 16, 1989
Music
The first salvo from Mumford & Sons’ forthcoming album “Wilder Mind” arrived Monday, the new single “Believe” largely abandoning the acoustic guitars, mandolins and banjos that had defined the group’s sound to date as the British neo-folk outfit enters the 21st century with electric guitars and synthesizers blazing.
March 10, 2015
Awards
Grammys 2013: Fun., Mumford, Gotye lead a newer generation
Feb. 11, 2013
By the time night two of Mumford and Sons’ “secret” shows at the Roxy in West Hollywood rolled around Tuesday, any lingering mystery about their existence was pretty well gone.
April 1, 2015
Pop & Hiss
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Oct. 11, 2011
Belief is big in the world of Mumford & Sons.
May 1, 2015
A quote from “The Culture of Cities,” by Lewis Mumford, seems timely in this time of victory for Ruth Galanter, the neighborhood activist, over Pat Russell, who rightly or wrongly was perceived as the protagonist of the World Class City forces.
June 19, 1987
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros make honest music
Aug. 3, 2013
Entertainment & Arts
GOTHAM A History of New York City to 1898 By Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace; Oxford University Press: 1,416 pp., $49.95 : WRITING NEW YORK, A Literary Anthology Edited by Phillip Lopate; The Library of America: 1,034 pp., $40 : SIDEWALK CRITIC, Lewis Mumford’s Writings on New York By Lewis Mumford, Edited by Robert Wojtowicz Princeton Architectural Press: 288 pp., $27.50
Aug. 15, 1999