Best Music Writing 2011
Author(s): Alex Ross
Twelfth in the acclaimed series of annual collections celebrating the best in music writing on every style of music, from rock to hip-hop to R&B to jazz to pop to blues and more. "Best Music Writing" has become one of the most eagerly awaited annuals of them all. Celebrating the year in music writing by gathering a rich array of essays, missives, and musings on every style of music from rock to hip-hop to R&B to jazz to pop to blues and more, it is essential reading for anyone who loves great music and accomplished writing. Scribes of every imaginable sort-novelists, poets, journalists, musicians - are gathered to create a multi-voiced snapshot of the year in music writing that, like the music it illuminates, is every bit as thrilling as it is riveting.
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"Kirkus Reviews," 10/15/11
"Maintaining the series' high standard...A great incentive to fire up Spotify, or even the old stereo.""Publishers Weekly," 10/3/11
"These collected pieces offer a soulful anthem to the vibrancy of music writing today." "Booklist," starred review, 11/1/11
"This terrific collection...includes an eclectic bunch of long-form articles and very short pieces...The types of music covered are impressive: classical (Beethoven, Wagner, European avant-garde); jazz (Duke Ellington; and pop (Lady Gaga) as well as country, metal and hip-hop. The selections even transcend borders: a piece on the underground music scene in Tehran is especially insightful...A bracing collection."
"Kingman Daily Miner, "10/21/11
"Well done, and highly recommended is this 5 Star book."
Curled Up With a Good Book
"This is music journalism at its finest."
"Library Journal, "11/15/11
"Aficionados of music and illuminating critical writing will find much to savor in t
General Fields
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- : The Perseus Books Group
- : Da Capo Press Inc
- : 0.34
- : 30 November 2011
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : 336
- : 781.64090512
- : 1211
- : Paperback
- : Alex Ross