Da Capo Best Music Writing: The Year's Finest Writing on Rock, Hip-hop, Jazz, Pop, Country and More (De Capo Best Music Writing S.) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306814994 ISBN 13: 9780306814990

Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Whether you count yourself a member of the hip-hop nation, bang your head yearly at Ozzfest, wear a cowboy hat, or dance to the top twenty, you're sure to find something to love in Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006. Gathering a rich array of writing by music journalists, novelists, and scribes from a wide range of sources-highbrow literary quarterlies to 'zines and blogs--Da Capo Best Music Writing is a multi-voiced snapshot of the year in music writing that, like the music it illuminates, is every bit as thrilling as it is revealing.

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Review

"Each page makes me want to either dance or visit a rock star's grave." "Whatever genre of music you prefer, you'll likely find something outside that genre to push your boundaries." "The stories behind the music can be as inspiring as the music itself...will likely inspire the reader to seek out a lot of new music." "A diverse time capsule that grapples with pop music's most engaging issues." "For those with broad ears and hungry minds, Da Capo's annual remains a treat."

Synopsis

This is the seventh book in the eagerly-awaited series of annual collections celebrating the best of writing on all styles of music, from rock to hip-hop to jazz to pop to blues and more. "Da Capo 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, R&B, jazz, pop, 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.

Past writers have included: Elizabeth Mendez Berry; Ta-Nehisi Coates; Michael Corcoran; Robbie Fulks; Michelangelo Matos; Alex Ross; Roni Sarig; Joel Selvin; Toure; Lynn Hirschberg; Chuck Klosterman; Elizabeth Gilbert; Jay McInerney; Elvis Costello; Susan Orlean; Jonathan Lethem; David Rakoff; Mike Doughty; Lorraine Ali; Greil Marcus; Richard Meltzer; Robert Gordon; Sarah Vowell; Nick Tosches; Anthony DeCurtis; William Gay; Whitney Balliett; Lester Bangs; Rosanne Cash; Eddie Dean; Selwyn Seyfu Hinds; Kate Sullivan; Alec Wilkinson; David Hadju; Lenny Kaye; The Onion; Mark Jacobson; Gary Giddins; John Leland; Luc Sante; Monica Kendrick; and Kalefa Sanneh.

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0306814994
• ISBN 13: 9780306814990
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Gaitskill Mary