Best Music Writing 2007 (Da Capo Best Music Writing)

Robert Christgau; Daphne Carr

ISBN 10: 0306815613 / ISBN 13: 9780306815614

Published by Da Capo Press, 2007

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Synopsis:

This is the eighth in the series of annual collections celebrating the best in music writing on every style of music. "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 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.

About the Author: Robert Christgau is the author of the collections Growing Up All Wrong and Any Old Way You Choose It. He is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and a music critic for NPR's "All Things Considered". He lives in New York City. Daphne Carr is a music journalist, critic and scholar who is pursuing a PhD in ethnomusicology at Columbia University. She is the author of Pretty Hate Machine and her work appears regularly in the Associated Press, Village Voice and other publications. She lives in Los Angeles.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Best Music Writing 2007 (Da Capo Best Music ...
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket