Articles tagged "music history"

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Linthead Stomp: The Creation of Country Music by Patrick Huber

by Ben Child

[25.Oct.09] :. Patrick Huber's counter-narrative of Piedmont country music's complicated origins and characteristics deserves to be the dominant one.

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Black Postcards by Dean Wareham

by Luke Z. Fenchel

[21.Aug.09] :. As a participant in the rock 'n' roll scene in the late ‘80s and throughout the ‘90s, Wareham proves to be an invaluable guide and an incisive observer.

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Grunge Is Dead by Greg Prato

by Zachary Houle

[22.Apr.09] :. Prato's book makes one misty eyed for the good ol’ days, when flannel was the fashion and sludge rock was king.

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Hot Burritos: The True Story of the Flying Burrito Brothers by John Einarson with Chris Hillman

by Tom Useted

[21.Apr.09] :. It seems like Einarson was more eager to include multiple perspectives, no matter how much they overlapped, than he was to craft a flowing narrative.

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I Want to Take You Higher by Jeff Kaliss

by Andrew Zender

[11.Mar.09] :. Although the Viscaynes had disbanded by the time their music hit the airwaves, Stone had solidified his decision to continue pursuing a career in the music industry.

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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century by Alex Ross

by Zeth Lundy

[20.Jan.09] :. Alex Ross' tome, winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, offers a history of the 20th Century as seen through the prism of the modern-day composer.

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Dusty! Queen of the Postmods by Annie J. Randall

by Christel Loar

[2.Dec.08] :. As Randall thoroughly explores, Dusty Springfield's physical transfiguration and visual impact were only the tip of her transformation.

 

Miles on Miles, ed Paul Maher Jr., Michael K. Dorr

by Michael Patrick Brady

[24.Nov.08] :. Davis never wanted to stop moving, always wanted to be doing something, pissing somebody off, and driving people wild.

 

Mind Over Matter 4: The Images of Pink Floyd

by Diane Leach

[4.Nov.08] :. Do consider this book as a gift for the Floydian in your life ... just make sure she only looks at the pictures.

 

It Still Moves by Amanda Petrusich

by Derek Beres

[30.Oct.08] :. Petrusich is not concerned with how many records are sold or what tactics artists use in the studio. Her approach is more intangible, hence more emotionally tactile.

 

The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance, ed. Chad Berry

by Kim Simpson

[2.Oct.08] :. This collection of essays makes as much of an effort to raise questions about the National Barn Dance's disappearance from public memory as it does to rectify the problem.

 

The Nightmare and the Dream by Dax-Devlon Ross

by Marijeta Bozovic

[22.Sep.08] :. Author Dax-Devlon Ross reminds us that the personal is -- still -- political. And music is terribly personal.

 

Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald

by John Bergstrom

[29.Oct.07] :. In spite of some troubling, reactionary views, the late MacDonald's song-by-song analysis of the Fabs' music remains a Top Five acquisition.

 

Ahmet Ertegun built Atlantic Records, hit by hit

by Tom Jicha [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)]

[2.May.07] :. If you’re a pop music buff and don’t recognize the name Ahmet Ertegun, you have to watch “Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built.” If you know who Ahmet Ertegun is,...

 

How a Turkish ambassador’s son changed the music industry

by Neal Justin [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[30.Apr.07] :. The new documentary Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built, an “American Masters” installment, is required viewing for anyone who’s ever scanned the Billboard...