Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000 : The Year's Finest Writing on Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country and More

Douglas Wolk

ISBN 10: 0306809990 / ISBN 13: 9780306809996

Published by Grand Central Publishing Okt 2000, 2000

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Neuware - This first volume of a new annual series celebrates the year's best American writing about rock, jazz, country, and other genres of music. The 30 selections draw from 100 sources, from 'The New Yorker' to 'Spin'.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000 : The Year's Finest Writing on Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country and More
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Okt 2000
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306809990
• ISBN 13: 9780306809996
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 139H x 27D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 139 millimeters height by 27 millimeters depth
• Weight: 476 grams

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Synopsis

Welcome to the first volume in an exciting new annual series that celebrates the year's best American writing about music and its culture, as selected by one of the genre's preeminent practitioners. Covering the gamut of contemporary styles—rock, pop, rap, jazz, blues, country—Guralnick has chosen the kind of pieces that send you right to the record store, by both established writers and bright new talents. With thirty selections drawn from more than a hundred sources, including mainstream magazines like theNew Yorker, music journals like Spin, and tiny 'zines and websites where the scribes of the new century are found, this collection will be indispensable for music lovers and lovers of wonderful writing alike.

About the Author

Douglas Wolk writes about comics and music for publications including the New York Times, Rolling Stone, the Washington Post, Salon, and The Believer. He lives in Portland, Oregon.