One Last Song: Conversations on Life, Death, and Music

Ayers, Mike

ISBN 10: 1419738208 / ISBN 13: 9781419738203

Published by Abrams, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: One Last Song: Conversations on Life, Death, and Music
• Publisher: Abrams
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1419738208
• ISBN 13: 9781419738203
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Studio Muti, Studio
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

An ironically upbeat book that asks some of today's most inimitable musicians which song they would choose to be the last one they ever hear
 
If you could choose the last song you'd hear before you died, what would it be and why? Your favorite song of all time? Perhaps the one you danced to at your wedding? The song from that time you got super stoned and just let the chords speak to you? It's a hard question that Mike Ayers has thought about for years.
 
In One Last Song, Ayers invites 32 musicians to consider what song they would each want to accompany them to those pearly white gates. Weaving together their explanations with evocative illustrations and poignant interludes--what your song to die to says about you, what songs famous people have died to, and more. The book offers insight into the minds of famous artists and provides an entry point for considering how integral music is to our own personal narratives.

Artists Featured: Jim James of My Morning Jacket, André 3000, Killer Mike, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, Phoebe Bridgers, Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire, Sam Beam of Iron & Wine, Colin Meloy of the Decemberists, Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES, A.C. Newman of The New Pornographers, Courtney Barrett, Bobb Bruno of Best Coast, Angel Olsen, Regina Spektor, Kevin Morby, Will Oldham, Julia Holter, Margo Price, Sonny Rollins, Ryley Walker, Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs, Yannis Phillippakis of Foals, Bettye Lavette, M.C. Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger, Wanda Jackson, Rosanne Cash, Lucinda Williams, and Beth Orton.

About the Author

Mike Ayers is an award-winning journalist, editor, and author whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, Esquire, GQ, Billboard, and numerous other publications. A longtime chronicler of music and popular culture, Ayers has interviewed hundreds of artists across genres, bringing a thoughtful and deeply human perspective to conversations about creativity, identity, and life's defining moments. In One Last Song, he combines his passion for music journalism with a universal question about the soundtrack that shapes our lives.