Best Music Writing 2007 (Da Capo Best Music Writing) [Paperback]

Robert Christgau (Author), Daphne Carr (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 23, 2007

Rappers, rockers, emo-boys, jazz snobs, and poptimists alike eagerly anticipate each edition of Best Music Writing. Returning Series Editor Daphne Carr is joined by a true pioneer of the form, esteemed critic Robert Christgau. Past editions of Best Music Writing have included:Anne Midgette * David Ritz * Dave Eggers * Sasha Frere-Jones * Michaelangelo Matos * Elizabeth Méndez Berry * Alex Ross * Elizabeth Gilbert * Jay McInerney * Lynn Hirschberg * Chuck Klosterman * Sarah Vowell * Nick Tosches * Rosanne Cash * Greil Marcus * Richard Meltzer * Touré * Susan Orlean * Jonathan Lethem * Kate Sullivan * David Hadju * Gary Giddins * Luc Sante * Monica Kendrick * Kelefa Sanneh * and more...

Editorial Reviews

Review

"What's remarkable about the collection as a whole is its ability to sustain your interest whatever the topic the latest edition of this engaging series of books comes highly recommended."--"Skyscraper"

About the Author

Robert Christgau is the author of Grown Up All Wrong and Any Old Way You Choose It, among other books. He is also a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and can be heard on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” He lives in New York City. Daphne Carr is the author of Pretty Hate Machine, and her work appears regularly in the Associated Press, Village Voice, Chicago Tribune, and other publications. She lives in Los Angeles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 376 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press (October 23, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0306815613
• ISBN-13: 978-0306815614
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,086,017 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Daphne Carr is an Ohio-born, Youngstown-Allentown raised author now living in New York City. She is co-founding a music-focused independent press with Tobias Carroll. Find out more at funboring dot com.

Daphne has written cultural criticism and journalism for a number of magazines, alternative newspapers, and websites, and has been the series editor of Best Music Writing since 2006. She is the co-founder of GirlGroup, a listserv for and about women music writers, and an educator at the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls in Brooklyn, NY.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Well written,but content poor., March 5, 2008

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This review is from: Best Music Writing 2007 (Da Capo Best Music Writing) (Paperback)

The latest edition in this series sees the continuing trend of the editors to choose articles for the quality of the writing rather than the interest of the subject. Whilst their objective is admirable, but not altogether succesfull, I have purchased this series, since inception, as a music fan and frankly the subject matter has been poor in recent years.