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Best Music Writing 2008 (Da Capo Best Music Writing) [Paperback]

Nelson George (Editor), Daphne Carr (Editor)
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Da Capo Best Music Writing October 7, 2008
The ninth entry in the acclaimed series celebrating the best writing on every style of music, from rock to hip-hop, R&B to jazz, pop to blues, and more.

Best music writing is the definitive guide to the year in music writing, an annual feast of essays, missives, and musings on every musical style by critics, novelists, and musicians themselves. Culled from publications ranging from blogs to the New Yorker, the 2008 edition captures a year in music writing as diverse and riveting as the music it illuminates.

Writers who have appeared in Best Music Writing include: Greil Marcus, Sarah Vowell, Nick Tosches, Jonathan Lethem, Dave Eggers, David Rakoff, David Hadju, Lenny Kaye, The Onion, Gary Giddins, Jessica Hopper, Luc Sante, Kelefa Sanneh, David Byrne, Daphne A. Brooks, Jody Rosen, Anne Midgette, Sasha Frere-Jones, Elizabeth Méndez Berry, Alex Ross, Touré, Lynn Hirschberg, Chuck Klosterman, Elizabeth Gilbert, Jay McInerney, Elvis Costello, Susan Orlean, Mike Doughty, Lorraine Ali, and many more.


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Editorial Reviews

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Booklist
“Brimming over with vital stuff.”


London Metro, 10/08
“Something you can sink your teeth into.”


Nashville City Paper, October 2008
“always a treat and a delight…this year’s edition proves no different, and the scope, variety and quality are quite impressive.”


USAToday.com
“I look forward to this anthology every year, and it never disappoints!”


Brick Weekly, 1/22/09
“There’s some pretty sharp stuff in here done by some real worldly cats. The entire book’s a joy to read.”


St. Joe Channel
“The latest edition in the fine series is a solid anthology made up of articles that discuss a wide range of topics and genres within the subject of music…There are many hits in this three hundred and twenty-seven pages of articles…Yet another good edition in a quality series.”


SwampLand.com
“Always worthwhile.”

About the Author

Nelson George is the award-winning author of a dozen books, including Hip Hop America. He lives in Brooklyn.

Daphne Carr writes about music for the Associated Press and Paper Thin Walls. She lives in New York City.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 360 pages
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press; First Edition edition (October 7, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0306817349
  • ISBN-13: 978-0306817342
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 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: #923,851 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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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