Best Music Writing 2008

Nelson George, Daphne Carr

Da Capo Press, 2008 - Literary Collections - 347 pages

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, Ni.

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Review: Best Music Writing 2007 (Da Capo Best Music Writing)

User Review  - Elliot Chalom - Goodreads

Once upon a time there was a genre called rock and it was given more than 6 pages in a 370 page music anthology … this isn't that story. There are a few interesting (and odd/random) pieces in here ...

Review: Best Music Writing 2011 (Da Capo Best Music Writing)

User Review  - Meg Cain - Goodreads

Highlights for me were James Woods exuberant and percussive deification of Keith Moon in "The Fun Stuff", Nancy Griffin's "The Thriller Diaries", Amy Klein's "Tour Diary Day Four: Rock and Roll Is ...

Contents

• CARL WILSON 1: 1
• BILL WASIK 7: 7
• CLIVE THOMPSON 22: 22
• JEFF WEISS 35: 35
• DANYEL SMITH 39: 39
• NOAH BERLATSKY 49: 49
• SOLVEJ SCHOU 53: 53
• BEN SISARIO 56: 56
• BRANDON PERKINS 62: 62
• JONATHAN CUNNINGHAM 73: 73
• NADIA PFLAUM 87: 87
• ANN POWERS 99: 99
• NIKI DANDREA 103: 103
• J BENNETT 115: 115
• ERIC PAPE 127: 127
• ANDY TENNILLE 138: 138
• MARKE B 148: 148
• PHIL SUTCLIFFE 159: 159
• JEFF SHARLET 169: 169
• LARRY BLUMENFELD 182: 182
• DAVID KAMP 189: 189
• MATT ROGERS 211: 211
• OLIVER WANG 231: 231
• SAM KASHNER 236: 236
• SEAN NELSON 261: 261
• JODY ROSEN 267: 267
• ALAN LIGHT 271: 271
• ALEX ROSS 281: 281
• GARY GIDDINS 299: 299
• DAVID MARGOLICK 303: 303
• CRAVEN ROCK 307: 307
• TOM EWING 321: 321
• Other Notable Music Writing of 2007 325: 325
• List of Contributors 329: 329
• Credits 335: 335

About the author

Nelson George is the author of several non-fiction books, including "The Death of Rhythm & Blues" & "Hip Hop America", both nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, & three novels, "One Woman Short", "Seduced", & the "Essence" Blackboard bestseller "Urban Romance". An award-winning journalist, he is also an accomplished screenwriter (including "Strictly Business" & "CB-4") & an Emmy Award-winning producer of HBO's "The Chris Rock Show". He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Daphne Carr is a music journalist, critic, scholar, and currently a graduate student in the Ethnomusicology Ph.D. program at Columbia University. Her work appears regularly in the Associated Press, the Village Voice, Seattle Weekly, City Pages, Chicago Tribune, Venus Magazine, and other publications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Best Music Writing 2008
• Editors: Nelson George, Daphne Carr
• Contributor: Daphne Carr
• Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2008
• ISBN: 0786726121, 9780786726127
• Length: 347 pages
• Subjects: Literary Collections / Essays