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Music August 13, 2020

Record Cultures

The Transformation of the U.S. Recording Industry

Kyle Barnett

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In Record Cultures: The Transformation of the U.S. Recording Industry (University of Michigan Press, 2020), Kyle Barnett tells the story of the smaller U.S. record labels in the 1920s that …
Music July 17, 2019

Good Booty

Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music

Ann Powers

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In Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music (Dey St. Books, HarperCollins, 2017), Ann Powers explores the rich and, at times, unexpected intersections …
Music October 12, 2018

The Relentless Pursuit of Tone

Timbre in Popular Music

Robert Fink, Melinda Latour, and Zachary Wallmark, eds.

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In The Relentless Pursuit of Tone: Timbre in Popular Music (Oxford University Press, 2018), editors Robert Fink, Melinda Latour, and Zachary Wallmark curate a wide-ranging collection of essays about the …
Music September 11, 2018

Riffs and Meaning

Manic Street Preachers and Know Your Enemy

Stephen Lee Naish

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In Riffs and Meaning: Manic Street Preachers and Know Your Enemy (Headpress, 2018), Stephen Lee Naish tells the story of Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers’ 2001 album Know Your …
Music July 25, 2018

The Blue Series

The Story Behind the Color

Ben Blackwell

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In The Blue Series: The Story Behind the Color (Third Man Books, 2017), Ben Blackwell invites readers behind the scenes for the making of Third Man Records’ 7-inch single Blue …
Music July 6, 2018

Heaven Was Detroit

From Jazz to Hip-Hop and Beyond

M. L. Liebler

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In Heaven Was Detroit: From Jazz to Hip-Hop and Beyond (Wayne State University Press, 2016), M. L. Liebler curates an exhaustive collection of essays about Detroit music by a diverse …