Da Capo Best Music Writing 2001 by Ben Schafer

Da Capo Best Music Writing 2001 by Ben Schafer

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This volume celebrates writing about music and its culture from the year 2001. Selected by Nick Hornby from the year 2001 it covers a range of contemporary music styles that covers topics from hip-hop on ecstasy and Cuban rappers to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and MerleFest.

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Da Capo Best Music Writing 2001 by Ben Schafer

This is the second volume in an annual series that celebrates writing about music and its culture from a specific year. Selected by Nick Hornby from the year 2001 it covers a range of contemporary music styles. He has chosen pieces from an array of sources on topics from hip-hop on ecstasy and Cuban rappers to The Lion Sleeps Tonight and MerleFest. The writers featured include veterans as well as new talents such as: Courtney Love; Camden Joy; Rick Moody; Anthony DeCurtis; William Gay; Gary Giddins; M. Doughty; Eddie Dean; Richard Meltzer; Whitney Balliett; David Bowman; Ann Powers; and Chuck D.
Nick Hornby is the author of the novels High Fidelity, About a Boy, and How to Be Good and a memoir, Fever Pitch. He also writes about music for the New Yorker. He lives in London.
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ISBN 13 9780306810664
ISBN 10 0306810662
Title Da Capo Best Music Writing 2001
Author Ben Schafer
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Hachette Books
Year published 2001-10-03
Number of pages 352
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