Best Music Writing 2008 will arrive in stores September 8, 2008. If you are a member of the press who would like a galley copy, please email Kate.Burke@perseusbooks.com.
We will have New York and Los Angeles-based reading events for the book this fall - stay tuned.
Am putting the final touches on the "Other Notable" essays for the 2008 edition of the book and wanted to share some of my favorite pieces that didn't make it in the book.
First is "This Atlas Rocks."
I'm biased to love great writing/illustration projects because I have a great artist friend with whom I collaborate (www.scottgursky.com), and I was pleased to see the fabulous local scene writer Peter Scholtes tackle the places and stories of Minneapolis rock history with this two page illustrated spread:
This just in from the GirlGroup list - Skope Magazine is closing its print edition:
Dear Subscriber, I know that many of you are shocked at the news of Skope Magazine closing up the print edition. We appreciate all the emails & phone calls of support & luv. It means so much! We just wanted to let you know that we will continue on with Skopemag.com & Skope Live! Skopemag.com currently receives over 1 million hits/month & over 80K visits/month. Content on the site is updated hourly and the site offers a full
Spring 2008 may come to be known as the year of the music magazine broke. Resonance, a Seattle-based, nationally distributed music magazine, has decided to fold, following Harp, No Depression, and others.
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Best Music Writing 2008 will arrive in shops September 8, 2008!
Best Music Writing 2007 has been available since October 22, 2007. Get it from:
Your favorite indie book shop, Powell's Books, for $15.95
Or:
Border's, for $15.95
Barnes & Noble, for $14.35
Books A Million, for $11.51
Amazon, for $10.85
“A diverse time capsule that grapples with pop music’s most engaging issues.”—Blender
“The stories behind the music can be as inspiring as the music itself…
will likely inspire the reader to seek out a lot of new music.”—New York Press
“…one of the few regular publications to be dependably open to every type of music imaginable…Whether an authoritative aggregation or merely a starting point,
it’s a shame it’s only an annual.”—Relix
“In all it’s quite a celebration of the vast enterprise known as music.”—Signal to Noise
“Our favorite year-end read.”—Cleveland Scene
“Terrorism, sexual misconduct, and wholesome nostalgia, treated with a discernible backbeat and sprightly writing make for an excellent anthology.” ––Booklist
“the book finally reflects the current state of not just music journalism but music listening… These essays encapsulate a chilly, malefic year for music indeed.” —The Stranger
“Da Capo’s Best Music Writing 2006’s essays create a confrontational, challenging, and varied portrait of music criticism that highlights a visceral reaction to music over academic posturing…”—VenusZine
