Text lifted from the fab website of New Amsterdam Records:
On Saturday, August 16th, the East River Music Project will present a full afternoon of genre-less musical excellence curated by New Amsterdam Records and Counterstream Radio, a wonderful new online radio station exclusively dedicated to the music of American composers.
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.
Just landed in the CZ so won't be there, but am happy to have helped put together this show for the fabulous ERMP - go enjoy a beautiful day in the Lower East Side!
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:
