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Music: A Subversive History by Ted Gioia

“The real history of music is not respectable. Far from it. Neither is it boring. Breakthroughs almost always come from provocateurs and insurgents, and they don’t just change the songs we sing, but often shake up the foundations of society. When something genuinely new and different arrives on the music scene, those in positions of […]

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Electric Shock: From the Gramophone to the iPhone – 125 Years of Pop Music by Peter Doggett (Vintage, $24.99)

“The global heritage of popular music is the product of 125 years of artistic and scientific innovation. It represents a constant quest for modernity, which must be endlessly renewed. This is the story of that quest; of the musicians, the generations that they delighted and divided, and the technology which captured their music in the […]

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Most Outstanding Book of 2014

  By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! (@AKessaris) Annually around this time, everyone and their pet dog puts out a list encapsulating their year into “Best” and “Worst” lists.  When I was asked to do the same it became a dilemma:  How do I select the “Best” book of the year, especially when I find […]