Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000: The Year's Finest Writing on Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country and More

Welcome to the first volume in an exciting new annual series that celebrates the year's best American writing about music and its culture, as selected by one of the genre's preeminent practitioners. Covering the gamut of contemporary styles--rock, pop, rap, jazz, blues, country--Guralnick has chosen the kind of pieces that send you right to the record store, by both established writers and bright new talents. With thirty selections drawn from more than a hundred sources, including mainstream magazines like theNew Yorker, music journals like Spin, and tiny 'zines and websites where the scribes of the new century are found, this collection will be indispensable for music lovers and lovers of wonderful writing alike.

Author: Douglas Wolk, Peter Guralnick
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 10/05/2000
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.55w x 1.05d
ISBN: 9780306809996

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/16/2000 pg. 62
Library Journal 11/01/2000 pg. 83
Booklist 11/15/2000 pg. 599

About the Author
Douglas Wolk writes about comics and music for publications including the New York Times, Rolling Stone, the Washington Post, Salon, and The Believer. He lives in Portland, Oregon.