Da Capo Best Music Writing 2001: The Year's Finest Writing on Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country and More (De Capo Best Music Writing) Book

Da Capo Best Music Writing 2001 The Year's Finest Writing on Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country, and More Welcome to the latest volume in the series that celebrates the year's best writing about music and its culture, as edited by Nick Hornby, the creator of the most famously music-obsessed hero in contemporary fiction. Hornby has selected pieces on a dazzling array of topics from more than a hundred sources--remarkable essays by journalists and authors who are as serious about writing as they are about music. Featuring the smartest, edgiest, richest, funniest, and just plain best work of the year, it's required reading for anyone who loves either art. Jonathan Lethem confesses his desire for the Go-Betweens David Rakoff witnesses Barbra's farewell Mike Doughty debunks the myth of dangerous rock Rian Malan travels deep into "In the Jungle" Lorraine Ali visits the Palestinian rappers of the West Bank Greil Marcus raises the stakes with Sleater-Kinney Richard Meltzer remembers Cameron Crowe Robert Gordon remembers Jeff Buckley Sarah Vowell compares Honest Abe and Earnest Al Nick Tosches expounds on the bonds of hipsters and hoodlums Anthony DeCurtis approaches Johnny Cash William Gay celebrates MerleFest Whitney Balliett considers Django RheinhardtRead More