Love Goes to Buildings on Fire
Five Years in New York that Changed Music Forever
$50.59
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
28 May 2014
Summary
Five Years in New York that Changed Music Forever - ‘a must-read for any music fan’ (Boston Globe)
Crime was everywhere, the government was broke and the city’s infrastructure was collapsing, but between 1974 and 1978 virtually all forms of music were being recreated in New York City - disco and salsa, the loft jazz scene and the Minimalist classical composers, hip hop and punk.
Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith arrived from New Jersey; Grandmaster Flash transformed the turnta…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241003756 |
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| ISBN-10: | 024100375X |
| Author: | Will Hermes |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Viking |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 28 May 2014 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 154mm x 29mm |
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Can literature change your life? Yes … along came Will Hermes, who cost me several hundred pounds on iTunes and ruptured my relationship with guitars
Can literature change your life? Yes … along came Will Hermes, who cost me several hundred pounds on iTunes and ruptured my relationship with guitars – Nick Hornby * Believer magazine *It was the best of times, it was the best of places: Will Hermes captures the creative incandescence of New York in those five years that changed music – Richard WilliamsBrings depth and discernment and an eye for odd detail, making his book an essential work of cultural history – Luc Sante
About The Author
Will Hermes
Will Hermes was born in Queens, in the city of which he writes. He is a senior critic for Rolling Stone, and also writes for the New York Times and the Village Voice. He was co-editor of SPIN- 20 Years of Alternative Music.
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