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2 Formats: Library CD
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2 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9781980095040
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ISBN: 9781665084017
| Runtime: | 11.01 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Music |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Finalist for the Audie Award for Best History/Biography Narration
A New York Times bestseller
A #1 Amazon bestseller
Music Is History combines Questlove's deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past fifty years.
Focusing on the years 1971 to the present, Questlove finds the hidden connections in the American tapestry, whether investigating how the blaxploitation era reshaped Black identity or considering the way disco took an assembly-line approach to Black genius. And these critical inquiries are complemented by his own memories as a music fan, and the way his appetite for pop culture taught him about America.
A history of the last half-century and an intimate conversation with one of music’s most influential and original voices, Music Is History is a singular look at contemporary America.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Author
Author Bio: Ben Greenman
Ben Greenman is an editor at the New Yorker and the author of several acclaimed books of fiction, including, Superbad, A Circle Is a Balloon, Compass Both, and the funk-rock novel Please Step Back. His fiction, essays, and journalism have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Paris Review, Zoetrope, McSweeney’s, and Opium, and he has been widely anthologized. He is also a regular contributor to the online music site MoistWorks.com. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children.
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Author Bio: Questlove
Questlove is a six-time Grammy Award–winning musician, Academy Award–winning filmmaker, drummer, DJ, producer, director, culinary entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, cofounder of the Roots, and the musical director for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where the Roots serves as the house band. He made his directorial debut with the Academy Award–, Grammy Award–, and BAFTA Award–winning documentary film Summer of Soul, which broke the record for the highest-selling documentary to come out of the Sundance Film Festival. He is a cofounder of Two One Five Entertainment. He is the publisher of AUWA Books, an imprint of MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Music |
| Runtime: | 11.01 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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