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Booklist“Brimming over with vital stuff.”London Metro, 10/08“Something you can sink your teeth into.”Nashville City Paper, October 2008“always a treat and a delight…this year’s edition proves no different, and the scope, variety and quality are quite impressive.”USAToday.com “I look forward to this anthology every year, and it never disappoints!”Brick Weekly, 1/22/09 “There’s some pretty sharp stuff in here done by some real worldly cats. The entire book’s a joy to read.” St. Joe Channel “The latest edition in the fine series is a solid anthology made up of articles that discuss a wide range of topics and genres within the subject of music…There are many hits in this three hundred and twenty-seven pages of articles…Yet another good edition in a quality series.”SwampLand.com“Always worthwhile.”

Best music writing is the definitive guide to the year in music writing, an annual feast of essays, missives (more…)

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Review

USAToday.com’s Pop Candy Blog, PopMatters “I look forward to it every year!”USA Today “[P]ieces examine the music world in a social context, which makes for a challenging, and engaging, read.”USAToday.com’s Pop Candy blog “[Y]ou really should get the book, which is one of my favorite annual compilations.”BooklistOnline “…essential, as usual.”

Best Music Writing has faithfully collected the year-s most compelling writing on music for a decade now, so it-s appropriate this special edition be guest-edited by one of the best-known writers on music and popular culture, Greil Marcus, author of Lipstick Traces, Mystery Train, Like a Rolling Stone, and other groundbreaking excursions into the very fabric of music, America, and beyond. As always, Series Editor Daphne Carr has culled an impressively wide range of essays, profiles, news articles, interviews, creative non-fiction, fiction, book reviews, long-format reviews, blog p (more…)

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