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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Sanneh, Kelefa.     Subjects     Popular music -- History and criticism.     Rock music -- History and criticism.     Punk rock music -- History and criticism.     Rhythm and blues music -- History and criticism.     Country music -- History and criticism.     Rap (Music) -- History and criticism.     Electronic dance music -- History and criticism.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Sanneh, Kelefa.       by title:      Major labels : a his...       by call number:      781.64 S228m     Search the Web     Sanneh, Kelefa.     Popular music -- History and criticism.     Rock music -- History and criticism.     Punk rock music -- History and criticism.     Rhythm and blues music -- History and criticism.     Country music -- History and criticism.     Rap (Music) -- History and criticism.     Electronic dance music -- History and criticism.       MARC Display

Major labels : a history of popular music in seven genres / Kelefa Sanneh. by Sanneh, Kelefa. Penguin Press, 2021. Call #: 781.64 S228m Subjects Popular music -- History and criticism.   Rock music -- History and criticism.   Punk rock music -- History and criticism.   Rhythm and blues music -- History and criticism.   Country music -- History and criticism.   Rap (Music) -- History and criticism.   Electronic dance music -- History and criticism. ISBN:  9780525559597 (hc) Description:  xx, 476 p. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes index. Summary:  "An epic achievement and a huge delight, the entire history of popular music over the past fifty years refracted through the big genres that have defined and dominated it: rock, R&B, country, punk, hip-hop, dance music, and pop. Kelefa Sanneh, one of the essential voices of our time on music and culture, has made a deep study of how popular music unites and divides us, charting the way genres become communities. In Major Labels, Sanneh distills a career's worth of knowledge about music and musicians into a brilliant and omnivorous reckoning with popular music -- as an art form (actually, a bunch of art forms), as a cultural and economic force, and as a tool that we use to build our identities. He explains the history of slow jams, the genius of Shania Twain, and why rappers are always getting in trouble. Sanneh shows how these genres have been defined by the tension between mainstream and outsider, between authenticity and phoniness, between good and bad, right and wrong. Throughout, race is a powerful touchstone: just as there have always been Black audiences and white audiences, with more or less overlap depending on the moment, there has been Black music and white music, constantly mixing and separating. Sanneh debunks cherished myths, reappraises beloved heroes, and upends familiar ideas of musical greatness, arguing that sometimes, the best popular music isn't transcendent. Songs express our grudges as well as our hopes, and they are motivated by greed as well as idealism; music is a powerful tool for human connection, but also for human antagonism. This is a book about the music everyone loves, the music everyone hates, and the decades-long argument over which is which. The opposite of a modest proposal, Major Labels pays in full. "--Publisher. Genre:  Music criticism and reviews. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 781.64 S228m Adult books Checked out Jul 08, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 781.64 S228m Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList

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