Is It Still Good to Ya? Fifty Years of Rock Criticism, 1967-2017

Is It Still Good to Ya? sums up the career of longtime Village Voice stalwart Robert Christgau, who for half a century has been America's most widely respected rock critic, honoring a music he argues is only more enduring because it's sometimes simple or silly. While compiling historical overviews going back to Dionysus and the gramophone along with artist analyses that range from Louis Armstrong to M.I.A., this definitive collection also explores pop's African roots, response to 9/11, and evolution from the teen music of the '50s to an art form compelled to confront mortality as its heroes pass on. A final section combines searching obituaries of David Bowie, Prince, and Leonard Cohen with awed farewells to Bob Marley and Ornette Coleman.

ISBN:	9781478000228
Publisher:	Duke University Press Books
Imprint:	Duke University Press
Published date:	09 Nov 2018
DEWEY:	781.66092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	456
Weight:	658g
Height:	152mm
Width:	228mm
Spine width:	35mm

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