33 Revolutions Per Minute

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33 Revolutions Per Minute

33 Revolutions Per Minute

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33 Revolutions Per Minute tracks the turbulent relationship between popular music and politics, through 33 pivotal songs that span seven decades and four continents, from Billie Holiday singing 'Strange Fruit' to Green Day raging against the Iraq war. Dorian Lynskey explores the individuals, ideas and events behind each song, showing how protest music has soundtracked and informed social change since the 1930s. Through the work of such artists as Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Fela Kuti, The Clash, Public Enemy and Gil Scott Heron, Lynskey examines how music has engaged with racial unrest, nuclear paranoia, apartheid, war, poverty and oppression, offering hope, stirring anger, inciting action and producing songs which continue to resonate years down the line.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780571241354
ISBN10 0571241352
Number Of Pages 864
Item Weight 660 g
Product Dimensions 130 x 200 x 50 mm
Publisher / Reseller Faber & Faber
Format paperback
Edition Main
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British music critic Dorian Lynskey offers a completely absorbing look at 33 songs, spanning seven decades and haling from five continents...Comprehensive and beautifully written. --Booklist (starred review)
Lynskey has a strong command of the music and its makers. --Wall Street Journal
[A] provocative, absorbing book --Cleveland Plain Dealer
A longtime music critic, Lynskey presents up-close details to ballast the book's larger historical sweep. --Los Angeles Times
lovely writing...Let's praise the agile, many-tentacled writer Mr. Lynskey can often be, because I loved bits of this book; you can pluck out the many tasty things like seeds from a pomegranate. --New York Times
A must-read for militant-music lovers. --The Root
This book is impressive in scope. --New Yorker

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Author's Bio

Dorian Lynskey is a music writer for the Guardian. He was the Big Issue's music critic for three years and has freelanced for a host of titles, including Q, Word, Spin, Empire, Blender and the Observer. He is the author ofThe Guardian Book of Playlists (Aurum, 2008), a collection of his popular Readers Recommend columns for the Guardian.

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