We recently asked Pat Thomas, editor of the recent Invitation to Openness: The Jazz & Soul Photography Of Les McCann 1960-1980, if he h
Starting today, we will once again count down twelve music books from the past year that we think would make awesome Christmas or holiday gifts. There was a lot to choose from this year, as it seems there was truly something for everyone. And, to make your holiday shopping a snap, you can purchase your book via Amazon with a single click — just click on the book!
For music lovers, there are few things to be more thankful for than Thanksgiving Day, 1976. Oddly, that was the day that a legendary band of four Canadians and an Arkansan would retire from public performance. The fact that this Band would rekindle interest in American roots music is well-documented; they are, in fact, the first and last word in the music now known as ‘Americana.’ Their landmark album Music From Big Pink, shifted the psychedelic axis of music to a more intimate, pastoral worldview.
Today, "Five Questions" are, once again, put to Mat Snow, author of the new book The Who: 50 Years Of My Generation, out now on Quarto Books.
“Invitation to Openness: The Jazz & Soul Photography Of Les McCann 1960-1980”
Les McCann & Pat Thomas (Editor)
Today's "Five Questions" is going to talk a slightly different route and discuss the phototgraphy of jazz musician Les McCann. McCann's recently released book Invitation to Openness:The Jazz & Soul Photography Of Les McCann 1960-1980 collects his photographs of legendary musicians and documented the vibrant cultural life of jazz and soul between 1960 and 1980.
On Friday, November 13th, Berklee College of Music presented "Petty: A Candid Interview with Warren Zanes Led by Bill Janovitz." If you love books, and if you love music, this was a singular evening.
Today, "Five Questions" are put to Lawrence Kirsch, the publisher of two Bruce Springsteen books, For You, and The Light in Darkness.
After asking Warren Zanes, the author of the new Tom Petty biography, "Five Questions," we asked him what was on his bookshelf. He offered up four fascinating choices. Note: the book's descriptions are edited from the publisher's information and are not Zanes'.
No one other than Warren Zanes, rocker and writer and friend, could author a book about Tom Petty that is as honest and evocative of Petty's music and the remarkable rock and roll history he and his band helped to write.
