The Blues Miles on Miles
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS The Blues The Authentic Narrative of My Music and Culture Chris Thomas King An untold authentic counter-narrative blues history and the first written by an African American blues artist Summary All prior histories on the blues have alleged it originated on plantations in the Mississippi Delta. Not true, says author Chris Thomas King. In The Blues, King present facts to disprove such myths. For example, that as early as 1900, the sound of the blues was ubiquitous in New Orleans. The Mississippi Delta, meanwhile, was an unpopulated sportsman’s paradise—the frontier was still in the process of being cleared and drained for Chicago Review Press cultivation. Moreover, this book is the first to argue the blues began as a cosmopolitan art form, not a rural 9781641604444 one. Protestant states such as Mississippi and Alabama could not have incubated the blues. New Orleans was Pub Date: 6/8/21 On Sale Date: 6/8/21 the only place in the Deep South where the sacred and profane could party together without fear of $30.00 USD persecution. Expecting these findings to be controversial in some circles, King has buttressed his conclusions Discount Code: LON with primary sources and years of extensive research, including a sojourn to West Africa and interviews with Hardcover surviving folklorists and blues researchers from the 1960s folk-rediscovery epoch. They say the blues is 384 Pages blasphemous; the devil’s... Carton Qty: 0 Music / Genres & Styles Contributor Bio MUS003000 Chris Thomas King, born into the blues in 1962, was discovered in Louisiana in 1979 by a folklorist from the 9 in H | 6 in W Smithsonian Institute and introduced to the world by folk label Arhoolie Records as an authentic folk-blues successor to Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, and Jelly Roll Morton. King played the itinerant bluesman Tommy Johnson in the movie O Brother Where Art Thou, and he has earned numerous awards, including an Album of the Year Grammy and an Album of the Year Country Music (CMA) Award. King has inspired a new generation of musicians such as Hozier, Mumford & Sons, and Gary Clark Jr., and his songs “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues” and “John Law Burned Down the Liquor Sto',” among others, have been covered by many artists including blues legend Buddy Guy. Miles on Miles Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis Paul Maher , Michael K. Dorr Up close and personal, words and thoughts from the man himself Summary Gathering the 30 most vital Miles Davis interviews—on his music, his life, and his philosophy—this collection reveals the jazz icon as a complex and contradictory man, secretive at times but extraordinarily revealing at others. Miles was not only a musical genius, but an enigma, and nowhere else was he so compelling, exasperating, and entertaining as he was in his interviews, which vary from polite to outrageous, from Chicago Review Press straight-ahead to contrarian. Many were conducted by leading journalists like Leonard Feather, Stephen Davis, 9781641604673 Ben Sidran, Mike Zwerin, and Nat Hentoff; while others have never before been printed, and are newly Pub Date: 6/15/21 transcribed from radio and television shows—making this the definitive source for anyone wanting to really On Sale Date: 6/15/21 $18.99 USD encounter the legend in print. Discount Code: LON Trade Paperback Contributor Bio 352 Pages Paul Maher Jr. is the author of Tom Waits on Tom Waits, Jack Kerouac’s American Journey, and Kerouac: His Carton Qty: 0 Life and Work. He lives in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Michael K. Dorr is a poet, playwright, editor, former Music / Genres & Styles publisher, and founder of LitPub, Ink, a literary agency. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. MUS025000 Series: Musicians in Their Own Words 9 in H | 6 in W | 1 in T | 1.4 lb Wt IPG Spring 2021 - September 2020 Page 1 CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS All Things Must Pass Away Harrison, Clapton, and Other Assorted Love Songs Kenneth Womack, Jason Kruppa Renowned Beatles expert Ken Womack and music historian Jason Kruppa explore Harrison and Clapton's musical and personal collaboration, friendship, and rivalry over Pattie Boyd that pushed both to create some of the most memorable music of the 1970s Summary George Harrison and Eric Clapton embarked upon a singular personal and creative friendship that impacted rock’s unfolding future in resounding and far-reaching ways. All Things Must Pass Away: George Harrison, Eric Chicago Review Press Clapton, and Other Assorted Love Songs will trace the emergence of their relationship from 1968 though the 9781641603256 early 1970s. In particular, authors Womack and Kruppa devote close attention to the climax of Harrison and Pub Date: 7/20/21 Clapton’s shared musicianship—the November 1970 releases of All Things Must Pass, Harrison’s powerful On Sale Date: 7/20/21 $28.99 USD emancipatory statement in the wake of the Beatles, and Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, Clapton’s Discount Code: LON impassioned reimagining of his art via Derek and the Dominos, the band that he created from the wreckage Hardcover of Cream and Blind Faith. All Things Must Pass Away will provide readers with a powerful overview of Harrison 304 Pages and Clapton’s relationship, especially in terms of the ways their revolutionary musicianship and songwriting 20 B-W Photos would eclipse rock music as an evolving genre. With All Things Must Pass and Layla, Harrison and Clapton Carton Qty: 0 bequeathed twin recorded statements th... Music / History & Criticism MUS020000 Contributor Bio 9 in H | 6 in W Kenneth Womack is the author of Maximum Volume and Sound Pictures, the two-volume biography of George Martin, as well as The Beatles Encyclopedia and New Critical Perspectives on the Beatles. He delivers some 50 invited Beatles talks a year to audiences across the nation, while sharing his insights with media of all stripes, including National Public Radio, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Voice of America. He lives in New Jersey. Jason Kruppa is a music historian and creator of the Producing the Beatles podcast. He lives in New Orleans. We Are the Baby-Sitters Club Essays and Artwork from Grown-Up Readers Marisa Crawford, Megan Milks A nostalgia-packed, star-studded anthology featuring contributors such as Kristen Arnett, Yumi Sakugawa, Keah Brown, and others exploring the lasting impact of the beloved Baby-Sitters Club series Summary In 1986, the first-ever meeting of the Baby-Sitters Club was called to order in a messy bedroom strewn with Ring-Dings, scrunchies, and a landline phone. Kristy, Claudia, Stacey, and Mary Anne launched the club that birthed an entire generation of loyal readers. The Baby-Sitters Club series featured a diverse, complex cast of Chicago Review Press characters and touched on an impressive range of issues that were underrepresented at the time: divorce, 9781641604901 adoption, childhood illness, class division, and racism, to name a few. In We Are the Baby-sitters Club, writers Pub Date: 7/6/21 and a few visual artists from Generation BSC will reflect on the enduring legacy of Ann M. Martin's beloved On Sale Date: 7/6/21 $19.99 USD series, thirty-five years later—celebrating the BSC's profound cultural influence. Contributors include author Discount Code: LON Gabrielle Moss, illustrator Siobhán Gallagher, and filmmaker Sue Ding, as well as New York Times bestselling Trade Paperback author Kristen Arnett, Lambda Award–finalist Myriam Gurba, Black Girl Nerds founder Jamie Broadnax, and 240 Pages Paris Review contributor Frankie Thomas. The first anthology of its kind from editors Marisa Crawford and Carton Qty: 0 Megan Milks, We ... Social Science / Popular Culture Contributor Bio SOC022000 Marisa Crawford is a poet and cultural critic whose writing has appeared in The Nation, VICE, Bitch, BUST, 9 in H | 6 in W Ms., The Rumpus, Hyperallergic, and elsewhere. She is the author of two collections of poetry and the founder of Weird Sister, a website and organization that explores the intersections of feminism, literature, and pop culture. Megan Milks is an award-winning fiction author with a debut novel forthcoming in 2021. Their stories have been published in three anthologies, as well as journals including Fence, PANK, LIT, and Yes Femmes. Their critical writing has appeared in Bookforum, 4Columns, Los Angeles Review of Books, The New Inquiry, and elsewhere. IPG Spring 2021 - September 2020 Page 2 CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More Paul Hirsch The behind-the-scenes stories of the greatest movies of the past fifty years, told by the film editor who pieced them together Summary A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away is a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most influential films of the last fifty years by Paul Hirsch, a film editor who worked on more than forty features. Starting with Chicago Review Press his work on Carrie, Hirsch gives insight into the production process, touching upon casting, directing, cutting, 9781641605243 and scoring. It's a riveting look at the decisions that went into creating memorable and iconic scenes and Pub Date: 5/4/21 offers fascinating portraits of filmmakers, stars, and composers. Part film-school primer, part paean to On Sale Date: 5/4/21 $18.99 USD legendary directors and professionals, the funny yet insightful writing will entertain and inform aficionados and Discount Code: LON casual moviegoers alike. Trade Paperback 369 Pages Contributor Bio 20 Color Photos Paul Hirsch received the Academy Award for his editing work on Star Wars in 1978.