Duke University Press

In this fascinating discursive journey, Clover discusses Boston-area car culture's impact on the lyrics and music of 'Roadrunner' and other road and highway songs; he also laments social changes... — Library Journal More…

[A] lively, personal examination of Havana's street music, dance, and politics. . . . In tracing the history of rap and reggaeton, Baker makes a major contribution to the understanding of Cuban... — Choice More…

If you’re interested in the relationship between jazz, sociology, racism and history, this book (a product of feeling as well as hard work) could prove highly rewarding." -- Graham Colomb — Jazz Journal More…

Primarily, in the beginning, this is a discourse on-and through-rhythm, on what it means to pause and to repeat, on all t he many shades of the same and its other, of noise and silence. That... — The Wire More…

Christgau is . . . one of America's sharper public intellectuals of the past half century, and certainly one of its most influential-not to mention one of the better stylists in that cohort.... — The New Yorker More…

As a writer and thinker, Raymond Knapp is a congenial musicologist-eschewing the obscurities of hard theoretical labor and preferring colorful insights. Highly recommended." -- M. Dineen — Choice More…

One reads Christgau for Christgau as much as for the subject of his work." -- Jeff Tamarkin — MOJO More…