6/28/2023 0 Comments Major Labels by Kelefa SannehHe explains the history of slow jams, the genius of Shania Twain, and why rappers are always getting in trouble. In Major Labels, Sanneh distills a career’s worth of knowledge about music and musicians into a brilliant and omnivorous reckoning with popular music - as an art form (actually, a bunch of art forms), as a cultural and economic force, and as a tool that we use to build our identities. Kelefa Sanneh, one of the essential voices of our time on music and culture, has made a deep study of how popular music unites and divides us, charting the way genres become communities. “One of the best books of its kind in decades.” ( The Wall Street Journal )Īn epic achievement and a huge delight, the entire history of popular music over the past 50 years refracted through the big genres that have defined and dominated it: rock, R&B, country, punk, hip-hop, dance music, and pop Selected as one of Pitchfork 's Best Music Books of the Year. One of Oprah Daily's 20 Favorite Books of 2021
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