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Is It Still Good to Ya?: Fifty Years of Rock Criticism, 1967-2017
Contributor(s): Christgau, Robert (Author)

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 ISBN: 1478000228     ISBN-13: 9781478000228
Publisher: Duke University Press
OUR PRICE: $26.55  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Music | Genres & Styles - Rock
- Music | Discography & Buyer's Guides
Dewey: 781.660
LCCN: 2018008218
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.30 lbs) 456 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2018
 
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Is It Still Good to Ya? sums up the career of longtime Village Voice stalwart Robert Christgau, who for half a century has been America's most widely respected rock critic, honoring a music he argues is only more enduring because it's sometimes simple or silly. While compiling historical overviews going back to Dionysus and the gramophone along with artist analyses that range from Louis Armstrong to M.I.A., this definitive collection also explores pop's African roots, response to 9/11, and evolution from the teen music of the '50s to an art form compelled to confront mortality as its heroes pass on. A final section combines searching obituaries of David Bowie, Prince, and Leonard Cohen with awed farewells to Bob Marley and Ornette Coleman.
 
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