Best Music Writing 2011 [Paperback]

Best Music Writinghas become one of the most eagerly awaited annuals of them all. Celebrating the year in music writing by gathering a rich array of essays, missives, and musings on every style of music from rock to hip-hop to R&B to jazz to pop to blues, it is essential reading for anyone who loves great music and accomplished writing. Scribes of every imaginable sort—novelists, poets, journalists, musicians— are gathered to create a multi-voiced snapshot of the year in music writing that, like the music it illuminates, is every bit as thrilling as it is riveting.

Alex Rossis a music critic for theNew Yorkerand the author of the acclaimed bestsellerThe Rest Is Noise. He lives in New York City.

Daphne Carris a music scholar and the author ofPretty Hate Machine. She lives in New York City.

PhiladelphiaInquirer, 1/15/12
“As Ross states in his introduction, he and series editor Daphne Carr looked for ‘pieces that led the reader into an unfamiliar realm or marked new paths on well-trod ground—pieces that assumed no prior knowledge, only a spark of curiosity.’ They definitely succeeded with this anthology…Ross' choices forBest Music Writing 2011make us think more about what we're putting into our ears.”
 

Tucson Citizen,12/12/11
“An anthology that is must reading for anyone who truly loves music. This collection of essays, profiles, interviews, news articles, and blogs from important observers in the industry is, simply put, sheer joy.”