Amanda Petrusich: 4 books
It Still Moves
Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2008
"Where lies the boundary between meaning and sentiment? Between memory and nostalgia? America and Americana? What is and what was? Does it move?"
--Donovon Hohn, A Romance of Rust
Part travelogue, part cultural criticism, part music appreciation, It Still Moves does for today's avant...
Do Not Sell At Any Price
The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
“A thoughtful, entertaining history of obsessed music collectors and their quest for rare early 78 rpm records” (Los Angeles Times), Do Not Sell at Any Price is a fascinating, complex story of preservation, loss, obsession, and art.
Before MP3s, CDs, and cassette tapes, even before LPs...
It still moves
Vecchi dischi, autostrade perdute e la ricerca della prossima musica americana
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 18, 2010
A metà tra il travelogue e il saggio di critica culturale e musicale, It still moves ci conduce in un tour alle radici della musica rurale americana, con soste in eccentrici motel e nei mitici luoghi che hanno ospitato storiche session di registrazione, alla ricerca delle sonorità di questa strana...
by Amanda Petrusich
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
Pink Moon explores how Nick Drake's third and final album has puttered and purred its way into a new millennium. Features interviews with producer Joe Boyd, string arranger Robert Kirby, and even the marketing team behind the VW Cabrio commercial that launched the album to platinum status more than thirty years after its release.