The latest edition of Da Capo Press's Best Music Writing series showed up in the mail this morning.
Best Music Writing 2008, edited by Nelson George, is one of the most eclectic collections in the series so far. Selections come from the usual places--Spin, Pitchfork, The New York Times, Village Voice Media, The Los Angeles Times, Salon, Slate, The New Yorker, and the Oxford American--as well as The Nation, Wax Poetics, Decibel, and the 'zine Eaves of Ass. But this edition covers a lot of hip-hop, R&B, and pop--like Noah Berlatsky's excellent essay "Give Contemporary R&B a Chance" from the Chicago Reader--in addition to indie-rock staples and essays about OMG the Internet Is Changing Music!!! LOL!!!
Best Music Writing 2008, edited by Nelson George, is one of the most eclectic collections in the series so far. Selections come from the usual places--Spin, Pitchfork, The New York Times, Village Voice Media, The Los Angeles Times, Salon, Slate, The New Yorker, and the Oxford American--as well as The Nation, Wax Poetics, Decibel, and the 'zine Eaves of Ass. But this edition covers a lot of hip-hop, R&B, and pop--like Noah Berlatsky's excellent essay "Give Contemporary R&B a Chance" from the Chicago Reader--in addition to indie-rock staples and essays about OMG the Internet Is Changing Music!!! LOL!!!
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