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Major labels : a history of popular music in seven genres / Kelefa Sanneh.

By: Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2021Description: xx, 476 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0525559590
  • 9780525559597
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Major labelsDDC classification:
  • 781.64 23
LOC classification:
  • ML3470 .S266 2021
Contents:
Rock -- R&B -- Country -- Punk -- Hip-hop -- Dance Music -- Pop.
Summary: "The entire history of popular music over the past fifty years refracted through the big genres that have defined and dominated it-including rock, country, punk, R&B, dance and hip-hop-woven together into a cosmic reckoning with music's evolution as a popular art form, as a huge cultural and economic force, and as an essential component to our identities, from Black Sabbath to Black Flag to Beyoncé, and beyond"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes index.

Rock -- R&B -- Country -- Punk -- Hip-hop -- Dance Music -- Pop.

"The entire history of popular music over the past fifty years refracted through the big genres that have defined and dominated it-including rock, country, punk, R&B, dance and hip-hop-woven together into a cosmic reckoning with music's evolution as a popular art form, as a huge cultural and economic force, and as an essential component to our identities, from Black Sabbath to Black Flag to Beyoncé, and beyond"-- Provided by publisher.

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