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Lou Reed: The King of New York by Will Hermes
Category: Biography
Since his death ten years ago, Lou Reed's stature and living presence have only grown. The great rock-poet presided over the marriage of Brill Building pop and the European avant-garde, and left American culture transfigured. In Lou Reed: The King of New York, the critic Will Hermes offers the definiti ...Show more
Lou Reed - The King of New York by Will Hermes
Category: Performing Arts
"The only Lou Reed bio you need to read." --The Washington PostOne of Pitchfork's ten best music books of 2023 A Variety best music book of the year A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2023 "There have been many biographies of Lou Reed, but Will Hermes has written the definitive life . . . He h ...Show more
Love Goes To Buildings On Fire - Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever by Will Hermes
Category: Film
"A must-read for any music fan". (Boston Globe). In the mid-1970s, New York City was a laboratory where all the major styles of modern music were reinvented block by block, by musicians who knew, admired, and borrowed from one another. Crime was everywhere, the government was broke, and the infrastru ...Show more
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire - Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever by Will Hermes
Category: Music
"A must-read for any music fan". (Boston Globe). In the mid-1970s, New York City was a laboratory where all the major styles of modern music were reinvented block by block, by musicians who knew, admired, and borrowed from one another. Crime was everywhere, the government was broke, and the infrastructu ...Show more
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire : Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever by Will Hermes
Category: Fiction
Punk rock and hip-hop. Disco and salsa. The loft jazz scene and the downtown composers known as Minimalists. In the mid-1970s, New York City was a laboratory where all the major styles of modern music were reinvented--all at once, from one block to the next, by musicians who knew, admired, and borrowed ...Show more
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