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Music in a Word Volume 3: Whippings and Apologies

by Ira A. Robbins

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Music writing across artists, scenes, and formats

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Music writing across artists, scenes, and formats

Ira A. Robbins brings together varied music writing in this third volume: feature articles sit alongside previously unpublished interviews, album liner notes, book reviews, obituaries, critics’ polls, and correspondence. The subjects range from David Bowie, Patti Smith, and Blondie to Radiohead, Isaac Hayes, and Fountains of Wayne, with CBGB and Lester Bangs among the other names covered. Its annotated, multi-format collection offers several points of entry into music history and criticism, with particular relevance to the punk genre reflected in the book’s subject classification.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in music criticism and music journalism.
  • Fans of the artists and music figures named in the collection.
  • Readers exploring punk and related music scenes.

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Music criticism and journalismArtists and bands across genresPunk and music scenesMusic history

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Book overview

The third volume of Ira Robbins' Music in a Word is an annotated collection of feature articles, previously unpublished interviews, album liner notes, book reviews, obituaries, critics' polls and correspondence.

Subjects covered in Music in a Word Volume 3 include David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, Television, Radiohead, Morrissey, CBGB, Isaac Hayes, Dusty Springfield, Stray Cats, ELO, Johnny Thunders, Adam Ant, Nick Lowe, Fountains of Wayne, Lester Bangs, Patti Smith, Bryan Adams, Blondie, They Might Be Giants and more.
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