eMusic Archives: October 2007
George Crile, Charlie Wilson…
The man who spearheaded the most effective operation in the history of th… more »
Diane Middlebrook, Her Husband…
A nuanced portrait of two mythic poets. Diane Middlebrook's account of th… more »
Lee Mellor, Ghost Town Heart…
England born and Canada-raised, precocious twentysomething Lee Mellor has… more »
Jonathan Goldman, Waves of Lig…
Jonathan Goldman has been recognized as one of the leading musicians/comp… more »
Alain De Botton, Status Anxiet…
A rich, funny and extremely literate self-help seminar. Alain De Botton i… more »
Music of the Caribbean
The Caribbean covers a fairly small area, many islands and communities sc… more »
Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth…
The controversial classic gets a strange audio book treatment. Pearl S. B… more »
Eric Clapton, Clapton
A celeb autobio that devotes as much detail to nights in the pub as it do… more »
Rough Trade Records: Then
Forget the Clash. Forget the Pistols. In fact, while we're at it, you… more »
Peter Frankl, DEBUSSY: Piano W…
Debussy's Preludes for Piano, especially the dozen that comprise Book… more »
Pavarotti & Sills: Legend…
Opera lost a pair of titans this year who will haunt the lyric stage for … more »
Stax Records 50th Anniversary
While Motown Records was the great soul/crossover label of the '60s, … more »
An intro to Smithsonian Folkwa…
Moses Asch, the son of a Yiddish novelist, began releasing "people… more »
The Epstein, Last Of The Chara…
From one of the most English of English cities — Oxford — hai… more »
A. J. Liebling, The Sweet Scie…
You don't have to be a tough guy to write about tough guys. Legendary New… more »
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curio…
The poet of the booming Jazz Age resonates with eerie prescience today Th… more »
Chuck Brown, The Best of Chuck…
The songs that established go-go His first band, Los Latinos, was sadly n… more »
Bet on Chet
If Chet Atkins hasn't been responsible for everything you probably ha… more »
A User's Guide to Magma
The scene: A West Coast liberal arts college dorm room, Fall 1974. Two yo… more »
Sweet Soul Symphonics: Thom Be…
The Stylistics were a permanent fixture on the British pop charts of the … more »
Electronic Music in an Uncanny…
Just ten years ago, I launched my career as a music journalist by intervi… more »
Sharon Jones
In pop music, nostalgia can be as much a spur as a harness. Take Sharon J… more »