The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader

Download or read book The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader written by David Brackett and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader is a collection of readings that traces the evolution of American popular music from the 1920s to the present. Pulling together articles, excerpts, and critical commentary from scholarly journals, popular magazines, newspapers, and biographies, this volume introduces students to important social and cultural issues raised by the study of popular music. Chapter introductions and headnotes supply contextual background for the documents, provide links among different eras and genres, explain the issues raised by the documents, and clarify the cultural and historical importance of the selections.