A new collection of pieces, covering 20 years of popular music, by one of the UK's pre-eminent rock journalists and the people who sung and played it. From Prince to Pavement, James Brown to Joni Mitchell, ZZ Top to Tom Waits, Beck to Eminem, the former US editor of MOJO burrows deep into the heart of America's greatest music. Probing interviews with Lou Reed, Randy Newman and Johnny Cash; exhaustive profiles of cult heroes Big Star, Little Feat and Todd Rundgren; shrewd essays on disco, cyberpunk, and Americana, Ragged Glories is a hymn to the USA - to its pop, soul, country and blues - from the author of the acclaimed Across the Great Divide (about The Band) and Waiting for the Sun (about Los Angeles). Barney Hoskyns collects some of his best pieces about American music and pop culture from the last 20 years - all rock 'n' roll life is here!

A new collection of pieces, covering 20 years of popular music, by one of the UK's pre-eminent rock journalists.

About the Author
Barney Hoskyns was born in England in 1959 and began writing for the New Musical Express after leaving Oxford. He has since written for The Times, the New Statesman, Guardian, Spin, the Los Angeles Reader, Creem, Vogue, and many other publications. In 1987 his acclaimed study of Southern soul music, Say it One Time for the Brokenhearted, was published. He is also the author of Imp of the Perverse (a study of Prince), From a Whisper to a Scream: The Great Voices, and Beautiful Loser, about Montgomery Clift. Barney Hoskyns lives in London with his wife and two sons.


Book Information
ISBN 9780712604680
Author Barney Hoskyns
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Pimlico
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 510g
Dimensions(mm) 233mm * 155mm * 29mm