Duke University Press

As a writer and thinker, Raymond Knapp is a congenial musicologist-eschewing the obscurities of hard theoretical labor and preferring colorful insights. Highly recommended." -- M. Dineen — Choice More…

Christgau is . . . one of America's sharper public intellectuals of the past half century, and certainly one of its most influential-not to mention one of the better stylists in that cohort.... — The New Yorker More…

Part history of technology, part reception studies, this anthology gathers advertisements, sales agents' scripts, personal accounts, editorials and letters from hobbyist journals of the early... — The Wire More…

Henry Cow: The World Is A Problem provides an exhaustive account of an incomparable group pushing music to its limits, on a linear mission to change civilization and its culture forever — Jazzwise More…

A painstakingly researched book, sure in its thesis and apt in its presentation, this versatile study is of immediate appeal to those interested in music but will also be a valuable resource... — Choice More…

Henry Cow: The World Is A Problem provides an exhaustive account of an incomparable group pushing music to its limits, on a linear mission to change civilization and its culture forever — Jazzwise More…

Part history of technology, part reception studies, this anthology gathers advertisements, sales agents' scripts, personal accounts, editorials and letters from hobbyist journals of the early... — The Wire More…

A painstakingly researched book, sure in its thesis and apt in its presentation, this versatile study is of immediate appeal to those interested in music but will also be a valuable resource... — Choice More…