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Title: Listen
Condition: New
Subtitle: A Landscape of American Music
EAN: 9780847872572
ISBN: 9780847872572
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Format: Hardback
Release Date: 27/09/2022
Description: Prompted by the closing of New York s mythical CBGB music club in 2006 and her desire to capture it, photographer and artist Rhona Bitner set out to record the most iconic places of the American musical landscape the recording studios, concert halls, arenas, ballrooms, prisons, and parks where the most important songs were inspired, recorded, played, and listened to. This new volume presents Bitner s seminal images in book form for the very first time. Taken over a period of 12 years, the photographs constitute a mapping of 300 unique places across 26 different states and 89 cities. From Jimi Hendrix s recording studio and Elvis Presley s music room at Graceland, to Aretha Franklin s childhood church, the Georgia lounge where Otis Redding, James Brown, and B. B. King took the stage, and the high school auditorium where Bob Dylan began to perform, each locale played a seminal role in the soundtracks of generations of music fans. And while Bitner decided to capture the sites empty and silent, the reverberations of fabled tunes still echo from them. Complete with a foreword by the godfather of punk himself Iggy Pop and contributions by Greil Marcus, Natalie Bell, and Jason Moran, this encyclopaedic collection of pictures is a must-have addition to the libraries of pop culture and music aficionados everywhere.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 260mm
Item Length: 241mm
Author: Iggy Pop, Rhona Bitner
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Music Dance & Theatre, Arts & Photography
Release Year: 2022

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