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Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres – Hardback Book
By Kelefa Sanneh
An exercise in popular music analysis that has scored a shed-load of plaudits, written by a New York Times/New Yorker journalist who grew-up on the hardcore punk of the 1990s. The title ‘Major Labels’ is a reference to different musical labels, (rather than corporate record labels), and these are the genres that are covered: Rock, R&B, Country, Punk, Hip-Hop, Dance, and Pop. ‘Tis big and heavy.
476 pages, Hardback 16cm x 25cm. (RRP £20.00)