Vivien Goldman

As an industry insider and pioneering post-punk musician, Vivien Goldman’s perspective on music journalism is unusually well-rounded. In Revenge of the She-Punks, she probes four themes—identity, money, love, and protest—to explore what makes punk such a liberating art form for women. With her visceral style, Goldman blends interviews, history, and her personal experience as one of Britain’s first female music writers in a book that reads like a vivid documentary of a genre defined by dismantling boundaries. A discussion of the Patti Smith song “Free Money,” for example, opens with Goldman on a shopping spree with Smith. Tamar-Kali, whose name pays homage to a Hindu goddess, describes the influence of her Gullah ancestors on her music, while the late Poly Styrene's daughter reflects on why her Somali-Scots-Irish mother wrote the 1978 punk anthem “Identity,” with the refrain “Identity is the crisis you can't see.” Other strands feature artists from farther afield (including in Colombia and Indonesia) and genre-busting revolutionaries such as Grace Jones, who wasn't exclusively punk but clearly influenced the movement while absorbing its liberating audacity. From punk's Euro origins to its international reach, this is an exhilarating world tour.

A Feminist Music History from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot

Revenge of the She-Punks

La vendetta delle punk. Una storia della musica femminista da Poly Styrene alle Pussy Riot

Ne La vendetta delle punk l’autrice analizza quattro temi fondamentali: identità, denaro, amore e protesta – attraverso i quali approfondisce le ragioni per le quali il punk rappresenta per le donne una forma artistica così liberatoria.La prospettiva di Vivien Goldman sul giornalismo musicale è completa, potendo vantare anche una grande esperienza di addetta ai lavori e avendo contribuito in prima persona alla nascita del post-punk.Con il suo inconfondibile stile viscerale, Goldman mescola interviste e narrazione storica alle sue esperienze personali: essendo stata una delle prime donne giornaliste rock inglesi, si può considerare il libro alla stregua di un vivace documentario su un genere musicale che per definizione demolisce gli steccati. Goldman analizza una canzone di Patti Smith come Free Money, per esempio, rievocando lo shopping a Notting Hill insieme alla cantante americana. Grazie alla testimonianza diretta della figlia della defunta Poly Styrene, scopriamo le motivazioni che nel 1978 hanno spinto la madre, di discendenza somala e scozzese-irlandese, a scrivere un inno del punk come Identity, caratterizzato da un ritornello che dice: “Identity is the crisis, can’t you see?” Nel suo libro, Goldman ci parla di musiciste originarie di luoghi lontani ma anche di eclettiche rivoluzionarie come Grace Jones, un’artista che pur non essendo esattamente punk ha senz’altro influenzato il movimento assorbendone l’audacia liberatoria. Questo libro è un tour musicale che partendo dalle origini europee del punk allarga il suo campo d’azione fino a raggiungere una vasta dimensione internazionale.Il tutto arricchito da accurate e ricche playlist.Traduzione di Fabio ZucchellaCura e Prefazione di Paola De Angelis

Una storia della musica femminista da Poly Styrene alle Pussy Riot

La vendetta delle Punk

Traces the history of modern Black music through text and photographs, celebrating the idea that there is a musical thread that travels throughout the world, changing the culture and music of each place it touches.

Visions of the Groove : Connections Between Afro-beats, Rhythm & Blues, Hip Hop, and More

The Black Chord

J. C. Gabel

This book documents the behind-the-scenes making of the cult film Withnail & I. Features scores of unpublished photographs, original end pages, and cover by artist Ralph Steadman. Hat & Beard Press was granted unprecedented access to director and writer Bruce Robinson's archive and drafts of the screenplay.

Withnail & I

Paul Smith

Paolo Hewitt

Janette Beckman

The second monograph by celebrated music photographer Janette Beckman captures 'the look' of the musicians and kids who were loudly defining an era that continues to reverberate throughout pop culture. Made in the UK documents the years between 1977 and 1983, a time when British music pushed every boundary. Due to Beckman's career within Melody Maker, she had unique access to the musicians topping the UK charts - icons of an era when music had an agenda. Beckman's gritty aesthetic placed her on good footing among the kids and the attitude in her portraits never dies.

The Music of Attitude, 1977-1983

Made in the UK

An account of the creation of the legendary reggae musician's seminal album, The Book of Exodus, describes the inspiration for the album in the turbulent social climate of the day and Marley's social and spiritual convictions, profiling Marley and his friends and associates, the impact of Marley's music, and his lasting influence on modern music. Original. 25,000 first printing.

The Making and Meaning of Bob Marley and the Wailers' Album of the Century

The Book of Exodus

Follow the Sacred Journey to Create One of the Lasting Musical Masterpieces of Our Time Bob Marley is one of our most important and influential artists. Recorded in London after an assassination attempt on his life sent Marley into exile from Jamaica, Exodus is the most lasting testament to his social conscience. Named by Time magazine as “Album of the Century,” Exodus is reggae superstar Bob Marley’s masterpiece of spiritual exploration. Vivien Goldman was the first journalist to introduce mass white audiences to the Rasta sounds of Bob Marley. Throughout the late 1970s, Goldman was a fly on the wall as she watched reggae grow and evolve, and charted the careers of many of its superstars, especially Bob Marley. So close was Vivien to Bob and the Wailers that she was a guest at his Kingston home just days before gunmen came in a rush to kill “The Skip.” Now, in The Book of Exodus, Goldman chronicles the making of this album, from its conception in Jamaica to the raucous but intense all-night studio sessions in London. But The Book of Exodus is so much more than a making-of-a-record story. This remarkable book takes us through the history of Jamaican music, Marley’s own personal journey from the Trench Town ghetto to his status as global superstar, as well as Marley’s deep spiritual practice of Rastafari and the roots of this religion. Goldman also traces the biblical themes of the Exodus story, and its practical relevance to us today, through various other art forms, leading up to and culminating with Exodus. Never before has there been such an intimate, first-hand portrait of Marley’s spirituality, his political involvement, and his life in exile in London, leading up to histriumphant return to the stage in Jamaica at the Peace Concert of 1978. Here is an unforgettable portrait of Bob Marley and an acutely perceptive appreciation of his musical and spiritual legacy.

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