February 5, 2013
By Karen R. Long
In the weeks leading up to the February 28 announcement of the 2012 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today in our series, NBCC board member Karen
February 4, 2013
By Rigoberto González
In the weeks leading up to the February 28 announcement of the 2012 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today in our series, NBCC board member Rigoberto González offers an
February 1, 2013
By Steven G. Kellman
In the weeks leading up to the February 28 announcement of the 2012 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass will highlight the thirty finalists. Today in our series, NBCC board member
December 19, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
Earlier this fall, we invited NBCC members and friends of the NBCC to share their favorite books about music. For this final entry on the responses we received, we include
December 12, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
Many of the responses to our NBCC Reads query on favorite music books focused on history, biography, novels, and criticism. But our members also paid tribute to plenty of examples
December 6, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
When we asked NBCC members to list their favorite books about music, it was no surprise that the most commonly cited author was a critic: Greil Marcus has taught a
November 28, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
For our NBCC Reads series on favorite music books, we thought it'd be natural to pose the question to Dana Spiotta, a 2011 NBCC finalist for her rock novel Stone
November 27, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
In response to our latest NBCC Reads question on favorite music books, members responded with a clutch of books on classical and jazz. Richard Horan selected Louis Armstrong's In His
November 16, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
When we asked NBCC members to talk about their favorite books about music, nobody gravitated to one particular genre. Indeed, many respondents selected multiple books that addressed a variety of
November 14, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
As part of our NBCC Reads series on favorite books about music, we asked Alex Ross—a 2007 winner in criticism for The Rest Is Noise—for his choice. He responded with