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Summary: The Real Stories Behind The Music
Review: As both a music fan, and a sometimes writer, I'm always curious about what inspires people. Songs Without Rhyme satiates that curiousity within me. Rosanne Cash pulled together a diverse group of musicians and asked them to write a story based on one of their songs. Whether it was one line, or the entire song, all of the stories contained within are incredible. The material runs the gamut from verite by Rodney Crowell, Loudon Wainwright III and Steven Page to futuristic fiction by Johnny Cash, David Byrne and Rosanne Cash. At the end of each story is the song that the musicians took their inspiration from. All in all, Songs Without Rhyme is a very well-written, well-edited book and would be a welcome addition to any music (or book) fan's collection.
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Summary: The Real Stories Behind The Music
Review: As both a music fan, and a sometimes writer, I'm always curious about what inspires people. Songs Without Rhyme satiates that curiousity within me. Rosanne Cash pulled together a diverse group of musicians and asked them to write a story based on one of their songs. Whether it was one line, or the entire song, all of the stories contained within are incredible. The material runs the gamut from verite by Rodney Crowell, Loudon Wainwright III and Steven Page to futuristic fiction by Johnny Cash, David Byrne and Rosanne Cash. At the end of each story is the song that the musicians took their inspiration from. All in all, Songs Without Rhyme is a very well-written, well-edited book and would be a welcome addition to any music (or book) fan's collection.
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Summary: Get inside the artist's head.
Review: In this book, we can see the creative process taken one step further. Normally the fans see songs as the end of the creative cycle. However with this book, we can are given glimpses of the world that a song is born into. This adds a completely new dimension to these songs, it makes the songs pop into full three dimension. This is a wonderful compliment to books that show the history and birth of songs, such as Suzanne Vega's "Passionate Eye", where we see early poems, stories, and other writtings that lead up to songs that appeared on the radio. This book is one of the beautiful boundary breakers. It is part music. It is part literature. It is part poetry. It is part prose. It is part fiction. It is part a personallity study of the authors. If you are a fan of any of the singers in this book it would be well worth your money to purchase it just for their contribution alone.
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Summary: Get inside the artist's head.
Review: In this book, we can see the creative process taken one step further. Normally the fans see songs as the end of the creative cycle. However with this book, we can are given glimpses of the world that a song is born into. This adds a completely new dimension to these songs, it makes the songs pop into full three dimension. This is a wonderful compliment to books that show the history and birth of songs, such as Suzanne Vega's "Passionate Eye", where we see early poems, stories, and other writtings that lead up to songs that appeared on the radio. This book is one of the beautiful boundary breakers. It is part music. It is part literature. It is part poetry. It is part prose. It is part fiction. It is part a personallity study of the authors. If you are a fan of any of the singers in this book it would be well worth your money to purchase it just for their contribution alone.
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