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NeoSoul
Books
Rolling
Stone's Alt-Rock-A-Rama : An
Outrageous Compendium of Facts, Fiction,
Trivia, and Critiques on Alternative
Rock
by Scott Schinder
A provocative, irreverent, and
indispensable resource book on the most
popular music of our day, from Rolling
Stone magazine--the most trusted name on
alternative music.
"The
Soulful Divas"
by David Nathan
A chronicle of more than a dozen
artists' careers.
HIP
HOP AMERICA
By Nelson George
"a fascinating look into what may be
the sound of young America circa 1999."
Billboard, Jan. 23, 1999, page 28.
CARELESS
LOVE The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
by Peter Guralnick.
"The finest rock-and-roll biography ever
written."
New York Times Book Review
GROWN
UP ALL WRONG: 75 GREAT ROCK AND
POP ARTISTS FROM VAUDEVILLE TO TECHNO
by Robert
Christgau
"... the Village Voice music critic
illuminates a broad range of figures --
including . . . queens of soul, and Prince
-- and hardly misses a beat."
Entertainment Weekly, A-
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NARAS!
Winners in
the R&B Categories at the
Grammy Awards
Reported By PAUL RYNESKI
LOS ANGELES (February 1999) --
Lauryn
Hill
Winner
of Album of the Year, Best New
Artist, R & B Album, Female R
& B Vocal Performance and R
& B Song for "Doo Wop (That
Thing)"
Stevie
Wonder
Winner
of Best Male R & B
Vocal
Performance, and Instrumental
Arrangement Accompanying Vocals
for "St. Louis Blues," Stevie
Wonder
Brandy|Monica
Winner
of Best R & B Performance by
a Duo or Group with Vocal, for
the song "The Boy Is Mine"
Live! One Night
Only
Patti
LaBelle
Winner
of Best Traditional R & B
Vocal Performance
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A NAME FOR ALTERNATIVE R&B
WHAT IS alternative R&B? Rap-free
jazz and R&B. This music combines
traditional R&B elements and
contemporary lyrics without the
hard-driving rhythms and lyrics of hip-hop
(Source: Janine Coveney, "The Rhythm and
the Blues," Billboard, p. 34,
December 27, 1997).
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Jimmy Buffett: "A Pirate Looks
At Fifty" (Random House, 458
pages, $24.95)
Buffett's "informal,
exuberant, and often affecting
diaristic prose . . . suppliew
what hardcore fans have longed
for since the performer commenced
his hedonism-laced recording
career in 1970 with his 'Down to
Earth' album on the Barnaby
label: simple, corner table-like
access to the man's personal
hours and private thoughts."
Billboard,
September 12, 1998, page 9.
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