Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

by Kelefa Sanneh

Book Overview

One of Oprah Daily's 20 Favorite Books of 2021 - Selected as one of Pitchfork's Best Music Books of the Year

"One of the best books of its kind in decades." --The Wall Street Journal

An epic achievement and a huge delight, the entire history of popular music over the past fifty years refracted through the big genres that have defined and dominated it: rock, R&B, country, punk, hip-hop,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525559590
• ISBN13: 9780525559597
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"