Stars Don't Stand Still in the Sky: Music and Myth

by Evelyn McDonnell and Kelly Ev Karen

Book Overview

Music industry insiders on the nature of fame

Our cultural darlings make music; we make them mythic. Every musical genre begets a community of listeners, performers, and critics, and quite often those categories are blurred. From the principled punk refusal of celebrity to hip-hop's celebration of its power, the music world is self-obsessed.

Stars Don't Stand Still in the Sky assembles scholars, music writers, industry...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814747272
• ISBN13: 9780814747278
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.4"