Rolling Stone Menu Questlove to Publish New Book ‘Music Is History’
“Here we’ll look at the last 50 years of America through the prism of music, and the last 50 years of music through the prism of history,” Roots drummer says
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Questlove has announced a new book, titled
Music Is History, that will look back at the past 50 years through the “prism” of popular music.
The Roots drummer’s latest book will focus on one song from each year between 1971 to 2021 and elucidate on how that track was informed by or captures the politics and culture of that specific year. Also within the book are Questlove-curated playlists that serve as a companion to the chapters.
Questlove announces new book Music is History, coming October 12
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Torrey Peters
Torrey Peters is a writer who splits her time between Brooklyn, New York, and rural Vermont. Her first novel,
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