Joe Boyd's The Roots of Rhythm Remain is a comprehensive history of popular music that explores the fascinating backstories to sounds from Africa, India, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Eastern Europe since the 1960s. It documents a decade of encounters with extraordinary musicians and producers who have altered the course of music.

Format: Hardback
Length: 944 pages
Publication date: 29 August 2024
Publisher: Faber & Faber

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I doubt I'll ever read a better account of the history and sociology of popular music than this one. Brian Eno

Profound.and beyond. Robert Plant

Legendary producer and record label boss Joe Boyd has spent a lifetime travelling the globe and immersing himself in music. He has witnessed first-hand the growing popularity of music from Africa, India, Latin America, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe since the 1960s and was one of the protagonists of the world music movement of the 1980s. In this sweeping history, Boyd sets out to explore the fascinating backstories to these sounds and documents a decade of encounters with the most extraordinary musicians and producers who have altered the course of music for us all. And the Roots of Rhythm Remain shows how personalities, events and politics in places such as Havana, Lagos, Budapest, Kingston and Rio are as colourful and momentous as anything that took place in New Orleans, Harlem, Laurel Canyon or Liverpool. And, moreover, how jazz, rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll would never have happened if it weren't for the notes and rhythms emanating from over the horizon. A gift to the world. Blow your mind and your speakers Cerys Matthews

One only hopes that this will be taught in schools. Ry Cooder

Weight: 1422g
Dimension: 241 x 163 x 64 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780571360000
Edition number: Main