Books

December, 1995

Rock and Roll is too immediate and raucous to intellectualize. The best rock criticism has always been fueled by frenzied enthusiasm. In Rock & Roll: An Unruly History (Harmony/Crown) former New York Times rock critic and Rolling Stone contributing editor Robert Palmer indulges in some enthusiastic storytelling. But he also offers musicological insights, tidbits of ethnography and a seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of recordings, key performances and relationships among musicians.Designed to be...

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