Jul 31, 2015

ELECTRIC SHOCK –  Peter Doggett

Electric Shock tells the story of popular music, from the arrival of Ragtime in the 1890s to Gangsta rap Death metal and the multiple strands of modern dance music. Within a narrative full of anecdotes and characters, Peter Doggett  mixes musical critique with wider social and cultural history and shows how revolutionary changes in technology have turned popular music into the lifeblood of the modern world.

The cover shot is a Magnum Photos Cornell Capa image of dancers at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem 1939, and exudes the sheer joy of the popular music experience – couples thrown together, a sweltering dancefloor and that beatin’ rhythm.

It’s the start of a rollercoaster journey…

Electric Shock is published by The Bodley Head this month

http://www.peterdoggett.org/

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