Book Feature

Blood on the Tracks: Ch. 2 – Excerpts from the New Dylan-Inspired Novel

By Tom Grasty
March 24th, 2009

Author Tom Grasty’s first book is a taut thriller inspired by the life and music of Bob Dylan. JamsBio Magazine is happy to share an excerpt from this up and coming novelist.

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Book Feature

Blood on the Tracks: Excerpts from the New Dylan-Inspired Novel

By Tom Grasty
March 10th, 2009

Author Tom Grasty’s first book is a taut thriller inspired by the life and music of Bob Dylan. JamsBio Magazine is happy to share an excerpt from this up and coming novelist.

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Book Feature

Rock and Roll Poetry: An Interview with David Wojahn

By Brian Castleberry
February 11th, 2009

Acclaimed poet David Wojahn’s Mystery Train contains a series of thirty-five poems that follow the development of rock music and American culture from 1956 to 1988, creating “a soundtrack to American history.”

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Book Feature

The Genius of Lester Bangs: Selected Excerpts

By Douglas Newman
October 7th, 2008

Any music fan worth his salt needs to read Lester Bangs. That’s because unlike most “rock” critics, Bangs was first and foremost a fan. And a passionate fan at that. Objectivity was not in his vocabulary and politeness can fuck off because Bangs told it like it was.

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Book Feature

Remembering a Literary Maverick: David Foster Wallace R.I.P.

By Brian Castleberry
September 16th, 2008

David Foster Wallace was, up until the other day when he hung himself, one of the greatest living novelists of our time.

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The World in Six Songs, Part One

By Daniel Levitin
August 26th, 2008

Can music unlock the mystery of who we are and how we think? In his new book, “The World in Six Songs,” neuroscientist and former professional musician and music producer, Daniel Levitin, boldly argues that the human brain evolved to play and listen to music in six fundamental forms – for knowledge, friendship, religion, joy, comfort, and love.

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The World in Six Songs, Part Two

By Daniel Levitin
August 26th, 2008

 
Daniel Levitin’s acclaimed book, “The World in Six Songs,” ties in closely with the mission of JamsBio — that music is an essential and enduring part of the human experience. The following is the second of three excerpts from this New York Times Best Selling author, neuroscientist and former musician.

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The World in Six Songs, Part Three

By Daniel Levitin
August 26th, 2008

For as long as humans have graced this earth, they have been in the presence of some form of music. And yet despite thousands of years of progress and diversity, we have learned to play and listen to only six fundamental forms of music. This is the premise of an extraordinary new book, “The World In Six Songs” from New York Times Best Selling author Daniel Levitin

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