Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen in a Musical Age of Plenty
In Every Song Ever, the veteran New York Times music critic Ben Ratliff reimagines the very idea of music
appreciation for our times. As familiar subdivisions like “rock” and “jazz” matter less and less and music’s accessible past
becomes longer and broader, listeners can put aside the intentions of composers and musicians and engage music afresh,
on their own terms. Ratliff isolates signal musical traits—such as repetition, speed, and virtuosity—and traces them across
wildly diverse recordings to reveal unexpected connections. Encompassing the sounds of five continents and several
centuries, Ratliff’s book is an artful work of criticism and a lesson in open-mindedness. It is a definitive field guide to our
radically altered musical habitat.
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