Elijah Wald

22 books

The Blues: A Very Short Introduction by Elijah Wald

The Blues: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Elijah Wald

140 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

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The Dozens: A History of Rap's Mama by Elijah Wald

The Dozens: A History of Rap's Mama

Elijah Wald

244 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history music reflective slow-paced
Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties by Elijah Wald

Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties

Elijah Wald

368 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

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Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues by Elijah Wald

Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues

Elijah Wald

368 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

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Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music by Elijah Wald

Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music

Elijah Wald

306 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography music informative reflective medium-paced
How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music by Elijah Wald

How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music

Elijah Wald

323 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history music informative medium-paced
Long Walk Home: Reflections on Bruce Springsteen by Deepa Iyer, Paul Muldoon, Daniel Wolff, Jefferson Cowie, Greil Marcus, Dermot Bolger, Wayne Swan, Eric Alterman, Gillian G. Gaar, Kenneth Womack, Jim Cullen, David L. Ulin, Louis Masur, Joel Dinerstein, Irwin Streight, Wesley Stace, Frank Stefanko, A.O. Scott, Jonathan D. Cohen, Lauren Onkey, Elijah Wald, Natalie Adler, Nancy Bishop, Regina Barreca, June Skinner Sawyers, Peter Ames Carlin, Martyn Joseph, Colleen Sheehy, Richard Russo

Long Walk Home: Reflections on Bruce Springsteen

Deepa Iyer, Paul Muldoon, Daniel Wolff, Jefferson Cowie, Greil Marcus, Dermot Bolger, Wayne Swan, Eric Alterman, Gillian G. Gaar, Kenneth Womack, Jim Cullen, David L. Ulin, Louis Masur, Joel Dinerstein, Irwin Streight, Wesley Stace, Frank Stefanko, A.O. Scott, Jonathan D. Cohen, Lauren Onkey, Elijah Wald, Natalie Adler, Nancy Bishop, Regina Barreca, June Skinner Sawyers, Peter Ames Carlin, Martyn Joseph, Colleen Sheehy, Richard Russo

270 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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The Mayor of Macdougal Street 2013 Edition: A Memoir by Elijah Wald, Dave Van Ronk

The Mayor of Macdougal Street 2013 Edition: A Memoir

Elijah Wald, Dave Van Ronk

274 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir music reflective slow-paced
The Mayor of MacDougal Street by Elijah Wald, Dave Van Ronk

The Mayor of MacDougal Street

Elijah Wald, Dave Van Ronk

272 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir music reflective slow-paced
Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas by Elijah Wald

Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas

Elijah Wald

368 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

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