New Sounds: A Listener's Guide to New Music is a 1987 book written by radio show host John Schaefer. It is a guide that covers a range of subjects and genres relating to music. It has been referenced by many other books relating to the subjects and aspects of music.
Background Schaefer discusses the categories of music. Discographies of the artists covered in the categories are provided.Buffalo and Erie County Public Library – New Sounds: A Listener's Guide to New Music, review by Booklist Dick Weissman referred to it as a "rich guide to many musical styles" in his book, The Music Business: Career Opportunities and Self-Defense.The Music Business: Career Opportunities and Self-Defense, Dick Weissman
Authors such as Leigh Landy with Experimental Music Notebooks,Experimental Music Notebooks by Leigh Landy, p. 166 Karin Pendle and Melinda Boyd with their book Women in Music: A Research and Information Guide,Women in Music: A Research and Information Guide by Karin Pendle, Melinda Boyd, p. 194 and Jeremy Grimshaw with Draw a Straight Line and Follow It: The Music and Mysticism of La Monte Young have drawn on it.Draw a Straight Line and Follow It: The Music and Mysticism of La Monte Young by Jeremy Grimshaw, p. 195, notes to pages 4–9
Its original publication was by Harper & Row in 1987.HathiTrust digital library – New Sounds: A Listener's Guide to New Music / John Schaefer
Artists and composers covered Joseph Schwantner, Brian Eno, Laurie Anderson and Frank Zappa are looked at.Buffalo and Erie County Public Library - New Sounds: A Listener's Guide to New Music, review by Choice review
About the author Schaefer is currently the host of culture and talk show Soundcheck which is broadcast on Radio WNYC. He also hosts New Sounds, a radio program.Bloodlines: A Horse Racing Anthology, Maggie Estep, Jason Starr – Vintage Books, 2006 – p. 368 He has produced New Sounds since 1982 and Soundcheck from its beginning in 2002.WNYC – John Schaefer
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