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These two anthologies achieve different levels of success. The omnipresent Guralnick (Last Train to Memphis, Careless Love) has assembled an intriguing group of 35 articles, mostly reprinted from established magazines (e.g., the New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair) with the intent of informing and entertaining the reader. Spanning country (Roseanne Cash's ode to father Johnny), jazz (David Hadju's portrait of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn), and rap-rock (David Moodie and Maureen Callahan's report on Woodstock 1999), this first edition in Da Capo's promising new series also includes some remarkable essays about the fate of the figures in Nashville's now-defunct Country Music Wa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More