JON BREAM, the award-winning critic of the Minneapolis Star Tribune since 1975, has the second longest tenure of any current daily newspaper pop-music critic in the United States. His work has appeared everywhere from the Boston Globe and the Los Angeles Times to Rolling Stone and TV Guide. A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, Bream is the author of the bestselling biographies Prince: Inside the Purple Reign (1984) and Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin: The Illustrated History of the Heaviest Band of All Time (2008). Visit www.jonbream.com.
"Bream always seems to find the right questions to keep the
conversations engaging and, most importantly, inspire debate." -
The Brooklyn Rail
"Heads up on the Christmas gift you will be buying for the Dylan
fanatic in your extended family. Jon Bream, long time music scribe
for the Mpls. Star Tribune, put together an incredible overview of
Dylan's entire catalogue and had two people (scholars, musicians,
critics, etc.) discuss each record (36 slabs of wax.) In hardcover,
the layout and collection of photos are superb and the insights are
incredibly insightful, funny, and superb. I was honored to discuss
Under the Red Sky with Motor City music writer Gary Graff. A
wonderful compendium of opinions about a man everybody has an
opinion about. Kudos all the way around." - Paul Metsa, songwriter
and musician
"I don't always agree with what these Dylan pundits have to say,
but I always enjoyed the conversation. In general, the encyclopedic
knowledge of the rock journalists makes for more insightful and
articulate criticism than the more sentimental perspectives of the
recording artists, but each voice makes its own welcome
contribution." - Old Books By Dead Guys Blog"A gorgeously rendered,
gift worthy book with a unique spin on the discography, recommended
for public and academic libraries alike" - Booklist
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