Publisher Description
Wax Poetics is a quarterly journal focused on the African American musical tradition, from R&B and jazz to disco and hip-hop, with a look at all other funky music worldwide. With fifty issues in its ten-year history, Wax Poetics has profiled world-famous icons like Miles Davis, Dilla, James Brown, Herbie Hancock, Michael Jackson, Barry White, Ice Cube, Erykah Badu, Public Enemy, and Smokey Robinson, and has championed lesser-known musicians and crucial scenes like Detroit s techno explosion and Memphis s soul stew. Each issue is packed full of content historical retrospectives on classic musicians as well as new and up-and-coming artists and vintage photographs rarely seen elsewhere. Once known as a bible for record collectors, Wax Poetics has grown into a real force in both the publishing and music industries, capturing worldwide audiences whose thirst for musical knowledge is insatiable. --------------------- Purchase options: Editions of Wax Poetics are available for purchase as single issues or via an auto-renewable subscription as follows: - Yearly subscription for $18.99 (4 issues) - Single copy issues for $4.99 - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account - Account will be charged for $18.99 renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription
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