From the legendary producer of Nick Drake, R.E.M., Toots and the Maytals, and Pink Floyd and author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s comes a riveting, world-spanning tour de force illuminating the artists, histories, controversies, and collaborations that shaped global music. Paul Simon told Joe Boyd that when he first heard the accordion flourish that would open his multi-platinum album Graceland, it seemed to proclaim, “You haven’t heard this before!” Yet the 1980s “world music” boom that Simon’s album helped usher in had roots that extended back through the decades and across continents: tango on the eve of World War I, Latin dance across the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s, reggae in the ’70s, pre-War samba and pre-Beatles bossa nova, Eastern European ensembles filling capitalist concert halls during the Cold War, Indian ragas changing rock and roll in the 1960s, the folk music–inspired classical composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. In this sweeping history compiled from more than a decade of travel, research, interviews, and deep listening, Boyd sets out to explore centuries of fascinating backstories to these sounds. He shows how personalities, events, and politics in places such as Havana, Lagos, Budapest, Kingston, and Rio are as colorful and momentous as anything that took place in New Orleans, Harlem, Laurel Canyon, or Liverpool. And, moreover, how jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock ‘n’ roll would never have happened if it weren’t for the notes and rhythms emanating from over the horizon. The one-of-a-kind result is And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: a glorious, symphonic celebration of the music that shapes our world.And the Roots of Rhythm Remain by Joe Boyd - Book Review And the Roots of Rhythm Remain by Joe Boyd Published by Faber Release date: 29 August 2024 ~ Joe Boyd's book is published by Faber and he can be followed on . Joe Boyd Announces Paperback Edition Of New Book And 'The . Joe Boyd have announced the first paperback edition of Boyd's acclaimed new book And The Roots Of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music. ZE Books | And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey . - Instagram 52 likes, 2 comments - ze__books pada September 23, 2024: "And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey through Global Music—the new book from . Sep 30: Joe Boyd Presents 'And the Roots of Rhythm Remain' at Mrs . Record Producer Joe Boyd with His New Book And the Roots of Rhythm Remain. Sep 30, 7 PM PT • Berkeley: Mrs. Dalloway's • 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, . Joe Boyd spent 17 years writing a book on music history | interview book that took 17 years to write: "And the Roots of Rhythm Remain" Listen to the official book playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist . And the Roots of Rhythm Remain by Joe Boyd | HodgesFiggis A Financial Times, Irish Times, Mojo and Uncut Book of the Year. 'I doubt I'll ever read a better account of the history and sociology of .