{"product_id":"9781250117991","title":"Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A remarkable new book . . . [Ratliff] goes leaping from Beethoven to Big Black, from Morton Feldman to Curtis Mayfield, identifying continuities while delighting in contrasts.” ---Alex Ross, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to listen in the digital era? Today, we can listen to nearly anything, at any time, from Detroit techno to jam bands to baroque opera. The possibilities in this new age of listening overturn old assumptions about what it means to properly appreciate music---to be an “educated” listener.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEvery Song Ever\u003c\/i\u003e, veteran \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e music critic Ben Ratliff reimagines the very idea of music appreciation in this day and age. As familiar subdivisions like “rock” and “jazz” matter less and less and music’s accessible past becomes longer and broader, listeners can put aside the intentions of composers and musicians and engage music afresh, on their own terms. The result is a new mode of listening that can lead to unexpected connections and astonishing possibilities---as well as dangers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEncompassing the sounds of five continents and several centuries, \u003ci\u003eEvery Song Ever\u003c\/i\u003e is a necessary field guide to our musical habitat, and a foundation for the new aesthetics our age demands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030142337264,"sku":"9781250117991","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250117991_p0.jpg?v=1763702563","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250117991","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}