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Tom Moon


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Entertainment, Arts & Photography, Nonfiction


For the last three and a half years, award-winning music journalist Tom Moon has been searching out peak musical experiences from all genres and every corner of the earth. 1000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die, published by Workman Publishing in August 2008, is the result of his journey. Covering both acknowledged world-culture masterworks (J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations) and recordings that have been unfairly overlooked (Nick Drake's Five Leaves Left), the book is designed to encourage listeners to become explorers. ...more

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This Grim And Savage Game: ...
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“The more you love music, the more music you love.”
― Tom Moon, 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die
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“That’s how music works. It can take your blues, dust them in a wicked mojo, sneak them to that crossroads where the Devil hangs out, and swap them for a veggie burrito made by a blissed-out Deadhead in a parking lot. This might not be exactly what you ordered, but it might inspire you all the same.”
― Tom Moon, 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List
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“idea of this book years before I did. She was curious about the music I discovered, and able to translate my runaway enthusiasm into understandable English. More significantly, she maintained, throughout, a clear sense of the book’s mission and its “tone”—when she wasn’t buying an”
― Tom Moon, 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List
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