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Love Goes to Buildings on Fire spans just four years in New York City, but that’s all Will Hermes needs to showcase the explosion of progress between rock, salsa, hip hop, dance, jazz, and classical music. To take just one example: during a seven-day stretch in 1973 you could catch a Soho loft performance by Phillip Glass, the New York Dolls at CBGBs, or a Bronx block party powered by DJ Kool Herc’s homemade sound system.
Hermes created a few chronological playlists, for lack of a better term, highlighting one-month spans in 1973, 1974, and 1975. From Lou Reed to Jon Gibson, Al Green to Kraftwerk, Patti Smith to Miles Davis. Enjoy.
See Also:
Read the Excerpt in Rolling Stone
A 300-Song Spotify Playlist for Love Goes to Buildings on Fire
On WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show”
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