An unrivalled window onto late twentieth century counterculture and the indispensable chronicle of a legendary 'Punk Professor' who single-handedly changed the course of music writing forever.
Vivien Goldman was the first, most passionate and indubitably the most elegant chronicler of reggae, funk, free jazz and Afrobeat music: a pioneering female writer who shaped the Golden Age of music journalism in her image. Rebel Musix, Scribe on a Vibe collects Goldman's extraordinary output from 1975 onwards and features encounters with everyone from Brian Eno to the Sex Pistols, Patti Smith to Fela Kuti, Curtis Mayfield to Can - and of course, her good friend Bob Marley.
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Punk! New Wave! Reggae! Vivien Goldman never fails to get the inside scoop. She is the messenger who reveals the truth about our music and ultimately, ourselves. Viva Vivien!.' *Chris Frantz & Tina Weymouth*
'Vivien campaigns with musicians fighting against racism, against misogyny, against social injustice. She celebrates the best of black, white, and Jewish musicians. She was doing it forty years ago. She's still doing it now. And that ain't nothing!' *Daniel Rachel*
'People talk about Brian Eno, Robert Wyatt, Can, Betty Davis, The Sex Pistols, George Clinton, Grace Jones all the time - but Vivien Goldman actually spoke to them. Whilst they were making that music we are still talking about. Essential reading: the making of history as it was happening. Vivien was there. And 'Launderette' is one of the best singles ever. Read it.' *Jarvis Cocker*
'Revelatory, sensuous and incisive, Rebel Musix, Scribe On A Vibe revels in music and its profound power to shape human hearts and shake down the walls of Babylon. Vivien Goldman is not merely a scribe of the highest order, but a vibe unto herself.' *Aram Sinnreich*