If there’s a leading figure among writers on American popular music—one who both defines and transcends the field—it has to be Peter Guralnick.
You’ll get no Benzedrine-fueled free association or stylized electricity from Mr. Guralnick. He brings a depth and seriousness to the trade that has become his distinctive mark and the genre’s gold standard.
His new collection, “Looking to Get Lost,” glances back across a career that has spanned just about the entirety of modern music writing. Mr. Guralnick published in early issues of Rolling Stone magazine and wrote for Crawdaddy! and Blues Unlimited as rock criticism and music journalism emerged.
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