That Devil Music: Best Rock Writing 2014

On March 11, 2014 Excitable Pressworks will proudly release That Devil Music: Best Rock Writing 2014, an anthology of writing about rock 'n' roll and the good folks that make the music.

That Devil Music: Best Rock Writing 2014 offers artist interviews, essays, articles, and album reviews that cross the entire spectrum of rock music, from classic rock and heavy metal to punk, prog-rock, and beyond. Inspired by Da Capo's annual Best Music Writing series (which was discontinued in 2011), That Devil Music is focused entirely on rock 'n' roll and includes articles on Big Star, Imagine Dragons, Greg Prevost, Clutch, Emitt Rhodes, the Replacements, Jimbo Mathus, and much more!   

That Devil Music: Best Rock Writing 2014 was edited by veteran music critic Rev. Keith A. Gordon and features the work of a diverse group of two-dozen talented writers including talents like Steve Morley, Tommy Hash, Fred Mills, Denise Sullivan, Jason Gross, and Lee Zimmerman, among others. The book reprints vital and exciting material from the previous year from publications like Blurt magazine, Paste magazine, Perfect Sound Forever, Metal Injection, and the That Devil Music.com website. That Devil Music: Best Rock Writing 2014 is a 252-page, 5.5" x 8.5" trade paperback that features incredible Tim Shawl front and back cover artwork.

That Devil Music: Best Rock Writing 2014 is available directly from Excitable Press for the price of $14.99 in the US or £9.99 in the UK - we'll even pay the postage - by using the helpful PayPal buttons below:  

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Excitable Press to Publish Best Rock Writing Book!

Excitable Press is happy to announce that it is currently accepting editorial submissions for the company's next book, That Devil Music: Best Rock Writing 2014. Scheduled for March 2014 publication, the book will showcase the best critical writing about rock music from the previous year.

For over a decade, Da Capo Press published its eagerly-awaited annual Best Music Writing books. The series was discontinued in 2011, however, and its former editor has been unable to re-launch the popular collection of music criticism. We feel that this has left a void in the publishing world that we can fill.

Our plans for That Devil Music: Best Music Writing 2014 is for book to become an annual series much like Best Music Writing, but we need to get this first volume off the ground. We're asking for submissions of music writing with an important caveat: it needs to focus on rock 'n' roll in all of its persuasions. Classic rock, prog-rock, heavy metal, punk rock, blues-rock – it's all good with us!

What we're looking for is essays, articles, interviews, rants and reviews written and/or published during 2013. Reviews can be of albums, books, DVDs or other flotsam and jetsam of rock culture. Submissions should be emailed to thatdevilmusic.com c/o gmail.com in MS Word or text formats and must include contact information.

We will accept editorial submissions through January 31, 2014 for the 2014 book, and we'll be contacting only those writers whose material will be used in the final book. We can't afford to pay much, but contributors will be paid a small fee and sent a copy of the finished book.

That Devil Music: Best Music Writing 2014 will be edited by infamous rock critic Rev. Keith A. Gordon, whose two most recent books include The Other Side of Nashville (2012) and Scorched Earth: A Jason & the Scorchers Scrapbook (2013, with Paul Needham), both published by Excitable Press. The book will receive a full promotional push and worldwide distribution through Ingram Distributing and Amazon.com and will be available in both print and eBook versions.