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Issue 30, Auguts/Spetember 2008
THE ROCK ISSUE

  • Bo Diddley - In Memoriam
  • Jimmy McGriff - In Memoriam
  • Ike Turner - In Memoriam
  • Buddy Miles - In Memoriam
  • The compounded sound of the Dirtbombs
  • The Blues Project didn't need a reason to love the blues
  • The Black Rock Coalition's fight to break the mold
  • Iron Knowledge still leaves them guessing
  • Anatolian rock fused Turkish folk with fuzz
  • The ebb and flow of folksinger Sixto Rodriguez
  • Babe Ruth's hip-hop homerun
  • The Rascals strive for harmony against all odds
  • A twist of fate for pioneers Black Merda
  • Bad Brains unleashed extraordinary positivity from the nation's capital
  • Filmmaker Don Letts manned a culture clash
  • Dave Bartholomew is rock and roll's unheralded godfather
  • Ernie Isley finds his place among rock royalty
  • How a gritty Memphis studio helped Elvis get real again
  • The punk-funk of Prince and the Rebels

Artist Wax Poetics
Title Issue 30
Format Magazine
Label Wax Poetics
Cat WP30
Barcode N/A
Release Date: 18/08/08

Key Selling Points
Wax Poetics is 7"×10" and printed on a high-quality paper.

These perfect-bound editions are collectable reference books unlike any magazine of its kind being printed today.

Fast becoming the bible of today's Funk and Hip Hop scene

Covers numerous Genres from Hip Hop to Soul, Funk, Jazz, Reggae etc…

Background
Since 2001, Wax Poetics has been hailed as no magazine’s equal in its fresh approach to independent music journalism. Staunchly unique in quality and focus, Wax Poetics is a classic in its own time, rigorously exploring the musical legacy of our past and revealing its relevance for today’s reader. Wax Poetics is a high-caliber music journal focusing on hip-hop’s brilliant evolution—from its birth as a collision of classic disco, soul, jazz, and funk, to its present domination of contemporary music culture and its limitless future as a popular art form. Wax Poetics delivers a unique mix of content that includes compelling interviews with famous and forgotten jazz, funk, and soul artists, as well as profiles of the most innovative and historically relevant hip-hop and dance producers, DJs, and artists worldwide.