If your idea of 1970s music starts with disco and ends with classic rock, prepare to have your ears blown by John Corbett and Vivien Goldman. In Pick Up the Pieces, Corbett demonstrates the power of music to shape self and society, intertwining critical essays on artists such as The Kinks with stories of his own coming of age. For Goldman, the famed British critic, musician, and ‘punk professor,’ music is also empowerment, especially for the overlooked women of the punk scene whose influence—from Patti Smith to Pussy Riot—Goldman details in Revenge of the She Punk. Corbett and Goldman will swap stories, spin records, and make the case for the continuing power of 70s music.

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