VIA PRESS RELEASE | Vol. 12: 1996 of On Record, a comprehensive series of award-winning books, continues author and Colorado Music Experience director G. Brown’s signature, year-by-year chronicle of popular music from 1978 to 1998.
Vol. 12: 1996 brings together rare archival images and more than 100 in-depth interviews, revisiting a vibrant year in the music landscape. G. Brown, the longtime music journalist and radio personality who authored this series, presents a richly textured retrospective, featuring: pop icons like Celine Dion, Kenny G, and the Artist Formerly Known as Prince, alternative trailblazers such as Beck, Weezer, Sublime, and Rage Against the Machine, emerging talents including Dave Matthews Band, The Roots, and Wilco, genre-spanning coverage including hip-hop, classic rock, country, jazz and new age.
Interview-based artist profiles encompassing Fiona Apple, The Cardigans, Marilyn Manson, Jamiroquai, Eels, Social Distortion, Tool, Kula Shaker, Cibo Matto, Stone Temple Pilots, Tori Amos, Tony Toni Tone, New Edition, and Counting Crows.
Marking more than 50 years as one of America’s foremost popular music writers, G. Brown has interviewed more than 3,000 musicians, ranging from superstars to one-hit wonders in every genre. Each edition overflows with rare, powerful and informative editorial photographs from Brown’s personal archive of close to 15,000 images amassed over decades. These beautifully crafted, reader-friendly volumes, presented in a lively, engaging style, invite perusing at any point within the book.
“The great spiritual teachers say music is a healing force that connects us all. If so, then learning about musicians, their needs and motivations, enriches our bond. G. Brown, in his On Record books, reveals the magic of music and the talented artist who make it,” says Jon Anderson, Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, musician and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee with Yes.
G. Brown has navigated the world’s musical landscape for decades as a journalist, broadcaster and historian. He contracted with The Denver Post for 26 years, interviewing more than 3,000 musicians—from Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen to Bono and Kurt Cobain. Published in numerous national magazines including Rolling Stone and National Lampoon, Brown also covered music news and hosted and programmed for myriad Denver-based radio stations.
He is the author of Red Rocks: The Concert Years, a comprehensive history of America’s most iconic outdoor music venue, as well as Colorado’s Rock Chronicles and Telluride Bluegrass Festival: The First Forty Years. He was the founding director of the Colorado Music Hall of Fame beginning in 2011; he then launched and now oversees Colorado Music Experience, a non-profit cultural and educational organization dedicated to preserving musical legacies. Proceeds from On Record book sales benefit CoME.
