Tough Breaks by Al Shipley - ISBN: 9781917516068
Paperback
Baltimore Club: Where pain met rhythm, and a city danced on.

Tough Breaks

The Story of Baltimore Club Music

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  • Paperback

    300 pages

  • Release Date

    23 September 2025

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Summary

Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music

Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music is the definitive history of how a city danced its pain away.

In this book, music journalist Al Shipley draws from 18 years’ worth of interviews with dozens of DJs, producers, vocalists, party hosts, promoters, and the founders of the clubs, labels, and record stores that shaped the genre. With the untold stories behind labels like Unruly Records and clubs like The Parado…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781917516068
ISBN-10:1917516061
Author:Al Shipley
Publisher:Watkins Media Limited
Imprint:Repeater Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:300
Release Date:23 September 2025
Weight:369g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm
About The Author

Al Shipley

Al Shipley has covered the Baltimore music scene for over 20 years for publications including Baltimore City Paper, the Baltimore Banner, Baltimore Fishbowl and Urbanite, and the acclaimed MP3 blog Government Names, winning awards from the Baltimore Crown Awards and the Baltimore Sun. He’s written about a wide variety of music and culture for Spin, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Vulture, Vice, and Complex.

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