
Tough Breaks
The Story of Baltimore Club Music
$27.72
- Paperback
300 pages
- Release Date
23 September 2025
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 |
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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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