Rob Bowman (music writer)

Rob Bowman (music writer)

Rob Bowman is a contemporary Canadian professor of ethnomusicology and a music writer.

Apart from his work as director of York University's Graduate Program in Ethnomusicology & Musicology in Toronto, he has written many liner notes, studies and books on popular music.

Specialized in the Stax Records story, his liner notes on the different boxed sets of The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles has been celebrated.His book, "Soulsville, U.S.A. - The Story of Stax Records", is considered as the definitive history of the legendary Memphis-based record label.

Bowman won the 1996 Best Album Notes Grammy for his 47,000-word monograph accompanying the 10-CD boxed set of The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972-1975.

Bibliography

*cite book | author=Rob Bowman | title=Soulsville U.S.A: The Story of Stax Records
publisher=Prentice-Hall| year=1997 | id=ISBN 0-8256-7284-8


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