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Music Is History: Questlove's Sonic Journey Through the American Soul david Byrne DeVille covers the gamut ofQuestlove With Ben Greenman Questlove, the five time Grammy Award winner and visionary drummer of The Roots, takes readers on a decade by decade journey from 1971 to the present. In this New York Times bestseller, he explores how the melodies of our lives are inextricably linked to the shifts in our politics, our culture, and our collective identity. A history of the last half century and an intimate conversation with one of musics most influential