Rebel Musix, Scribe on a Vibe

Goldman collects five decades of her own music journalism, tracing a direct line from the punk scene she covered as a young writer in London through reggae, post-punk, Afrobeat, and free jazz. As one of the few women reporting from inside those scenes at the time, her reporting doubles as a first-person record of how those genres actually cross-pollinated on the ground. Reviewers have responded most to the writing itself, prizing its punch and idiosyncrasy over its historical completeness.