Blues je strom, ze kterho vichni visme – vahy o svt populrn psn (2026)

This Czech-language book brings together twenty-five years of writing about popular music, covering Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Leonard Cohen, the Beatles, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Neil Young and many others. Michal Bystrov explores the songs, albums, musicians and stories that intertwine and have shaped the sound of popular music. His approach is not that of an encyclopedist, but of a musician, lyricist, poet, record collector and, above all, a listener. The book considers where music comes from, how it travels and what it leaves behind, with reflections on blues, folk, rocknroll, soul, country and pop, as well as on artists who listened to their predecessors and became an inspiration to those who followed.