"Studies of popular music (or any sort, for that matter) have tended to focus on people who are exceptional, successful. This necessary book reminds us that most musicians are neither, yet they are by far the most common. Living from Music in Salvador helps us reorient our gaze toward workaday musicians not just in Brazil but everywhere."–Timothy D. Taylor, author of Music and Capitalism: A History of the Present
"Between 'work' and 'play', from 'working to work' to performance: a provocative ethnography of professional musicians in various musical circuits of Salvador, Brazil, well known for its creative industry."–Martha Tupinambá de Ulhôa, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro