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Real Hip Hop Gangsters: Music, Money and Murder
$18.75 Add to cartGangsters were brought into the game; not the other way around. The first real gangsters in entertainment entered the film industry via the gangster, Al Capone who co-produced the 1932 version of Scar
- Author: Scott, Rebecca Holly Hood
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 142
- Publish Date: August 15, 2012
- ISBN10: 1479131229
- Language: English
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Let the People Hear It: One Hundred Years of Concerts at the Library of Congress
$24.95 Add to cartSince 1925, the Library of Congress has presented one of the most prestigious and innovative concert series in the United States. Philanthropist Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge founded the series with the
- Series: Collection Close-Ups
- Author: Brown-Cáceres, Nicholas A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: January 25 2026
- ISBN10: 0844495948
- Language: English
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Reggaeton. Lo Que Siempre Quisiste Saber: Perreo, Dembow, Bad Bunny Y M?s (Spanish Edition)
$19.95 Add to cartDesde las calles de Puerto Rico hasta los escenarios m?s grandes del mundo, el reggaet?n ha transformado la m?sica.
Este libro te lleva en un viaje a trav?s de un g?nero que ha roto barreras y ha unido… [more below]- Author: Cuartas, Andrea Yepes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 6287634863
- Language: Spanish
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Rooted: How Black and Brown People Created Classical Music
$10.00 Add to cartThis highly captivating book takes readers on a journey through the history of classical music. However, author and music educator Vincent Sneed demonstrates that this history does not begin in Europe
- Author: Sneed, Vincent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: November 26 2025
- ISBN10: 9798295438738
- Language: English
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The Cello Who Loved Me: An accidental pilgrimage to master the world’s most beautiful instrument
$20.00 Add to cartA surprise recital while walking the Camino de Santiago turns into another kind of pilgrimage: to learn to play the cello.
George, 71, is nearing completion of this ancient route across Spain when he
- Author: Sorensen, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 9798999877116
- Language: English
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Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000
$35.00 Read more“An essential book for this moment.”
The definitive history of LGBTQ music, from Stonewall to RuPaul, and its impact on culture and American life From the underground dancefloors of th
–Rob Sheffield- Author: Walters, Barry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217059829
- Language: English
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This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich
$29.95 Add to cartOVER THE LAST SEVEN DECADES, ome of rock ‘n’ roll’s most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the imagery and theater of the Third Reich. From Keith Moon and Vivian Stanshall kitting themselves o
- Author: Rachel, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1636142850
- Language: English
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Us V. Them: The Age of Indie Music and a Decade in New York (2004-2014)
$30.00 Add to cartA sweeping and in-depth history of the Brooklyn music scene over ten years in Bloomberg’s New York, from a writer and concert producer who had a front-row view of it all
In the tradition of Just Kids- Author: Givony, Ronen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 141977526X
- Language: English
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With a Little Help from Their Friends: The Beatles and the People Who Made Them
$30.00 Read moreA surprising, charming, and kaleidoscopic history of the Beatles, told through 100 people close to them
The story of the Beatles is more than just their omnipresent songs and their iconic albums. It’s- Author: Maconie, Stuart
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 1419789570
- Language: English
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How Black Music Took Over the World
$30.00 Read moreOne of the world’s greatest bassists lays down the heart of Black music, revealing how its rhythmic structures and the long history of the African diaspora made it the world’s most popular form
Why- Author: Gibbs, Melvin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1541603249
- Language: English
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I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution
$22.00 Add to cartRemember When All You Wanted Was Your MTV? The perfect gift for the music fan or child of the eighties in your life.
Named One of the Best Books of 2011 by NPR – Spin – USA Today – CNBC – Pitchfork –- Author: Tannenbaum, Rob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: September 25 2012
- ISBN10: 0452298563
- Language: English
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Freedom, Rhythm & Sound: Chapter Two: Revolutionary Jazz Original Cover Art 1965-83
$49.95 Add to cartAlbum sleeve art from a transformative era in America’s radical jazz culture, plus covers for recordings by Black poets, civil rights activists and experimental musicians
Just over 15 years ago, Soul J
- Author: Baker, Stuart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1916359841
- Language: English
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The Pharcyde’s Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
$14.95 Read moreAs immediately believable as they were cartoonish, as much an inner city cipher as a suburban boys gang, the foursome that made up the Pharcyde were the most relatable MCs to ever pass the mic. On the
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Barker, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: May 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1501321277
- Language: English
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The History of Music in Fifty Instruments
$24.95 Read more“Although the title makes it sound like a reference book, it is so much more than that. The style of writing is engaging and informative. The layout is attractive, with beautiful illustrations, photo
- Author: Wilkinson, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 23 2026
- ISBN10: 022810341X
- Language: English
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Close to the Edge: The Story of Yes
$19.99 Add to cartThe 40-year story of the rock band Yes reveals the rows, bust-ups and personal tensions, the twists, surprises, humour and drama of their lives together. Welch talks to members past and present and tr… [more below]
- Author: Welch, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: September 01 2008
- ISBN10: 184772132X
- Language: English
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Sonic Sewer Volume 1: A Vinyl Obsessive’s Guided Tour Through Music History
$19.95 Add to cartAfter 34 individual issues, 8 collected books, and 25 years, author Robin Bougie’s celebrated cult movie magazine Cinema Sewer came to a lamented finish — but out of the ashes rises a new titan of th… [more below]
- Series: Sonic Sewer #1
- Author: Bougie, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1913051390
- Language: English
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Why Bob Dylan Matters, Revised Edition
$18.99 Add to cart“The coolest class on campus” – The New York Times
***Revised and updated with a new Afterword from the author.***
When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan in 2016, a debate raged. S
- Author: Thomas, Richard F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0062937987
- Language: English
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Sound System: The Political Power of Music
$24.95 Add to cart‘Fascinating’ Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2
‘A thrilling trip’ Maxi Jazz, Faithless
Musicians have often wanted to change the world. From underground innovators to pop icons, many believe in the politi
- Author: Randall, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0745351336
- Language: English
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A Century of Music Under the Stars: A History of the Mann Center for the Performing Arts and Robin Hood Dell
$40.00 Add to cartEveryone has a memorable story about attending a performance at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts or the Robin Hood Dell–“the Mann” and “the Dell” to their many patrons. Lavishly illustrated wi… [more below]
- Author: McCarthy, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1439924333
- Language: English
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Bach: The Cello Suites
$20.00 Add to cartOriginally dismissed as curiosities, J. S. Bach’s Cello Suites are now understood as the pinnacle of composition for unaccompanied cello. This handbook examines how and why Bach composed these highly … [more below]
- Series: New Cambridge Music Handbooks
- Author: Klorman, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: September 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1009054597
- Language: English
