Genres & Styles
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Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs
$29.99 Add to cartThe first complete look at the stories and songcraft behind the entire discography of the voice of a generation, Taylor Swift.
From her humble beginnings as a teenage country singer to her record-brea- Author: Zaleski, Annie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1667208454
- Language: English
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The Chronicles of Doom: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast
$30.00 Add to cart
The definitive biography of MF DOOM, charting the reclusive and revered hip-hop artist’s life, career, and eventual immortality.
“Fernando provides a comprehensive look at DOOM’s life and career, meti… [more below]- Author: Fernando, S. H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1662602170
- Language: English
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Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking & Street Music
$24.95 Add to cartDown On The Corner is the story of music performed on the streets, in subways, in parks, in schoolyards, on the back of flatbed trucks, and beyond, from the 1920s to the present day.
One day around 197
- Author: Baker, Cary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1916829104
- Language: English
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The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.: A Biography
$32.00 Add to cartAn electrifying cultural biography of the greatest and last American rock band of the millennium, whose music ignited a generation–and reasserted the power of rock and roll
In the spring of 1980, an- Author: Carlin, Peter Ames
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0385546947
- Language: English
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Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir
$20.00 Add to cartThe never-thought-we’d-see-it memoir from the legendary Sly Stone.
Sly Stone created some of the most memorable anthems of the 1960s and 1970s (“Everyday People,” “Family Affair”). He electrified audie- Author: Stone, Sly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 125087226X
- Language: English
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Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography
$22.00 Add to cartThe authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a “touching, empathetic portrait” (The New York Times) of his life and powerful legacy, fully illustrated with photos, mementos, handwri… [more below]
- Author: Robinson, Staci
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1524761052
- Language: English
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Autonomy: Portrait of a Buzzcock
$30.00 Add to cartFrom bass player to lead guitarist, singer and last remaining founding member, Steve Diggle has been the driving force keeping Buzzcocks alive since he first met Pete Shelley in 1976. Together they wo
- Author: Diggle, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1915841089
- Language: English
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Make: Electronic Music from Scratch: A Beginner’s Guide to Homegrown Audio Gizmos
$39.99 Add to cartDon’t just play music, make music!
Make: Electronic Music from Scratch is a crash course in the joys of musical circuitry that teaches makers to become musicians, and musicians to become makers. Writ… [more below]
- Author: Pearson, Kirk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 365
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1680458094
- Language: English
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D. O. Double G: The Little Guide to Snoop Dogg
$8.95 Add to cartAmerica’s Original Gangsta.
Snoop Doggy Dogg fired up the burgeoning U.S. rap scene in 1993 with his outstanding debut, Doggystyle. It not only revolutionised a genre, it also put West Coast ganstas a
- Series: Little Books of Music
- Author: Orange Hippo!
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1800696272
- Language: English
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A Few Words in Defense of Our Country: The Biography of Randy Newman
$34.00 Add to cartThe definitive biography of songwriter Randy Newman, told with his full cooperation, by acclaimed biographer and longtime Los Angeles Times music critic, Robert Hilburn
Randy Newman is widely hailed- Author: Hilburn, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0306834693
- Language: English
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Patti Smith: Before Easter After
$65.00 Add to cartA new trade publication of Before Easter After, originally published in a limited edition at $1,000.
Hundreds of rarely seen images by legendary photographer Lynn Goldsmith offer an intimate portrait- Author: Smith, Patti
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0847874087
- Language: English
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James Brown’s Live at the Apollo
$14.95 Read moreIn this remarkable book, Douglas Wolk brings to life an October evening in 1962, at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem – an evening at the height of Cold War tensions. In great detail, Wolk pieces together … [more below]
- Series: 33 1/3 #13
- Author: Wolk, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 10 2004
- ISBN10: 0826415725
- Language: English
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Bad Moon Rising: The Unauthorized History of Creedence Clearwater Revival
$22.99 Add to cartRightly called the saddest story in rock ‘n’ roll history, this Creedence biography–newly updated with stories from band members, producers, business associates, close friends, and families–recounts… [more below]
- Author: Bordowitz, Hank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 01 2007
- ISBN10: 155652661X
- Language: English
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Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac: Interviews and Encounters Volume 10
$28.99 Add to cartFleetwood Mac was a triumph from the beginning–their first album was the UK’s bestselling album of 1968. After some low points–when founder Peter Green left, some fans felt that the band continuing … [more below]
- Series: Musicians in Their Own Words
- Author: Egan, Sean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1613732341
- Language: English
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Different Every Time: The Authorized Biography of Robert Wyatt
$19.95 Add to cartRobert Wyatt started out as the drummer and singer for Soft Machine, who shared a residency at Middle Earth with Pink Floyd and toured America with the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He brought a jazz minds… [more below]
- Author: O’Dair, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 15 2015
- ISBN10: 1593766165
- Language: English
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Cross the Tracks: A Memoir
$27.99 Add to cartFrom one of rap’s most evocative writers comes a stirring memoir and “masterpiece of a book” (Snoop Dogg) about how Boosie Badazz, one of the industry’s most controversial figures, was able to overcom… [more below]
- Author: Badazz, Boosie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1982131365
- Language: English
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The Martin Ukulele: The Little Instrument That Helped Create a Guitar Giant
$35.00 Read more(Book). The Martin Ukulele is a detailed look at the ukuleles built by the C. F. Martin Co. of Nazareth, PA, and at how the instruments’ success forever changed the company that made them. Martin’s uk… [more below]
- Author: King, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1476868794
- Language: English
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101 Classical Themes for Violin
$16.99 Add to cart(Instrumental Folio). This huge collection offers instrumentalists the chance to play 101 classical themes, including: Ave Maria * Bist du bei mir (You Are with Me) * Canon in D * Clair de Lune * Danc… [more below]
- Author: Hal Leonard Corp
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: January 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1495056317
- Language: English
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The Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs
$14.95 Add to cartA fully illustrated oral history of the Magnetic Fields’ 1999 triple album, 69 Love Songs – an album that was afforded “classic” status by many almost as soon as it was released. LD Beghtol’s book is
- Series: 33 1/3 #69
- Author: Beghtol, LD
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 03 2006
- ISBN10: 0826419259
- Language: English
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Carole King’s Tapestry
$14.95 Read moreCarole King’s Tapestry is both an anthemic embodiment of second-wave feminism and an apotheosis of the Laurel Canyon singer-songwriter sound and scene. And these two elements of the album’s historic s
- Series: 33 1/3 #153
- Author: Glass, Loren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1501355627
- Language: English
