Genres & Styles
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Art of Dancehall: Flyer and Poster Designs of Jamaican Dancehall Culture
$50.00 Add to cartA definitive celebration of the distinctive art of poster and flyer design in the highly influential culture of Jamaican dancehall music, by one of the best-known voices in the genre.
Combining the en- Author: Fire, Walshy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0789345765
- Language: English
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The Life and Music of Booker Bukka White: Recalling the Blues
$28.00 Add to cartBooker “Bukka” White (1905-1977) was one of the most important blues musicians of the twentieth century. The twelve songs he recorded in Chicago in 1940 are considered to be among the finest in countr… [more below]
- Series: American Made Music
- Author: Johnson, David W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: November 28 2024
- ISBN10: 149685344X
- Language: English
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Austin Music Is a Scene Not a Sound
$45.95 Add to cartMichael Corcoran culminates 40 years of writing about Austin music with a history of the scene, going back to the German singing societies of the late 1800s and ending with the ascent of South by Sout… [more below]
- Author: Corcoran, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: January 31 2025
- ISBN10: 0875658660
- Language: English
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Sinead O’Connor’s Universal Mother
$14.95 Read moreWith Universal Mother, Sinead O’Connor explores childhood trauma and her experiences as a woman, mother, target of scorn, and ultimate phoenix.
Released in the winter of 1994, Universal Mother was the- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Bertei, Adele
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: February 06 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765106914
- Language: English
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Smile: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Brian Wilson
$37.00 Add to cart“Brain Wilson. SMILE: Excellent! The man is my
hero. I love him. I weep when I hear his band, I hear him sing. I love
him.” –Sir Paul McCartneyThe story of the Brian Wilson’s legendary SMiLE album
from- Author: Leaf, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1915841313
- Language: English
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Hip-Hop Is History
$20.00 Add to cartThis is a book only Questlove could have written: a perceptive and personal reflection on the first half-century of hip-hop.
When hip-hop first emerged in the 1970s, it wasn’t expected to become the c- Author: Questlove
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 1250390540
- Language: English
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Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur
$32.00 Add to cartFrom Pitchfork and Guardian contributor Dean Van Nguyen comes a revelatory history of Tupac beyond his musical legend, as a radical son of the Black Panther Party whose political legacy still resonate… [more below]
- Author: Van Nguyen, Dean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0385550022
- Language: English
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Bob Dylan: The Stories Behind the Songs, 1962-69
$29.95 Add to cartPERFECT FOR FANS OF THE FILM A COMPLETE UNKNOWN.
Examine the stories behind Bob Dylan’s most famous songs, tracing the artist’s progress from young folk hero to bold protest singer, tracing his innova- Author: Gill, Andy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1787396169
- Language: English
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On Ruben Slikk: A Manifesto on the Purpose of Art and the Value of Transgression
$15.00 Add to cartOn Ruben Slikk: An Manifesto on the Purpose of Art and the Value of Transgression is a philosophical and critical inquiry into the modern musical landscape, using the obscure, prolific, transgressive
- Author: True, Caleb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: March 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1088156738
- Language: English
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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
$22.00 Add to cartFreshly revised and chock-full of new, vibrant stories, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life is the “lively and . . . necessary” (New York Times Book Review), and first and foremost definitive history of the
- Author: Brewster, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0802163904
- Language: English
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Supersonic: The Complete, Authorized, and Uncut Interviews
$32.00 Add to cartThe only authorized book to tell the behind-the-scenes story of the iconic band–in Liam and Noel Gallagher’s own candid, colorful words, based on thirty hours of interviews
“I know what it feels like … [more below]- Author: Oasis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79822E+12
- Language: English
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3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
$20.00 Add to cartThe National Bestseller – One of The Minneapolis Star Tribune‘s Best Books of the Year
“A superb book…[Kaplan is] a master biographer, a dogged researcher and shaper of narrative, and this is his mo- Author: Kaplan, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0525561021
- Language: English
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Charlie’s Good Tonight: The Life, the Times, and the Rolling Stones: The Authorized Biography of Charlie Watts
$21.99 Add to cart“An affectionate portrait, one that recognizes Watts as musician, colleague, family man, obsessive collector and immaculate dresser.”–Sunday Times
“Sexton, a longtime Stones chronicler, tells Watts’s
- Author: Sexton, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 0063276593
- Language: English
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Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal
$60.00 Add to cart- Author: Coltrane, Alice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1636811566
- Language: English
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100 Years of Grand OLE Opry: A Celebration of the Artists, the Fans, and the Home of Country Music
$60.00 Add to cartThe official book celebrating 100 years of the Grand Ole Opry–an intimate, gorgeously illustrated behind-the-scenes look at the American institution and world-renowned stage for country music
Since- Author: Grand Ole Opry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1419773607
- Language: English
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George Harrison: Behind the Locked Door
$23.99 Add to cartBehind The Locked Door is Graeme Thomson’s rich, insightful account of George Harrison’s extraordinary life and career.
As a Beatle, Harrison underwent a bewilderingly compressed early adulthood, buffe
- Author: Thomson, Graeme
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1785582690
- Language: English
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A Fabulous Disaster: From the Garage to Madison Square Garden, the Hard Way
$31.00 Add to cartProlific guitarist and Exodus songwriter Gary Holt presents an entertaining, personal memoir detailing his “destruction-laden” life and the origins of the Thrash Metal scene from the Bay Area to its w… [more below]
- Author: Holt, Gary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0306834014
- Language: English
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Fleetwood Mac All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track
$60.00 Add to cartFleetwood Mac All the Songs dives deep into the unique and often fraught recording history of the mega-bestselling and hugely influential rock band. Packed with captivating photographs and fascinating
- Series: All the Songs
- Author: Roubin, Olivier
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0762486309
- Language: English
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The Taylor Book: The Ultimate Guide to the Music, Life, Eras, and Legacy of an Icon
$27.99 Add to cartGo beyond the music with The Taylor Book, the most comprehensive exploration of Taylor Swift – giving her stratospheric career the depth it deserves.
From her humble days as a teen country artist to- Author: MacKenzie, Malcolm
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0593959396
- Language: English
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My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music’s Black Past, Present, and Future
$18.99 Add to cartAlice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author presents “a celebration of all things country music” (Ken Burns) as she reflects on her search for the first family of Black country musi… [more below]
- Author: Randall, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1668018411
- Language: English
