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f jazz is a living art form, it is due in no small part to the leadership of Wynton Marsalis, who has gone, in what seems like the blink of an eye, from being the hot young gun of jazz to being its...
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With unique depth, Citizen Cash combines biography, cultural analysis and music history to examine Johnny Cash’s political and social ideas.
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View ArticleWell of Souls
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In Arrangements in Blue, Amy Key uses Joni Mitchell’s seminal work as a magnifying glass for her emotions and experiences as a single woman.
View ArticleBang Bang Crash
Novelist Nic Brown’s stylish memoir examines his past life as a drummer and the ways it both haunts and informs his current life as a writer.
View ArticleWorld Within a Song
In World Within a Song, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy introduces readers to the music he loves with unabashed joy.
View ArticleGoth: A History
The Cure’s Lol Tolhurst explores the influences and impact of goth music and culture in an immersive new coffee table book.
View ArticleThank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
The long-awaited memoir from the frontman of Sly and the Family Stone is a rollicking ride about a rock life well lived.
View ArticleMadonna
Mary Gabriel’s vivid, memorable biography of Madonna takes a fresh look at a true icon of our time.
View ArticleGeorge Harrison
Philip Norman’s new biography George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle only adds to the case that George was lowkey the best Beatle.
View ArticleBob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine
Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine keeps the legendary artist in motion—dazzling, beguiling and multidimensional.
View ArticleSonic Life
Thurston Moore’s long-awaited memoir offers a prismatic view on the sonic democracy that was Sonic Youth.
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