Music reviews & criticism books

"In recent years, narratives about the music industry tend to hew to a common theme: it was humming along for decades...  Read More >>

"In recent years, narratives about the music industry tend to hew to a common theme: it was humming along for decades...  Read More >>

The story of how three tumultuous decades changed American music  Read More >>

"""Examines the flash-in-the-pan Neue Deutsche Welle movement-its history, importance to youth rebellion in Germany...  Read More >>

Missing Music: Voices from Where the Dirt Roads End details Grammy-winning music producer and author Ian Brennan’s...  Read More >>

California Gold offers a compelling cultural snapshot of a diverse California during the 1930s at the height of...  Read More >>

The Everly Brothers—aka Don and Phil to fans with an intimate appreciation for them—seemed to exist almost as an...  Read More >>

Traces the development of American music from its African roots to the juke joint, club and concert hall, revealing...  Read More >>

Bruno Maderna, one of the most influential composers in the 20th century and a formidable conductor, was the oldest...  Read More >>

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms...  Read More >>

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"Once you've collected every 7"" from your favourite label, broken your back in the mosh pit, and become so well-versed...  Read More >>

Essays on the history of bands in America from ca. 1820 to 1930, offering new insights on a major sphere of music...  Read More >>

A sinister treatise on black metal featuring interviews with Rex Ebvleb of ABYSSVM/NIGROMANTE & Brett Stevens of...  Read More >>

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Reviews ten of the Willie Nelson Fourth of July Picnics in detail—each chosen for its significance in the event’s...  Read More >>

Leben und Werk einer eigenwilligen Komponistin  Read More >>

This book explores the role of the ubiquitous nurse character found in over one hundred operas and provides insight...  Read More >>

Renowned music scholar Samuel Charters tells Lucy McKim’s personal story, reclaiming the life of a pioneer in ethnomusicology,...  Read More >>

An insightful look at how avant-garde musicians of the postwar period in New York explored the philosophical dimensions...  Read More >>

An insightful look at how avant-garde musicians of the postwar period in New York explored the philosophical dimensions...  Read More >>

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

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Historical Dictionary of Romantic Music, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive...  Read More >>

A 1990s coming of age story of how music rewired a young girl's life.  Read More >>