Music reviews & criticism books

A towering figure in music and film, Michel Legrand created some of the most creative and innovative film scores...  Read More >>

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An authoritative overview of the personal, professional, cultural, political and religious contexts in which Hensel...  Read More >>

P-Funk keyboardist Daniel Bedrosian brings to life the epoch-making year that saw the release of three major P-Funk...  Read More >>

Studies Tame Impala’s psychedelic album Currents (2015) as both an example of a cultural shift in music production...  Read More >>

Sacred Innovation: Orazio Vecchi and Music in the Shadow of the Reformation provides a profound exploration into...  Read More >>

Sacred Innovation: Orazio Vecchi and Music in the Shadow of the Reformation provides a profound exploration into...  Read More >>

Music reviews and criticism by a long time music critic.  Read More >>

Neil Young, also known as The Godfather Of Grunge, acquires this title by releasing...a mellow, mostly acoustic...  Read More >>

Music reviews and criticism by a long time music critic.  Read More >>

The mullet. Windblown mullets. Cliff Richard with a windblown mullet. People pretending to be robots. The keytar....  Read More >>

""Robertson offers the whole picture, warts and all. In doing so, he honors the music of artists who have enriched...  Read More >>

Catalino, Tite, Curet Alonso apreciaba la música afrocaribeña como un primoroso cantar destilado de los barracones...  Read More >>

How the act of listening--whether overtly or covertly--fosters transdisciplinary connections and knowledge bases...  Read More >>

A blunt, irreverent, and at times wittily subversive backstage pass to a surprisingly contentious artform—one that...  Read More >>

E. Markham Lee's ""The Story of Opera"" presents a captivating journey through the rich history of one of the world's...  Read More >>

Embark on a scholarly journey through the resonant world of sacred sound with ""The art of music, Vol. 06 (of 14):...  Read More >>

""Terpander; or, Music and the future"" by Edward J. Dent presents a masterful and prescient philosophical exploration...  Read More >>

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

An alternative history of the album, focussing on the format’s turbulent life through the digital music era since...  Read More >>

Embark on a scholarly journey through the resonant world of sacred sound with ""The art of music, Vol. 06 (of 14):...  Read More >>

E. Markham Lee's ""The Story of Opera"" presents a captivating journey through the rich history of one of the world's...  Read More >>

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

""Frederick Chopin: A man of solitude"" offers a profound look into the life and artistry of Frédéric Chopin, one...  Read More >>

The definitive illustrated story of Joy Division and New Order.  Read More >>