Music reviews & criticism books

Tells the joyful story of the musicians, the radio DJs, the record labels, and the live venues where jazz not only...  Read More >>

Rio de Janeiros berühmter Samba-Enredo steht seit der Jahrtausendwende in der Kritik, wie nach Rezept komponiert...  Read More >>

This book investigates the changing ways in which composers employed notation and musicians understood it between...  Read More >>

Discover the Rhythms of Serenity: Dive Into the Heart of the Lofi Movement In the bustling rhythm of modern life,...  Read More >>

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"'Running at the edge of their world: The Suspect Device fanzine story' by Tony and Gaz Suspect is the behind-the-scenes...  Read More >>

This book studies cardinals and the art of music in the early modern period. Through the lens of musical innovation,...  Read More >>

This book studies cardinals and the art of music in the early modern period. Through the lens of musical innovation,...  Read More >>

A laser-lit, laugh-out-loud trip through the 1990s clubbing scene - a This Is Going to Hurt for the rave generation....  Read More >>

A compelling and unique biography of one of the best-selling bands of all time, told with synapse-rattling insight...  Read More >>

About Man and God and Law is the story of how Bob Dylan sparked a revolution of the spirit and why it matters today....  Read More >>

A Grateful Dead concert, Ray Robertson argues, is life. Like life, it can be alternately compelling and lackluster;...  Read More >>

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The definitive illustrated book on ""The Boss"" now in an updated edition to celebrate his 75th birthday!  Read More >>

After the success of the Penderyn Music Book Prize-shortlisted Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids?, Nige Tassell...  Read More >>

The first book to consider the shellac disc as a global format. With the rise of the gramophone around 1900, the...  Read More >>

In Proust's Songbook, Jennifer Rushworth analyzes and theorizes the presence and role of songs in Marcel Proust's...  Read More >>

Examines how Black music functions as rhetoric, considering its subject not merely reflective of but central to...  Read More >>

"Within the chronicles of rock and roll history, a disconcerting statistical oddity comes to light, creating a looming...  Read More >>

(Book). There are few musical instruments that have given the world more joy than the ukulele. Ever since it evolved...  Read More >>

Examines how Black music functions as rhetoric, considering its subject not merely reflective of but central to...  Read More >>

Provides the first comprehensive history of the sheet music of the Confederacy. The book covers Confederate-themed...  Read More >>

This is the first part of the world's greatest musical biography book -The Great Rock Bible. This volume (The Old...  Read More >>