Music reviews & criticism books

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Throwing Muses frontwoman and critically acclaimed solo artist Kristin Hersh meditates on the future of her craft...  Read More >>

There has never been a group as influential as The Beatles - that much is beyond dispute. What is rarely mentioned...  Read More >>

Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf das intrikate Verhältnis von Musik und Politik  Read More >>

What I didn't know [when starting to research and write this book]: I would become full-on, hopelessly obsessed...  Read More >>

"""They're not going to catch us,"" Dan Aykroyd, as Elwood Blues, tells his brother Jake, played by John Belushi....  Read More >>

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"""A cultural history of Screamfeeder's break-out album, Kitten Licks, incorporating new interview material from...  Read More >>

"""This interdisciplinary study of YouTube's rise in the 2000s focuses on the multiple roles music has played in...  Read More >>

"""A cultural history of Screamfeeder's break-out album, Kitten Licks, incorporating new interview material from...  Read More >>

""The first overview of music journalist Richard J. Gleason, and a discussion of in what ways music journalists...  Read More >>

""The first interdisciplinary, academic overview of Serge Gainsbourg -- one of the most popular and reviled singers...  Read More >>

Die Studie beleuchtet die Ursprunge und Genese der musikalischen (Taktgruppen-)Metrik sowohl aus der Perspektive...  Read More >>

I SAW THEM STANDING THERE: A 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF MY STORY WITH THE BEATLES BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THEY CONQUERED...  Read More >>

At the height of the 'British Invasion' in the mid-sixties, 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame' inductees The Dave Clark...  Read More >>

As an A&R man at Epic Records, Tom Werman helped introduce the world to REO Speedwagon, Boston, Ted Nugent, and...  Read More >>

As an A&R man at Epic Records, Tom Werman helped introduce the world to REO Speedwagon, Boston, Ted Nugent, and...  Read More >>

As an A&R man at Epic Records, Tom Werman helped introduce the world to REO Speedwagon, Boston, Ted Nugent, and...  Read More >>

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"This book is about the best 'Headphone Music' ever recorded, at least in the opinion of California writer, Stark...  Read More >>

Beethoven’s life and legacy in 100 recordings  Read More >>

LADIES FIRST reframes the history of hip-hop but, this time, women are given credit for all their trailblazing achievements...  Read More >>

A celebration of the life of trailblazing music journalist Tom Hibbert in this definitive anthology of his writing....  Read More >>

Hired Guns: Portraits of Women in Alternative Music is a look across several decades of the music industry through...  Read More >>

Abba, the Beatles, the Bee Gees, Black Sabbath, Blondie, David Bowie, Carpenters, Eagles, Al Green, Billy Joel,...  Read More >>