Music reviews & criticism books

Weltweit durfte Beethoven der bekannteste schwerhorige Musiker sein. Aus musikermedizinischer Perspektive wird nachgezeichnet,...  Read More >>

The Beatles' First Blast of Brilliance - A Track-by-Track Journey Into the Album That Started It All Before Sgt....  Read More >>

""Spirto Gentil"" is a guide to classical, sacred, and folk music by Luigi Giussani, founder of Communion & Liberation....  Read More >>

From hits to history, explore the impact of R&B's iconic groups that shaped our culture. R&B groups once dominated...  Read More >>

This book chronicles the Kyoto/Kansai 1980s hardcore punk scene through the album Don’t Be Swindle by S.O.B., with...  Read More >>

With Universal Mother, Sinead O’Connor explores childhood trauma and her experiences as a woman, mother, target...  Read More >>

Hailed as a “quiet masterpiece” upon release, Yo La Tengo’s And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out proposed a...  Read More >>

Examines the cultural significance of the rap album Jarmark (2020) as a reflection of Polish politics and history,...  Read More >>

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The Oxford Handbook of Music and the Middlebrow takes a fresh look at the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century...  Read More >>

Develops the concepts of musico-generic assemblage and abstraction to provide new perspectives on musical genre...  Read More >>

This book chronicles the Kyoto/Kansai 1980s hardcore punk scene through the album Don’t Be Swindle by S.O.B., with...  Read More >>

Examines the cultural significance of the rap album Jarmark (2020) as a reflection of Polish politics and history,...  Read More >>

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Two long lost interviews with two of the greatest pop singers of the modern era by one of the greatest rock journalists...  Read More >>

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An acclaimed critic, journalist and songwriter-musician tells the story of art’s relation to machines, from the...  Read More >>

From the author of Abbey Road and Never a Dull Moment, the basis for AppleTV's 1971 documentary, come the stories...  Read More >>

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Finalist for the 2024 Washington State Book Award in General Nonfiction Parking lot rumbles, teen dance riots,...  Read More >>

Fourteen interviews with distinguished jazz writers that explore the exciting challenges of writing about jazz....  Read More >>