Music books

Jefferson Airplane's classic lineup – one ex-model, two ex-folkies, one ex-jazzer and two ex-D.C. guitarslingers...  Read More >>

This book gathers a set of works highlighting significant advances in the areas of music and sound. They report...  Read More >>

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The history of Macon, Georgia, has an exceptional soundtrack, and Something in the Water provides a lively narrative...  Read More >>

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Rock music has a more rigid structure for its songs and hits than most other genres have - definitely more than...  Read More >>

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""... explores the history of this iconic song, demonstrating how its association with ideas of fellowship, friendship...  Read More >>

There are moments in life that are pure, and which seem to hang in the air, unhitched from the everyday world as...  Read More >>

Through comparative empirical research, this book explores various types of music tourism in different locations...  Read More >>

The work of French musicologist, ethnologist and critic André Schaeffner grew out of his first organological studies...  Read More >>

Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide offers a comprehensive bibliography of scholarship...  Read More >>

Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide offers a comprehensive bibliography of scholarship...  Read More >>

How do nations come to shape our collective imagination so profoundly? This book argues that the power of national...  Read More >>

In this hard-hitting anthology, Ishmael Reed and Carla Blank have invited a diverse group of informed and accomplished...  Read More >>

This book is a single source for questions pertaining to piano performance, wellness, and practice during people’s...  Read More >>

This book is about the late Miles Davis and his life as a Black musician. Davis was unquestionably the most important...  Read More >>

Why do people attach importance to the wordless language we call music? Music Cognition: The Basics considers the...  Read More >>

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After John Coltrane, there was no more revered and profoundly influential saxophonist on the planet than Michael...  Read More >>

This book is the first to provide an interdisciplinary academic analysis of the impact of Kendrick Lamar’s corpus....  Read More >>

This book explores the various ways in which individuals use music and culture to understand and respond to changes...  Read More >>

A dazzling and surprising visual visit to Bronzeville, Chicago's vibrant African-American community, during the...  Read More >>

In 1992, Singer, pianist and composer Tori Amos achieved fame with the intensely personal solid gold record, Little...  Read More >>