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Author:Megan Volpert
Straight Into Darkness: Tom Petty as Rock Mystic
As Megan Volpert stood over train tracks preparing to surrender to the psychedelic blindness of simple human misery, of all the Heartbreakers tracks available to come through her headphones, "Straight Into Darkness" is the one that did. In this highly philosophical and deeply personal...- $19.95
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Author:D. Bergen White
Right Place at the Write Time
A colorful and candid behind-the-scenes look at my 60 years in the recording industry. Obviously a large portion of my life has been dedicated to singing and arranging and I will still arrange if the right person asks (and I'm in the mood) but...- $39.99
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Author:Laurie Matheson
Music in Black American Life, 1945-2020: A University of Illinois Press Anthology
This second volume of Music in Black American Life offers research and analysis that originally appeared in the journals American Music and Black Music Research Journal, and in two book series published by the University of Illinois Press: Music in American Life, and African...- $110.00
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Author:Laurie Matheson
Music in Black American Life, 1600-1945: A University of Illinois Press Anthology
This first volume of Music in Black American Life collects research and analysis that originally appeared in the journals American Music and the Black Music Research Journal, and in the University of Illinois Press's acclaimed book series Music in American Life. In these selections,...- $110.00
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Author:Dave Marsh
Kick Out the Jams: Jibes, Barbs, Tributes, and Rallying Cries from 25 Years of Music Writing
Selected writings on three decades of popular music from one of the most influential critics of his generation. Spanning three decades worth of astute, acerbic, and overall astounding music writing, Kick Out the Jams is the first large-scale anthology of the work of renowned...- $28.99
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Author:Nick Duerden
Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars
For fans of music books from David Hepworth, Pete Paphides, Bob Stanley and Craig Brown, as well as thought-provoking human interest stories like Moondust by Andrew Smith, and books by Jon Ronson, Louis Theroux and Stuart Maconie. Nick Duerden has spent many years interviewing...- $17.99
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Author:Krystal L. Demaine
The Roots & Rhythm of the Heart: Our Musical Connection to Identity, Spirit, and Lineage
The beat of the heart is structured, not improvised; it is a perpetual non-fleeting pulse spanning all human life until it is the last rhythm produced in our own conscious existence. Listening to the final beats of my father's heart - his last eternal...- $20.00
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Author:Franco Sciannameo
The Aesthetical Writings of Giacinto Scelsi
Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), an extraordinary, innovative, and often controversial moving force in modern music, has been the subject of a vast amount of literary criticism, philosophical discussions, and groundbreaking performances. Originally in French, Scelsi's writings have been included in anthologies of prose, poetry, and...- $90.00
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Author:Richard Perks
21st Century Guitar: Evolutions and Augmentations
In the 21st Century, the guitar, as both a material object and tool for artistic expression, continues to be reimagined and reinvented. From simple adaptations or modifications made by performers themselves, to custom-made instruments commissioned to fulfil specific functions, to the mass production of...- $120.00
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Author:Mike McGonigal
Galaxie 500: Temperature's Rising: An Oral and Visual History
A fascinating oral history of one of American indie rock's most enduring and influential actsSlow, deliberate and deceptively simple, the music of Boston-based band Galaxie 500 was wonderfully at odds with the prevailing underground sounds of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Formed in...- $35.00
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Author:Sam Sumpter
Bands do BK: A Guide to Brooklyn, by Bands, for Everyone
Somewhere in Brooklyn, and all over Brooklyn, your favorite, and soon-to-be favorite, bands are... Writing. Rehearsing. Recording. Performing. Scouring thrift stores. Stuffing down pizza. Drinking and dancing. Lounging and living. But where is this happening? Where are the local musicians whose music, styles, and...- $29.95
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Author:Sam Sumpter
Bands do BK: A Guide to Brooklyn, by Bands, for Everyone
Somewhere in Brooklyn, and all over Brooklyn, your favorite, and soon-to-be favorite, bands are... Writing. Rehearsing. Recording. Performing. Scouring thrift stores. Stuffing down pizza. Drinking and dancing. Lounging and living. But where is this happening? Where are the local musicians whose music, styles, and...- $20.00
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Author:John Howells
Skipping Reels of Rhyme: A Guide to Rare and Unreleased Bob Dylan Recordings
In 1994, the first comprehensive website devoted to the works of Bob Dylan was created. This book presents some of the original articles written for the site, concentrating on the unreleased tapes of Bob Dylan, with commentary on the merits of each tape. Since...- $24.95
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Author:Rich Hall
Nailing It
'An uproariously funny collection of true stories from one of the comedy greats' - BILL BAILEY A collection of hilarious and often absurd epiphanies in the legendary comedian's life that defined him - more in a for worse than for better kind of way...- $26.99
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Author:Jared Kemling
Queen and Philosophy: Guaranteed to Blow Your Mind
Queen and Philosophy: Guaranteed to Blow Your Mind is a collection of cutting-edge philosophical essays on the rock group Queen, founded in 1970 and originally featuring lead vocalist Freddie Mercury. Queen's reputation and fan following continue to grow in the twenty-first century. These insightful...- $22.95
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Author:Marc Ribot
Unstrung: Rants and Stories of a Noise Guitarist
The paperback edition of iconoclastic guitar player Marc Ribot's darkly funny and subversive collection of writing, featuring brand-new essays not included in the hardcover."A slim yet powerful book in which Marc Ribot blends bits of memoir with strange little fictions, many of which are...- $16.95
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Author:Steven L. Jones
Murder Ballads Old and New: A Dark and Bloody Record
Murder Ballads Old & New: A Dark and Bloody Record is an exploration of an age-old topic-- our human need to document the horrors of the world around us. The murder ballad, here expanded to include songs about traumatic loss in modern variants and...- $22.95
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Author:Oscar Cremer
How to Become a Professional Violinist - Tips and Talks
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Oscar CremerISBN-10: 1447457943ISBN-13: 9781447457947Publisher: Braithwaite...- $26.99
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Author:Marc Myers
Anatomy of 55 More Songs: The Oral History of Top Hits That Changed Rock, Pop and Soul
Following his 2016 smash hit Anatomy of a Song, acclaimed musicjournalist Marc Myers collects fifty-five new oral histories oficonic songs from his popular Wall Street Journal column Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits becomesomething more--iconic recordings that...- $27.00
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Author:Dan Ozzi
Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994-2007)
NATIONAL BESTSELLERAN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"Ozzi's reporting is strong, balanced and well told...a worthy successor to its obvious inspiration, Michael Azerrad's 2001 examination of the '80s indie underground, Our Band Could Be Your Life."--New York Times Book ReviewA raucous history of punk,...- $19.99
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Author:Laurie Matheson
Music in Black American Life, 1945-2020: A University of Illinois Press Anthology
This second volume of Music in Black American Life offers research and analysis that originally appeared in the journals American Music and Black Music Research Journal, and in two book series published by the University of Illinois Press: Music in American Life, and African...- $28.00
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Author:Laurie Matheson
Music in Black American Life, 1600-1945: A University of Illinois Press Anthology
This first volume of Music in Black American Life collects research and analysis that originally appeared in the journals American Music and the Black Music Research Journal, and in the University of Illinois Press's acclaimed book series Music in American Life. In these selections,...- $28.00
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Author:Tony Scherman
The Rock Musician: 15 Years of the Interviews - The Best of Musician Magazine
Author: Tony SchermanISBN-10: 0312304617ISBN-13: 9780312304614Publisher: St. Martin's GriffinLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/15/1994Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.16h x 5.92w x 0.68d- $23.99
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Author:Martin Kessler
The Podium Papers: A Full Frontal Look At The Man With His Back To The Audience
"The Podium Papers" is an honest and entertaining dispatch from the front lines of one of the world's most interesting and misunderstood professions. Like Anthony Bourdain in his "Kitchen Confidential," Martin Kessler takes the reader through the swinging doors and into the real 'kitchen'...- $18.95
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Author:Bart Van Der Heide
Techno Globalization Pandemic
A critical anthology on techno music as a transformative political platformExamining techno music and its cultural life through the lens of current social issues, the essays in this publication argue that techno can serve as a platform for socio-critical discourse as well as an...- $26.00
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Author:Charles Kronengold
Living Genres in Late Modernity: American Music of the Long 1970s
Living Genres in Late Modernity rehears the American 1970s through the workings of its musical genres. Exploring stylistic developments from the late 1960s through the early 1980s, including soul, funk, disco, pop, the nocturne, and the concerto, Charles Kronengold treats genres as unstable constellations...- $29.95
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Author:Charles Kronengold
Living Genres in Late Modernity: American Music of the Long 1970s
Living Genres in Late Modernity rehears the American 1970s through the workings of its musical genres. Exploring stylistic developments from the late 1960s through the early 1980s, including soul, funk, disco, pop, the nocturne, and the concerto, Charles Kronengold treats genres as unstable constellations...- $85.00
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Author:Jean-Michel Guesdon
Bruce Springsteen: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track
A new, definitive look at one of music's greatest songbooks, by two expert authors. The latest in the bestselling All the Songs series, Bruce Springsteen: All the Songs is the most in-depth exploration of The Boss's music ever written. From Greetings from Asbury Park,...- $60.00
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Author:S. W. Lauden
Forbidden Beat: Perspectives on Punk Drumming
Whether they're self-taught bashers or technical wizards, drummers are the thrashing, crashing heart of our favorite punk bands. In Forbidden Beat, some of today's most respected writers and musicians explore the history of punk percussion with personal essays, interviews and lists featuring their favorite...- $20.00
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Author:Alan Licht
Common Tones: Selected Interviews with Artists and Musicians 1995-2020
Conversations with the avant-garde's leading lights--from Suicide to Anohni--by experimental music's go-to interviewer, guitarist and sound artist Alan LichtFor the past 30 years, Alan Licht has been a performer, programmer and chronicler of New York's art and music scenes. His dry wit, deep erudition...- $25.00
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Author:Jessica Hopper
The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic: Revised and Expanded Edition
Jessica Hopper's criticism is a trenchant and necessary counterpoint not just on music, but on our culture at large. --Annie Clark, St. VincentAn acclaimed, career-spanning collection from a fiercely feminist and revered contemporary rock critic, reissued with new material Throughout her career, spanning more...- $18.00
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Author:The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones: Unzipped
For almost 60 years the Rolling Stones have helped shape popular culture around the world. Unzipped traces their impact and influence on rock music, art, design, fashion, photography, and filmmaking. Packed with evocative archive photos, artworks, outtakes, and memorabilia, this stunning book immerses readers...- $50.00
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Author:Lina Brion
Looking at Music: DNA #8
On the implications of computer-generated music for live performance In the performance of computer-generated music, a tangibly causal relationship between action and sound has been cut. Looking at Music asks: how important is live action to the future of musical performance?Author: Lina BrionISBN-10: 3959054920ISBN-13:...- $15.00
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Author:Dan Ozzi
Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994-2007)
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER, NOW FEATURING NEW INTERVIEWS WITH DASHBOAD CONFESSIONAL, CURSIVE, LESS THAN JAKE, AND MORE."Ozzi's reporting is strong, balanced and well told...a worthy successor to its obvious inspiration, Michael Azerrad's 2001 examination of the '80s indie underground, 'Our Band Could Be Your Life.'"--New...- $28.00
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Author:Marc Ribot
Unstrung: Rants and Stories of a Noise Guitarist
Iconoclastic guitar player Marc Ribot offers up essays and stories in this darkly funny and subversive debut collection."A slim yet powerful book in which Marc Ribot blends bits of memoir with strange little fictions, many of which are based on his own life and...- $24.95
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Author:Daniel Levin Becker
What's Good: Notes on Rap and Language
A NEW YORKER & GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA love letter to the verbal artistry of hip-hop, What's Good is a work of passionate lyrical analysis"What's Good is, among a great many other things, a byproduct of joyful obsession and immersion...- $22.95
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Author:Harvey Sachs
Ten Masterpieces of Music
In this penetrating volume, Harvey Sachs, acclaimed biographer and historian of classical music, takes readers into the hearts of ten extraordinary works of classical music in ten different genres, showing both the curious novice and the seasoned listener how to recognize, appreciate, and engage...- $29.95
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Author:Dáibhí Ó. Crónín
The Elizabeth Cronin, Irish Traditional Singer: The Complete Song Collection
Elizabeth (Bess) Cronin, 'The Queen of Irish Song', as S amus Ennis called her, is probably the best-known Irish female traditional singer of our time. Her reputation was such that collectors came from far and near to hear and record her singing. This publication...- $39.95
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Author:David Vernon
Disturbing the Universe: Wagner's Musikdrama
'Wagner's art refuses to stand still, declines to play by the rules and will not observe any of the social graces'What is it that makes Wagner's art so endlessly powerful? So influential, seductive and repellent? So simultaneously creative and destructive? And why does it...- $16.99
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Author:John Zorn
Arcana X: Musicians on Music
The final installment of John Zorn's major series of new music theory, with Oren Ambarchi, Peter Blegvad, Annea Lockwood, Henry Threadgill and many moreInitiated in 1997 and now in its tenth and final installment, John Zorn's acclaimed Arcana series is a major source of...- $34.95
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Author:Tom Gatti
Long Players: Writers on the Albums That Shaped Them
Fifty great writers reflect on the albums that shaped them in this captivating collection curated by the New Statesman's Tom Gatti. Our favorite albums are our most faithful companions: we listen to them hundreds of times over decades, we know them far better than...- $22.00
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Author:Nate Sloan
Switched on Pop: How Popular Music Works, and Why It Matters
Pop music surrounds us - in our cars, over supermarket speakers, even when we are laid out at the dentist - but how often do we really hear what's playing? Switched on Pop is the book based on the eponymous podcast that has been...- $24.95
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Author:Peter Guralnick
Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing
By the bestselling author of Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll and Last Train the Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, this dazzling new book of profiles is a culmination of Peter Guralnick's remarkable work, which from the start has encompassed...- $18.99
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Author:Lawrence Kumpf
The Cowboy's Dreams of Home: Blank Forms 7
Writings and interviews engaging the artists and themes from Blank Forms' public programming, from Thulani Davis to Charles CurtisThis iteration privileges new texts produced for the publication. These include an interview with the idiosyncratic Texan singer-songwriter and visual artist Terry Allen, conducted by curator...- $20.00
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Author:Aubrey Powell
Through the Prism: Untold Rock Stories from the Hipgnosis Archive
Founded in 1967 by Aubrey "Po" Powell, Storm Thorgerson, and Peter Christopherson, graphic design firm Hipgnosis gained legendary status by transforming the look of album art through their designs for AC/DC, Black Sabbath, the Police, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, Syd Barrett,...- $39.95
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Author:Nik Bärtsch
Nik Bärtsch: Listening: Music - Movement - Mind
This Swiss composer's conceptual and practical guide to the mind/body overlap in music and martial artsOver the past 20 years, Swiss musician and composer Nik Bärtsch (born 1971) has performed around the world and released a number of albums with ECM Records. During this...- $45.00
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Author:Joel Harrison
Guitar Talk: Conversations with Visionary Players
Secrets of master guitarists, revealed in conversation. Guitar Talk offers interviews with many of the most creative guitarists of our time. This new book presents these conversations, between Joel Harrison and Nels Cline, Pat Metheny, Fred Frith, Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, Elliott Sharp, Michael...- $27.95
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Author:Esther Venrooy
Sounding Things Out: A Journey Through Music and Sound Art
An idiosyncratic and affordable cross-genre history of sound art, from Alexander von Humboldt to liane RadigueIn Sounding Things Out, Dutch composer and sound artist Esther Venrooy (born 1974) seeks to enlarge and diversify the narrative on sound art by highlighting important pioneers in the...- $16.00
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Author:Rishi Dastidar
You've got so many machines, Richard!: an anthology of Aphex Twin poetry
How do you explain a mystery? This opaque mythology is something that pervades a lot of the poems here, inspired by the sideways, the askew, the fables of Aphex Twin. This isn't intended to be a discovery of who Aphex is, nor necessarily what...- $10.99
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Author:Brian Southall
The Beatles: Album by Album: The Band and Their Music by Insiders, Experts & Eyewitnesses
A team of experts write about each era of the band's existence, examining what they were doing for each of their original 12 UK-release albums.This informative work tells the story of the famous Liverpool musicians, from the band's formative days in Hamburg and Liverpool...- $45.00
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