History & Criticism

Detroit in the 1960s was a city with a pulse: people were marching in step with Martin Luther King, Jr., dancing in the street with Martha and the Vandell...

Analyzes six evolutionary musical forms while identifying neural impulses that reflect the brain's development in accordance with music, drawing on cutting-...

Million Dollar Quartet is the name given to recordings made on Tuesday December 4, 1956 in the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The recordings were...

For the first time, Appetite for Self-Destruction recounts the epic story of the precipitous rise and fall of the recording industry over the past three de...

One of rock's master musicians describes how he nurtured his band, Fleetwood Mac, as it dominated the late 1960s, came back in the 1980s, and survives into ...

The long-anticipated companion book to the groundbreaking HBO documentary The Latin Explosion by renowned music producer Tommy Mottola. Legendary music mog...

The #1 New York Times BestsellerAs Taylor releases her 11th album, THE TORTURED POET’S DEPARTMENT, catch up on the full story of Taylor Swift’s stratosp...

Recorded by jazz legend Billie Holiday in 1939, "Strange Fruit" is considered to be the first significant song of the civil rights movement and the first ...

Seb Hunter wasn't just a heavy metal fan. He was a blind devotee who threw away his education and future prospects to become a rock star. In Hell Bent for ...

What is emo? For starters it's a form of melodic, confessional, or EMOtional punk rock. But emo is more than a genre of music–it's the defining countercu...

Tells The Story Of Jazz As It Has Never Been Told Before, In A Book That Brilliantly Portrays The Legendary Jazz Players, The Breakthrough Styles, And The W...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A celebration of American history through the music that helped to shape a nation, by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham and m...

He was there when Dylan went electric, when a generation danced naked at Woodstock, and when Ken Kesey started experimenting with acid. Jerry Garcia was one...

First Hand Accounts From Early To Mid-eighties Canadian Headbanger And Rocker Bands Of Their Lifestyles And Struggles To Obtain Record Deals. Sean Kelly. In...

vintage Presents The Paperback Edition Of The Wild And Brilliant Writings Of Lester Bangs—the Most Outrageous And Popular Rock Critic Of The 1970s—edited ...

A teen idol of the 1950s who virtually invented the singer/songwriter/heartthrob combination that still tops pop music today, Paul Anka rocketed to fame wi...

As Told To Tim Lihoreau.Categories: Arts & Photography MusicHistory & Criticism

An intimate look at the life and music of modern pop’s most legendary figure, Taylor Swift, from leading music journalist Rob Sheffield.A cultural phenome...

Moonlight Serenade, Sunrise Serenade, Little Brown Jug, In the Mood... These and other memorable tunes endeared Glenn Miller to millions in the Swing Era a...

Mix tapes: We all have our favorites. Stick one into a deck, press play, and you’re instantly transported to another time in your life. For Rob Sheffield,...

“[A] vivid and lively account of those hectic and historic three days….The best fly-on-the-wall account, tantamount to having had a backstage pass to a...

Here, For The First Time In Print, Is The History Of The Beatles--by The Beatles. The Extraordinary Project Has Been Made Possible Because Paul Mccartney, G...

Looks at ancient and oriental music and traces the history of western music from medieval times to the twentieth centuryCategories: Reference Encyclopedias ...

New York Times Bestseller “Illuminating and very entertaining…a compelling read about someone who is much more than just the guy who sings for Iron Mai...

The History Of The Rolling Stones Is Told By Band Members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, And Ronnie Wood, Who Have Opened Up Their Personal Arc...

George "Pee Wee" Erwin devoted a lifetime to American music. During his long and distinguished career as a professional trumpet player he was in constant de...

I. Fundamentals : 1. Element Of Pitch : The Keyboard And Octave Registers ; Notation On The Staff ; The Major Scale ; The Major Key Signatures ; Minor Scale...

This volume celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Philadelphia Orchestra. It describes some its most reknowned musical directors such as Stotowski and Mut...

widely Praised By Instructors For Its Captivating Presentation Of Musical Concepts, This Landmark Music-appreciation Text Continues To Help Transform Stud...

Introduction. The Nineteenth-century Musical Background -- Pt. I. Beyond Tonality : From 1900 To World War I -- 1. The Historical Context : Europe At The Tu...

Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. Foreword / Richard D. Parsons And Jonelle Procope -- The Apollo: A Place Of Possibility / Lonnie G. Bunch Iii -- Growing Up ...

A most welcome addition to Beethoven literature . . . combines a musician's perception of the music and an informed musicologist's command of recent Beeth...

101 true stories to surprise and delight Canadian music fans.Did you know that Serena Ryder played the quietest concert ever from the ocean floor during low...

National Bestseller * Named one of Rolling Stone's Best Music Books of 2018 * One of Newsweek's 50 Best Books of 2018 * A Billboard Best of 2018 * A New Yo...

Is There A Song That Changed Your Life? Npr's Music Authority Bob Boilen Posed That Question To Some Of Today's Best-loved Musical Legends And Rising Stars....

The First Biography Of Manchester Born Singer David Gray, From His Early Years In Obscurity Though The Gradual Building Of Support In Ireland To The Huge Ma...

Straight Outta Eden -- Subterranean Lovesick Blues -- A Word From Our Sponsor -- Things Fall Apart -- Towering Babble -- Fear Of Woman -- There Is A Light T...

In Psychedelia and Other Colours, acclaimed author Rob Chapman explores in crystalline detail the history, precedents and cultural impact of LSD, from the e...

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL MOVIE STARRING MACHINE GUN KELLY, DANIEL WEBBER, DOUGLAS BOOTH, AND IWAN RHEON, DIRECTED BY JEFF TREMAINE. Celebrate thirty years of...

Now in paperback, Tune In is the New York Times bestseller by the world’s leading Beatles authority – the first volume in a groundbreaking trilogy abou...