Everyone gets their flowers in "Do What You Fear Most", Richie Unterberger’s excellent history of the Velvet Underground, the beloved and iconoclastic New York rock band. This biography of the influential band includes an exhaustive... Read More

"3 Songs" is a musing memoir–cum–cultural analysis through music. Randy Gibbons’s autobiographical history of three jazz standards, "3 Songs", relates the songs to his own story, to their place in American history, and to each... Read More

"Beyond the Keys" is a seasoned performer’s memoir, infused with unrelenting optimism and bursting with artistic expressions. Phenomenal positivity, tips for daily inspiration, and a whole host of musical tidbits appear in classical... Read More

Infusing the art with the weight of the feelings it elicits, Niko Stratis’s scintillating personal essay collection The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman surveys the last few decades of indie rock while reflecting on life as a trans woman.... Read More

Ski-hill Graph Pedagogy is an ambitious textbook that incorporates math into its work, suggesting a radical method of teaching music. Andrea M. Calilhanna’s book "Ski-hill Graph Pedagogy Meter Fundamentals" is a unique academic text... Read More

Franz Nicolay’s riveting book "Band People" is a behind-the-scenes investigation into the internal dynamics of rock bands. Nicolay notes that documentary The Beatles: Get Back was an eye-opener to many because it revealed what he and... Read More

Christophe Lebold’s biography of one of popular music’s greatest songwriters is outstanding, grounding its subject in the historical times that formed him and his art. Following Leonard Cohen from his childhood in Canada through to... Read More

"Caveman Chronicles" is a busy and magnetic memoir that draws parallels between the lessons of youth and professional successes. Nashville music insider Todd Mayo’s adventure-filled memoir "Caveman Chronicles" covers his childhood,... Read More