Drawing on oral history, photographs, and letters, Darius and Catherine Brubeck revisit their inauguration of a fertile jazz music launchpad in South Africa during and after apartheid in "Playing the Changes". The book’s vibrant... Read More

“Extraordinary people doing a most ordinary thing” is how rock journalist Michael Azerrad sums up the images in Guzman’s "Family Values". Drawn from a fall 1992 photo session for Spin magazine, this collection captures grunge rock... Read More

Drawing a clear line through history and buttressing key moments with references to musical inventions, "Western History in Musical Perspective" is a knowledgeable text. With specific focus on Western development, musicologist John... Read More

Who doesn’t like a good secret history? In "Silhouettes and Shadows", Adam Steiner takes a look at a pivotal moment in the musical life of David Bowie, the 1980 album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps). Coming between Bowie’s... Read More

Fun and informative, "Iconic Composers" is a celebration of some of history’s greatest musical minds, packed with memorable art and lots of great trivia about fascinating artists. These fifty talented composers are diverse group, not... Read More

The tale of the legendary rock band Queen is given pictorial treatment in the handsome graphic novel "Queen in Comics". Queen maintained a perennial presence on the pop charts in the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, but their path to... Read More

Bass guitarist Rose Marshack’s memoir "Play Like a Man" chronicles her experiences with the indie rock band Poster Children and with Salaryman, Poster Children’s “electronic alter-ego.” Raised in the Chicago suburbs, Marshack was... Read More

"The Yin and the Yang of It All" is an energetic musician’s memoir about the acceptance of one’s origins. John Kim Faye’s memoir The Yin and the Yang of it All chronicles his long, lasting relationships with music and his mother.... Read More