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Book Review: The Words and Music of Paul McCartney: The Solo Years (The Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection) by Vincent P. Benitez
A technical analysis of the entire solo career of one of pop music's most successful songwriters.
Read More »Book Review: Traditional New Orleans Jazz: Conversations With the Men Who Make the Music by Thomas W. Jacobson
Veteran jazz journalist Thomas Jacobsen discusses the legacy of New Orleans jazz with a who's who of the present-day scene's 'traditional jazz' players.
Read More »Book Review: Keyboard Presents Synth Gods, Edited by Ernie Rideout
There is a little something for every synthesizer fan in this book.
Read More »Book Review: Just Kids by Patti Smith
Two crazy kids in love and in New York grow up to become Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe
Read More »Book Review: Paul McCartney’s Solo Music Career 1970-2010: Life, Love, and a Sense of Child-like Wonder by John Cherry
A basic overview of the long, storied career of Paul McCartney.
Read More »An Interview with Andrew Earles, Author of Husker Du: The Story of the Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock
An interview with A Husker Du fan who wrote a good book about the band by interviewing most of those involved with it.
Read More »Book Review: I Slept With Joey Ramone by Mickey Leigh
A wonderful memoir from Joey Ramone's brother.
Read More »Book Review: The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824 by Harvey Sachs
More of a letter home about one’s beloved than anything else.
Read More »Rodney Bingenheimer, The Runaways, And The Cult Of Personality
In Hollywood, and in rock and roll, there are victims and there are also those who survive.
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