For the past two decades, young women (and men) have found their way to feminism through Riot Grrrl. Against the backdrop of the culture wars and before the rise of the Internet or desktop publishing, the zine and music culture of the...
MUSIC / History & Criticism
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Author:Fateman, JohannaSummary: -
Author:Nicolay, FranzSummary:In 2009, musician Franz Nicolay left his job in the Hold Steady, aka "the world's greatest bar band." Over the next five years, he crossed the world with a guitar in one hand, a banjo in the other, and an accordion on his...
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Author:Troupe, Quincy, Davis, MilesSummary:For the first time Miles Davis talks about his five-year silence, his drug problem and how he overcame it, the racism he encountered, and the women in his life. But above all, Miles talks about music and musicians, including the legends...
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Author:Robertson, Ray.Summary:"The days of poets moping around castle steps wearing black capes is over. The poets of today are amplified." - LEONARD COHEN Picking up where Samuel Johnson left off more than two centuries ago, Ray Robertson's Lives of...
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Author:Kaye, LennySummary:Different scenes of rock and roll have been birthed in different times and places since 1954. Kaye takes us on a historical carpet ride of rock and roll's most influential movements and moments.
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Author:Szwed, John F.Summary:John Szwed takes listeners on a tour of the varied and nonlinear history of jazz, exploring how it developed from an ethnic music to become America's most popular music and then part of the avant-garde in less than fifty years....
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Author:Leon, DonnaSummary:When acclaimed novelist Donna Leon is not conjuring up tales of crime and corruption in Venice, or reveling in delicious cuisine, she is listening to music. For Leon, patron of conductor Alan Curtis and his celebrated orchestra Il...
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Author:Plotkin, FredSummary:Plotkin explores a thousand years of music, introducing listeners to more than one hundred great works and profiling significant composers.
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Author:Turner, SteveSummary:Music journalist and Beatles expert Steve Turner investigates in detail the enormous changes that took place in the Beatles' lives and work during 1966. He looks at the historical events that had an impact on the group, the music...
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Author:Wenner, Jann S.Summary:For the past fifty years, Rolling Stone has been a leading voice in journalism, cultural criticism, and-above all-music. This landmark book documents the magazine's rise to prominence as the voice of rock and roll and a leading...
