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The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America by Marcus J. Moore
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Kendrick Lamar is at the top of his game.The thirteen-time Grammy Award-winning rapper is just in his early thirties, but he's already won the Pulitzer Prize for Music, produced...
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She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Popular Music by Lucy O'Brien
BUY Amazon Since She Bop was first published in 1995, digital downloading has transformed the music landscape. But has issue of gender inequality changed too?For She Bop, Lucy O’Brien conducted over 250...
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Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Rey
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Lana’s breathtaking first book solidifies her further as “the essential writer of her times” (The Atlantic). The collection features more than thirty poems, many exclusive to the book: Never...
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666 Songs to Make You Bang Your Head Until You Die: A Guide to the Monsters of Rock and Metal by Bruno MacDonald
BUY Amazon | Bookshop 666 Songs to Make You Bang Your Head Until You Die delves into the dark corners of hard rock and metal, unearthing hidden treasures and shining fresh light on...
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Mirror Sound: A Look Into the People and Processes Behind Self-Recorded Music by Spencer Tweedy
BUY Amazon | Indiebound Everywhere you look, musicians are creating, recording, and selling their music without the help of big-name studios, producers, or labels. This book offers tangible--and visually stunning--proof that self-recording...
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How to Write One Song by Jeff Tweedy
BUY Amazon | Bookshop There are few creative acts more mysterious and magical than writing a song. But what if the goal wasn't so mysterious and was actually achievable for anyone who wants...
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See a Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody by Bob Mould
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Bob Mould stormed into America's punk rock scene in 1979 when clubs across the country were filling with kids dressed in black leather and torn denim. And at...
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And in the End: The Last Days of The Beatles by Ken McNab
BUY Amazon | Bookshop McNab reconstructs for the first time the seismic events of 1969, when The Beatles reached new highs of creativity and new lows of the internal strife that would...
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The Meaning of Mariah Carey
BUY Amazon | Bookshop It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to write my memoir. I want to tell the story of the moments - the ups...
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