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Freddie Mercury: An Illustrated Life by Alfonso Casas
BUY Amazon | IndieBound The music of Queen and powerhouse lead singer Freddie Mercury are best experienced with the volume turned all the way up. Alfonso Casas’s Freddie Mercury delivers...
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Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder by Mark Ribowsky
BUY Amazon | IndieBound The first definitive biography of music legend Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder's achievements as a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer are extraordinary. During a career that has spanned...
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Resistance: A Songwriter's Story of Hope, Change, and Courage by Tori Amos
BUY Amazon | IndieBound A timely and passionate call to action for engaging with our current political moment, from the Grammy-nominated and multiplatinum singer-songwriter and New York Times bestselling author...
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Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir by Mark Lanegan
BUY Amazon | IndieBound A gritty, gripping memoir by the singer Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, Soulsavers), chronicling his years as a singer and drug addict...
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Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip-Hop by Nate Patrin
BUY Amazon | IndieBound How sampling remade hip-hop over forty years, from pioneering superstar Grandmaster Flash through crate-digging preservationist and innovator Madlib.Sampling—incorporating found sound and manipulating it into another form...
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Perfect Tunes by Emily Gould
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Have you ever wondered what your mother was like before she became your mother, and what she gave up in order to have you?It’s the early...
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My Name Is Prince by Randee St. Nicholas
BUY Amazon | IndieBound The ultimate collection of stunning photographs documenting the career of one of the world’s greatest superstars.For twenty-five years, this legendary photographer, with a storied career of...
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The Ox: The Authorized Biography of The Who's John Entwistle by Paul Rees
BUY Amazon | IndieBound The definitive, no-holds-barred biography of John Entwistle, The Who's legendary bass guitarist.It is an unequivocal fact that in terms of rock bands, the Beatles, the Rolling...
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All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir by Kathy Valentine
BUY Amazon | IndieBound At twenty-one, Kathy Valentine was at the Whisky in Los Angeles when she met a guitarist from a fledgling band called the Go-Go’s—and the band needed...
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