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The 33 1/3 B-Sides: New Essays by 33 1/3 Authors on Beloved and Underrated Albums edited by Will Stockton, D. Gilson
BUY Amazon | IndieBound If given another chance to write for the series, which albums would 33 1/3 authors focus on the second time around? This anthology features compact essays...
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Loud Fast Words: Soul Asylum Collected Lyrics by Dave Pirner
BUY Amazon | IndieBound As the primary songwriter for Soul Asylum, Dave Pirner has penned hundreds of songs over the course of nearly four decades and has helped to shape...
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Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture by Grace Elizabeth Hale
BUY Amazon | IndieBound In the summer of 1978, the B-52's conquered the New York underground. A year later, the band's self-titled debut album burst onto the Billboard charts, capturing...
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Closing Time: Saloons, Taverns, Dives, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities by Bill Lindeke, Andy Sturdevant
BUY Amazon | IndieBound In 1838, a rum trader named "Pig’s Eye" Parrant built a small shack in a Mississippi bluff that became the first business in the city of...
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God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop by Kathy Iandoli
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Can’t Stop Won’t Stop meets Girls to the Front in this essential and long overdue history of hip-hop’s female pioneers and its enduring stars.Every history of...
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London, Reign Over Me: How England's Capital Built Classic Rock by Stephen Tow
BUY Amazon | IndieBound It all started in London. More than fifty years ago, a generation of teens created something that would change the face of music forever.London, Reign Over...
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Time Is Tight: My Life, Note by Note by Booker T. Jones
BUY Amazon | IndieBound The long-awaited memoir of Booker T. Jones, leader of the famed Stax Records house band, architect of the Memphis soul sound, and one of the most...
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The Beatles from A to Zed: An Alphabetical Mystery Tour by Peter Asher
BUY Amazon | IndieBound A legendary record producer and performer takes readers on an alphabetical journey of insights into the music of the Beatles and individual reminiscences of John, Paul,...
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Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell by David Yaffe
BUY Book | Kindle | Audiobook In this intimate biography, composed of dozens of in-person interviews with Mitchell, David Yaffe reveals the backstory behind the famous songs - from her youth...
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