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The Half of It: A Memoir
Beer, Madison.
Paper Book
A memoir from singer-songwriter Madison Beer, chronicling the past decade of her life spent in the spotlight--the ups, the downs, and the in-betweens that you won't see on social media. Discovered at twelve years old, Madison Beer was one of the first artists to have her entire life...
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The number ones : twenty chart-topping hits that reveal the history of pop music
Breihan, Tom
Paper Book
Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of game-changing #1 singles from the Billboard Hot 100. When Tom Breihan launched his Stereogum column in early 2018, "The Number Ones"--a space in which he has...
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Surrender 40 Songs, One Story
Bono, Chaz.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced, and the friends and family who...
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Rap Capital : an Atlanta story
Coscarelli, Joe
Paper Book
A modern epic about the most consequential music culture today, Atlanta rap--a masterful, street-level story of art, money, race, class, and salvation from acclaimed New York Times reporter Joe Coscarelli. From mansions to trap houses, office buildings to strip...
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The double life of Bob Dylan : a restless, hungry feeling, 1941-1966
Heylin, Clinton
Paper Book
From the world's leading authority on Bob Dylan comes the definitive biography that promises to transform our understanding of the man and musician--thanks to early access to Dylan's never-before-studied archives. In 2016 Bob Dylan sold his personal archive to the George Kaiser...
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Long road : Pearl Jam and the soundtrack of a generation
Hyden, Steven
Paper Book
A leading music journalist's riveting chronicle of how beloved band Pearl Jam shaped the times, and how their legacy and longevity have transcended generations. Ever since Pearl Jam first blasted onto the Seattle grunge scene three decades ago with their debut album, Ten, they...
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Nightfly : the life of Steely Dan's Donald Fagen
Jones, Peter
Paper Book
Donald Fagen will forever be associated with Steely Dan, the band he formed with Walter Becker and four other musicians in 1972. The smooth, radio-friendly veneer of the duo's songs made Steely Dan internationally popular and famous in the 1970s, but the polish...
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Thelonious Monk : the life and times of an American original
Kelley, Robin D. G.
Paper Book
From the mind of brilliant historian Robin Kelley comes the first full biography of legendary jazz musician Thelonious Monk, including full access to the family's archives, dozens of interviews, and an afterword for Monk's 2017 centennial. Thelonious Monk is the critically...
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Saxophone Colossus : the life and music of Sonny Rollins
Levy, Aidan
Paper Book
**Winner of the American Book Award (2023)** **Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award (2023)** The long-awaited first full biography of legendary jazz saxophonist and...
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Just kids
Smith, Patti.
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer,...
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Be my baby : a memoir
Spector, Ronnie
Paper Book
"Do I have to tell you that Ronnie's got one of the greatest female rock-and-roll voices of all time? She stands alone." --Keith Richards Be My Baby is the behind-the-scenes story--newly updated, and with an especially timely message--of how the original bad...
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Gentleman of jazz : a life in music
Lewis, Ramsey
Paper Book
This immersive new autobiography provides insight into the early life and illustrious career of the late great Ramsey Lewis, one of the most popular jazz pianists of all time. Beginning with his childhood growing up in Chicago's Cabrini Green neighborhood, Ramsey Lewis recounts his...
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A song for everyone : the story of Creedence Clearwater Revival
Lingan, John
Paper Book
From 1969 to 1971, as the United States convulsed with political upheaval and transformative social movements, no band was bigger than Creedence Clearwater Revival. They managed a two-year barrage of top-10 singles and LPs that doubled as an ubiquitous soundtrack to one of the most volatile...
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Biography of a phantom : a Robert Johnson blues odyssey
McCormick, Mack
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' PICK OF 2023 The drama of In Cold Blood meets the stylings of a Coen brothers film in this long-lost manuscript from musicologist Robert "Mack" McCormick, whose research on blues icon Robert Johnson's mysterious life and death became as much of a...
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Anatomy of 55 more songs : the oral history of top hits that changed rock, pop and soul
Myers, Marc
Paper Book
Following his 2016 smash hit Anatomy of a Song, acclaimed musicjournalist Marc Myers collects fifty-five new oral histories oficonic songs from his popular Wall Street Journal column Songs that sell the most copies become hits,...
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Me and Paul : untold stories of a fabled friendship
Nelson, Willie
Paper Book
Stories of Willie Nelson and Paul English's misadventures became legendary, but many have gone untold--until now. Immortalized in Willie Nelson's road song "Me and Paul," Paul English was the towering figure who acted as Willie's drummer, bodyguard, accountant, partner in crime, and right...
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Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals
Reali, Christopher M.
Paper Book
A No Depression Most Memorable Music Book of 2022 The forceful music that rolled out of Muscle Shoals in the 1960s and 1970s shaped hits by everyone from Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones and Paul Simon. Christopher M. Reali's in-depth look at the...
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I'm your man : the life of Leonard Cohen
Simmons, Sylvie.
Paper Book
Singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen is one of the most important and influential musical artists of the past fifty years--and one of the most elusive. In I'm Your Man, journalist Sylvie Simmons, one of the foremost chroniclers of the world of rock 'n' roll and popular music, explores the...
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Chuck Berry : an American life
Smith, R. J.
Paper Book
The definitive biography of Chuck Berry, legendary performer and inventor of rock and roll Best known as the groundbreaking artist behind classics like "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene," "You Never Can Tell" and "Roll Over Beethoven," Chuck Berry was a man of wild contradictions,...
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Waging heavy peace : a hippie dream
Young, Neil
Paper Book
A New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today bestseller. For the first time, legendary singer, songwriter, and guitarist Neil Young offers a kaleidoscopic view of his personal life and musical creativity. He tells of his childhood in Ontario, where his father...
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