Girl in a Band
There are few artists who inspire such reverence as Kim Gordon. In Girl in a Band she […]
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Different Every Time
The first and definitive biography of Robert Wyatt, Britain’s greatest cult musician, with an introduction by Jonathan […]
A Man Called Destruction – The Life and Music of Alex Chilton
A brilliant songwriter, virtuosic vocalist, and accomplished guitarist, the charismatic Alex Chilton was not only a bona […]
How Music Works
How Music Works is David Byrne’s bestselling, buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime […]
Becoming Elektra
Becoming Elektra is an account of Elektra Records in the Jac Holzman years, from 1950 to 1973. […]
Music from Big Pink
“Music From Big Pink is a moving book that succeeds not just in vividly evoking its time […]
Stolen Moments
Stolen Moments. 1522 Jazzkolumnen Seit schon dreissig Jahren erscheint in jeder «Weltwoche» eine Kolumne von Peter Rüedi. […]
All the Songs
Every album and every song ever released by the Beatles—from “Please Please Me” (U.S. 1963) to “The […]
Derek Bailey – And the Story of Free Improvisation
This outstanding biography of the cult guitar player will likely cause you to abandon everything you thought […]
A Power Stronger Than Itself
Founded in 1965 and still active today, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is […]
Blues For The Hitchhiking Dead
The Live New Departures Jazz Poetry Septet Blues For The Hitchhiking Dead (Jazz Poetry SuperJam #1) The […]
The Rest Is Noise – Listening to the Twentieth Century
In this sweeping and dramatic narrative, Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker, weaves together the […]
John Coltrane – The Story of a Sound
John Coltrane left an indelible mark on the world, but what was the essence of his achievement […]
The Doors – A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years
A fan from the moment the Doors’ first album arrived, Greil Marcus saw the band many times […]
Captain Beefheart – The Biography
Following Don Van Vliet’s death Mike Barnes will look to reassess his legacy through new interview material […]