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  • Franz Douskey The best books roots of social change through popular music Book cover of Gumbo Ya-Ya Book cover of Sun Records: The Brief History of the Legendary Record Label Book cover of Hear Me Talkin' to Ya Book cover of Rythm Oil: A Journey Through The Music Of The American South Book cover of Appalachian Patterns: Stories
  • Paul Rekret The best books about popular music and capitalism Book cover of Philosophy of New Music Book cover of Blues People: Negro Music in White America Book cover of Rhythms of Labour: Music at Work in Britain Book cover of In Search of the Black Fantastic: Politics and Popular Culture in the Post-Civil Rights Era Book cover of 1989: Bob Dylan Didn't Have This to Sing About
  • Seth Mallios The best books for die-hard rockers Book cover of Lighters in the Sky: The All-Time Greatest Concerts, 1960-2016 Book cover of Live Music in America: A History from Jenny Lind to Beyoncé Book cover of Rock Concert: An Oral History as Told by the Artists, Backstage Insiders, and Fans Who Were There Book cover of Fillmore East: The Venue That Changed Rock Music Forever Book cover of On the Road: Recording the Stars in a Golden Era of Live Music
  • Nick Prior The best books on popular music, technology, and society Book cover of How Music Works Book cover of Performing Rites: On the Value of Popular Music Book cover of Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer Book cover of Why Music Matters Book cover of K-punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher from 2004 - 2016
  • Nicholas Tochka The best books to make you rethink everything you thought you knew about rock ’n’ roll Book cover of How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music Book cover of Just around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination Book cover of Music in America's Cold War Diplomacy Book cover of Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music Book cover of A Women's History of the Beatles
  • Maureen Mahon The best books on the unheralded African American women who have shaped popular music Book cover of Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday Book cover of Rage to Survive: The Etta James Story Book cover of Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-And-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe Book cover of Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound Book cover of The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop
  • Richard J. Alley The best books to understand the culture and community of mid-20th century music and musicians Book cover of Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion Book cover of Never a Dull Moment: 1971 the Year That Rock Exploded Book cover of Notes and Tones: Musician-To-Musician Interviews Book cover of The Chitlin' Circuit: And the Road to Rock 'n' Roll Book cover of Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
  • A.J.B. Johnston The best books about rock ‘n’ roll in the 1960s Book cover of There Was a Time: James Brown, the Chitlin' Circuit, and Me Book cover of Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul Book cover of Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell Book cover of How Sweet It Is: A Songwriter's Reflections on Music, Motown and the Mystery of the Muse Book cover of The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs
  • Clinton Walker The best Australian books on music Book cover of The Countdown Years 1974 - 1987: Glad All Over Book cover of Pig City Book cover of Down Under Book cover of The Ballad of Blind Tom, Slave Pianist: America's Lost Musical Genius Book cover of Wild about You!: The Sixties Beat Explosion in Australia and New Zealand
  • Elyssa Goodman The best books about living a glittering life in New York City Book cover of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress Book cover of St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street Book cover of Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever Book cover of Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern Book cover of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
  • Ljubinko Zivkovic The best music books covering late sixties and seventies Book cover of Never a Dull Moment: 1971 the Year That Rock Exploded Book cover of Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader Book cover of Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes Book cover of Any Old Way You Choose It Book cover of Memphis 68
  • Glenn Dixon The best books about the Beatles from someone who loves them Book cover of Love Me Do! The Beatles' Progress Book cover of Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles Book cover of The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles Book cover of Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties Book cover of Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World
  • Keith Wyatt The best books about blues and playing the blues guitar Book cover of Rollin' and Tumblin' - The Postwar Blues Guitarists Book cover of The Praxis System Guitar Compendium: Technique / Improvisation / Musicianship / Theory Volume 1 Book cover of Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta Book cover of The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll Book cover of Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Years of Rhythm and Blues
  • Kit Rosewater The best middle grade books featuring radical and epic friend groups Book cover of Kristy's Great Idea Book cover of The Empty Grave Book cover of Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers Book cover of Unicorn Power! Book cover of Generation Misfits
  • Spencer Leigh The best books about the Beatles Book cover of Tune In Book cover of The Beatles: The Only Ever Authorised Biography Book cover of Liddypool Book cover of I Me Mine Book cover of Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Early Years, 1926-1966
  • Bill Torgerson The best books that feel like a romantic comedy from the 1980s—think: Sixteen Candles and Say Anything Book cover of High Fidelity Book cover of Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time Book cover of Pigeon Feathers: And Other Stories Book cover of Wonder Boys Book cover of Girl in a Band: A Memoir
  • Phil Morse The best books to help you become an expert DJ Book cover of How to D.J: The Art and Science of Playing Records Book cover of DJing For Dummies Book cover of The Secret DJ Book cover of Dance Music Manual Book cover of Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
  • Julian David Stone The best books about rock and roll and rock and roll stars Book cover of Tune In Book cover of Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd Book cover of Who I Am: A Memoir Book cover of The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist Book cover of Annie Leibovitz: Photographs
  • Ronald Kidd The best books about American roots music and why I love it Book cover of Last Train to Memphis Book cover of Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? The Carter Family & Their Legacy in American Music Book cover of Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll Book cover of It Came from Memphis Book cover of Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music
  • Thomas S. Hischak The best books about Broadway musicals Book cover of The World of Musical Comedy Book cover of Make Believe: The Broadway Musical in the 1920's Book cover of Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops Book cover of American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle Book cover of The Rise and Fall of the Broadway Musical
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