Rock and Roll Book Club: Meg Remy (U.S. Girls) talks about her book 'Begin By Telling' April 15, 2021 Meg Remy, the artist behind the acclaimed musical project U.S. Girls, is the author of a new memoir titled 'Begin By Telling.' Jay Gabler connected with Remy to talk about her powerful book and about what's next for U.S. Girls.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Brandi Carlile's 'Broken Horses' April 8, 2021 Brandi Carlile's new memoir 'Broken Horses' is a heartfelt, candid, rousing read.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Richard Thompson's 'Beeswing' April 1, 2021 Richard Thompson's 'Beeswing' is one of the most unassuming music memoirs you're likely to read: a gentle meditation on life in the London folk-rock scene (which he helped invent) in the late 1960s and early '70s.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of the Band and Beyond' March 25, 2021 Wisely, biographer Sandra B. Tooze doesn't try too hard to explain the genius of the Band's Levon Helm: she just lets the stories pile up like great performances.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Nothin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion' March 18, 2021 Rarely has a book been more aptly titled than this new oral history of an era where shamelessness sold.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Gorillaz Almanac' celebrates 20 years of the world's biggest virtual band March 11, 2021 When you hear the word 'almanac,' who do you think of? Old farmers? Eric Eskola? Cathy Wurzer? Joe Mauer? It'll probably take you a while to get to Damon Albarn's animated band Gorillaz, but in fact, they now have their very own Almanac.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls: Women, Music and Fame' March 4, 2021 When you've hung out with Beyonce, Joni Mitchell, Rihanna, Adele, Mariah Carey, and Stevie Nicks, your book about 'women, music, and fame' is pretty much guaranteed to be worth reading.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'This Thing Called Life: Prince's Odyssey On + Off the Record' February 25, 2021 Neal Karlen, a Minneapolis journalist who hung out with Prince many times over the years, has written a Prince book like none other: a personal reminisce full of wide-ranging musings on the man and the mystery behind the music.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll' February 18, 2021 Maureen Mahon's essential new book chronicles decades of Black women making key contributions to a genre that's systematically erased their presence.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'The Big Life of Little Richard' February 11, 2021 Mark Ribowsky's new biography offers a concise summary of the life and career of a man who will forever resist being summarized.