Rock and Roll Book Club: '666 Songs to Make You Bang Your Head Until You Die' October 29, 2020 In his new 'Guide to the Monsters of Rock and Metal,' Bruno MacDonald collects a beast's number of massive slabs of guitar crunch and banshee wail.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Interview with 'Mirror Sound' creators October 22, 2020 'Mirror Sound' is a new book from writer Spencer Tweedy, designer Lawrence Azerrad, and photographer Daniel Topete. The book, subtitled 'A Look Into the People and Processes Behind Self-Recorded Music,' features the personal studio spaces of artists including Sharon Van Etten, Sadie Dupuis, Mike Eagle, Melina Duterte (Jay Som), Emitt Rhodes, Suzanne Ciani, Laetitia Tamko (Vagabon), Ty Segall, and tUnE-yArDs.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Jeff Tweedy on 'How to Write One Song' October 15, 2020 Jeff Tweedy - of Wilco, Tweedy, and formerly Uncle Tupelo - has a new book called 'How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back.' He took a few minutes to talk about the book with Jill Riley.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Bob Mould's 'See a Little Light' October 8, 2020 This week we're revisiting Bob Mould's 2011 memoir, which is excerpted in a new episode of The Current Rewind podcast.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'The Meaning of Mariah Carey' October 1, 2020 'The Meaning of Mariah Carey' is a revealing, free-flowing memoir from one of the biggest stars in the history of American popular music. Of course, it's a must-read.
Rock and Roll Book Club: BrownMark's 'My Life in the Purple Kingdom' September 24, 2020 BrownMark, bassist in the Revolution, was one of Prince's most valued musical collaborators during perhaps the most remarkable half-decade of a remarkable career. Now, BrownMark shares his story in a new memoir.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Blues All Around Me' for the late B.B. King's 95th birthday September 17, 2020 'I didn't think of B.B. King as a crossover artist,' wrote the man himself in his 1996 autobiography. 'I'm still amazed how the public suddenly fell in love with my blues.'
Music News: Lana Del Rey, Jeff Tweedy, Mariah Carey, David Byrne plan big music books for fall 2020 September 16, 2020 Fall is always a big publishing season, and this fall is going to see a slew of new books for music fans - including a poetry book by Lana Del Rey, a songwriting guide from Jeff Tweedy, a Mariah Carey memoir, and a book inspired by David Byrne's sensational Broadway show.
Rock and Roll Book Club: In 'Utopia Avenue,' novelist David Mitchell imagines a band that never went around the bend September 10, 2020 In 'Utopia Avenue,' novelist David Mitchell - author of 'Cloud Atlas' - imagines a gentler, kinder experience for a band that emerges from the late '60s psychedelic scene in London.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Pepe Willie recounts his life as a musician and early Prince mentor September 3, 2020 Pepe Willie has been called 'the Godfather of the Minneapolis Sound.' He's best-known for enlisting a teenage Prince to play on his first professional recording session - but his history goes back to Brooklyn, when he worked with some of the greatest artists of the '50s and '60s.