Rock and Roll Book Club

At The Current, we love music — and we love reading books about music. That’s why we created The Current’s Rock and Roll Book Club. Every week, we pick a book about music and share a review online; you can also hear Jay Gabler talk about each week's book on The Current at 8:30 a.m. every Wednesday. We’d love it if you read along with us — and let us know what you think, using the hashtag #RockandRollBookClub.

Rock and Roll Book Club: Ani DiFranco's 'No Walls and the Recurring Dream'

August 21, 2019

Ani DiFranco's new memoir is as proudly idiosyncratic as her entire career has been.

Rock and Roll Book Club: Louie Kemp's 'Dylan & Me'

August 14, 2019

Louie Kemp and Bob Dylan met at summer camp and forged a lifelong friendship that led to a professional partnership on the legendary Rolling Thunder Revue. In 'Dylan & Me,' Kemp tells his story.

Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Wilcopedia: A Comprehensive Guide to the Music of America's Best Band'

August 7, 2019

Daniel Cook Johnson is one of the biggest fans of 'America's best band,' and his new guide digs into every single Wilco song - even the covers.

Rock and Roll Book Club: Ben Folds has 'A Dream About Lightning Bugs'

July 31, 2019

Ben Folds's 'A Dream About Lightning Bugs.'

In a conversational memoir, Ben Folds shares his thoughts on everything from the fame that follows having a radio hit (not as much fun as you'd think) to the consequences of throwing piano benches (not that fun either).

Rock and Roll Book Club: Vivien Goldman's 'Revenge of the She-Punks'

July 24, 2019

In her new book 'Revenge of the She-Punks,' Vivien Goldman - a she-punk icon in her own right - delivers 'A Feminist Music History from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot.'

Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Nothing's Bad Luck: The Lives of Warren Zevon'

July 17, 2019

Although he died at the age of just 56, Warren Zevon stuffed at least two lives into his years on earth. That's the explanation for the subtitle of a new biography by C.M. Kushins, 'Nothing's Bad Luck: The Lives of Warren Zevon."

Rock and Roll Book Club: Photo books spotlight Fugazi and the D.C. scene

July 10, 2019

Two new photo books about the D.C. punk scene.

Glen E. Friedman's photos of Fugazi, captured in a new edition of his book 'Keep Your Eyes Open,' employ the same purist aesthetic the band brought to everything they did. Another new photo book, Antonia Tricarico's 'Frame of Mind,' spotlights women musicians in the D.C. scene Fugazi helped to shape.