Rock and Roll Book Club: Jessica Hopper's 'Night Moves' September 19, 2018 Jessica Hopper's 'Night Moves' is as much a book of prose poetry as a memoir, about the texture of being in love with a city (Chicago) and its music scene in the first decade of this century.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Country Music USA' turns 50 September 12, 2018 A new edition marks the 50th anniversary of 'Country Music USA,' the book regarded as the genre's definitive history.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'She Begat This' celebrates 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' September 5, 2018 In 'She Begat This,' Joan Morgan explores the legacy of 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,' two decades after that landmark album's release.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Trouble in Mind' spotlights Bob Dylan's gospel years August 29, 2018 In 'Trouble in Mind,' Clinton Heylin promises to tell readers 'what REALLY happened' during Bob Dylan's gospel years.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Closer You Are' tells the Guided By Voices story August 22, 2018 'Closer You Are' is an authorized biography of Robert Pollard, the famously shambolic center of Guided By Voices.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Paul Weller: Sounds from the Studio' August 15, 2018 A strange and largely useless new book spotlights the long career of a post-punk legend.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Beyonce in Formation' August 8, 2018 Scholar Omise'eke Tinsley writes about the many doors opened by one of today's most vital artists.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Jason Heller's 'Strange Stars' August 1, 2018 In 'Strange Stars,' Jason Heller chronicles the many ways in which science fiction suffused popular music in the 1970s.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Michael Nesmith's 'Infinite Tuesday' July 25, 2018 The former Monkee's 'autobiographical riff' is precisely that. Reader beware.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Krautrock! July 18, 2018 An academic analysis of krautrock and a new biography of Can add up to a 21st century examination of the legacy of a short-lived but highly influential genre.