Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Sights, Sounds, Soul: The Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis' January 31, 2018 A new book from the Minnesota Historical Society highlights the vital efforts of photographer Charles Chamblis to document African-American communities in the Twin Cities in the 1970s and the 1980s. There are a few familiar faces music fans might recognize - including Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Morris Day, and Prince.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' January 24, 2018 The Wu-Tang Clan have released one of the decade's most talked-about albums...despite the fact that virtually no one has heard it. Cyrus Bozorgmehr's book tells the inside story of 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin.'
Rock and Roll Book Club: Conor McPherson's Bob Dylan play 'Girl from the North Country' January 17, 2018 Conor McPherson's play 'Girl from the North Country,' now published in book form, tells the story of a desperate group of characters in a Duluth guesthouse during the Great Depression. It incorporates 17 songs by Bob Dylan.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Three new Bowie books January 10, 2018 As we mark two years since David Bowie's death, Jay Gabler delves into three new books about the music icon.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell' January 3, 2018 A new book about Joni Mitchell is less a biography than an extended appreciation - and there's much for author David Yaffe to appreciate.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Best music books of 2017 December 27, 2017 Happy new year! Here are ten of the best music books we covered in 2017.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions' December 20, 2017 Duane Tudahl's book presents a detailed look at the 220 (!) studio sessions Prince spent in 1983 and 1984: the period when 'Purple Rain' was created and 'Around the World in a Day' was begun.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine' December 13, 2017 A new biography of 'Rolling Stone' founder Jann Wenner has become one of the year's most talked-about books...precisely because its subject didn't want it to be.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Jack White's 'We're Going To Be Friends' December 6, 2017 In a new picture book, Elinor Blake creates images to illustrate the lyrics of the White Stripes song 'We're Going To Be Friends.'
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Nick Cave: Mercy On Me' November 29, 2017 Reinhard Kleist, the graphic novelist who worked magic with his book about Johnny Cash, turns his art to another man in black: Nick Cave.