In his new book 'Begin the Begin,' Robert Dean Lurie connects with a range of scenesters and peers who help shine light on R.E.M.'s early years.

Will Birch's 'Cruel To Be Kind' is as enjoyable and unassuming as its subject, cult hero singer-songwriter Nick Lowe.

Louie Kemp has known Bob Dylan since before the times a-changed. The North Country native met Jay Gabler for a candid conversation about his legendary friend, his new book 'Dylan & Me,' and his portrayal in the new Martin Scorsese documentary about the Rolling Thunder Revue.

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

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.

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.

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).

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.'

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."

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.