Rock and Roll Book ClubRock and Roll Book Club: 'Woman Walk the Line'Jay Gabler • Mar 7, 2018In 'Woman Walk the Line,' writers and musicians pay tribute to female country icons from Lil Hardin to Taylor Swift.
Rock and Roll Book ClubRock and Roll Book Club: 'Pink Floyd All the Songs'Jay Gabler • Feb 28, 2018As Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' turns 45, we take a look at a mammoth tome detailing every album track in the band's catalog.
Rock and Roll Book ClubRock and Roll Book Club: 'Personal Stereo'Jay Gabler • Feb 21, 2018In 'Personal Stereo,' Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow revisits the history of one of the 20th century's most consequential inventions.
Rock and Roll Book ClubRock and Roll Book Club: 'Dreaming the Beatles'Jay Gabler • Feb 14, 2018For Valentine's Day, our Rock and Roll Book Club spotlights a book subtitled, 'The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World.'
Rock and Roll Book ClubRock and Roll Book Club: 'Runnin' with the Devil'Jay Gabler • Feb 7, 2018As we mark the 40th anniversary of Van Halen's debut album, Jay Gabler takes a look at a new book about the band's life on the road from 1978 to 1985.
Rock and Roll Book ClubRock and Roll Book Club: 'Sights, Sounds, Soul'Jay Gabler • Jan 31, 2018A 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 ClubRock and Roll Book Club: 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin'Jay Gabler • Jan 24, 2018The 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 ClubRock and Roll Book Club: Conor McPherson's Dylan playJay Gabler • Jan 17, 2018Conor 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 ClubRock and Roll Book Club: Three new Bowie booksJay Gabler • Jan 10, 2018As we mark two years since David Bowie's death, Jay Gabler delves into three new books about the music icon.
Rock and Roll Book ClubRock and Roll Book Club: 'Reckless Daughter'Jay Gabler • Jan 3, 2018A new book about Joni Mitchell is less a biography than an extended appreciation - and there's much for author David Yaffe to appreciate.