Chris Riemenschneider's new book is an informative, fair-minded history of one of America's musical landmarks.

Andrea Swensson's new book is a crucial addition to Minnesota music history, sharing the stories of generations of R&B musicians who are rarely mentioned - despite the fact that their influence was responsible for the pop music of an entire decade.

Martin Popoff isn't the first writer to dice the Led Zeppelin catalog song-by-song, but his new book is a handy guide to one of the rock era's most important bodies of work.

Jonathan Gould has written what the book jacket advertises as 'the definitive biography of the King of Soul.'

After the success of their 2015 picture book 'What is Punk?', writer Eric Morse and illustrator Anny Yi are back with 'What is Hip-Hop?'

'Beyoncegraphica' is a new 'graphic biography' of Beyonce - meaning, a book with Beyonce infographics. Author Chris Roberts also fills the book with lyric references like, 'Were the public ready for this jelly? Undoubtedly.'

The Library of America dips its weighty toe into rock and pop criticism with 'Shake It Up,' a new anthology spanning a half-century of writing about artists 'from Elvis to JAY-Z.'

'Murder Ballads' is a graphic novel featuring an original soundtrack created by bluesman Robert Finley and rocker Dan Auerbach.

If there's any job that really stretches the contractual phrase 'other duties as required,' it's the job of a rock star's manager. That much becomes very clear in 'The Man Who Carried Cash,' a new book about Johnny Cash's longtime manager Saul Holiff.

A new book about the Foo Fighters capably chronicles the band whose leader has lived an unlikely rise from 'the Grunge Ringo' to singer-songwriter superstardom.