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Broken Horses

A Memoir

by Carlile, Brandi

eBook - 2021

Ms. Carlile's story of her childhood and life in music has become a surprise bestseller. In the book she takes readers through the events of her life that...Show more Ms. Carlile's story of her childhood and life in music has become a surprise bestseller. In the book she takes readers through the events of her life that shaped her very raw art—from her start at a local singing competition where she performed Elton John’s “Honky Cat” in a bedazzled white polyester suit, to her first break opening for Dave Matthews Band, to many sleepless tours over fifteen years and six studio albums, all while raising two children with her wife, Catherine Shepherd. Show less

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Can't Stop Won't Stop

A Hip-hop History

by Chang, Jeff

Book - 2021

Award winning author Jeff Chang's history of hip hop music adapted for a young adult audience tells the story of a generation-defining movement and the m...Show more Award winning author Jeff Chang's history of hip hop music adapted for a young adult audience tells the story of a generation-defining movement and the music that transformed American politics and culture forever. The book chronicles the epic events, ideas and the music that marked the hip hop generation's rise. Show less

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Beeswing

Losing My Way and Finding My Voice, 1967-1975

by Thompson, Richard

Book - 2021

During the pivotal years of 1967 to 1975, just as he was discovering his passion for music, he formed the band Fairport Convention with some schoolmates a...Show more During the pivotal years of 1967 to 1975, just as he was discovering his passion for music, he formed the band Fairport Convention with some schoolmates and helped establish the genre of British folk rock. In this memoir, he recreates the spirit of the 1960s, where he found, and then lost, and then found his way again. Show less

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Rememberings

by O'Connor, Sinéad

Book - 2021

O'Connor reemerges after years of silence to set the story straight on her tumultuous career. The story goes back to her early life in Dublin and takes th...Show more O'Connor reemerges after years of silence to set the story straight on her tumultuous career. The story goes back to her early life in Dublin and takes the reader through her improbable success and ups and downs of her career on stage and her life off stage. Quite a few fans have been waiting quite a while for this. Show less

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Liner Notes for the Revolution

The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound

by Brooks, Daphne

Book - 2021

Daphne A. Brooks explores more than a century of music archives to examine the critics, collectors, and listeners who have determined perceptions of Black...Show more Daphne A. Brooks explores more than a century of music archives to examine the critics, collectors, and listeners who have determined perceptions of Black women on stage and in the recording studio. How is it possible, she asks, that so many Black music artists are so often overlooked and underappreciated,. With an innovative perspective on the story of Black women in popular music—and who should rightly tell it, the book offers a long overdue recognition and celebration of Black women musicians as radical intellectuals. Show less

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Crying in H Mart

A Memoir

by Zauner, Michelle

Downloadable Audiobook - 2021

A memoir about food, identity and music, Ms. Zauner, who fronts the indie band Japanese Breakfast, as snuck onto the best seller list with an original and...Show more A memoir about food, identity and music, Ms. Zauner, who fronts the indie band Japanese Breakfast, as snuck onto the best seller list with an original and sincere tale of growing up the only Asian-American kid at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother's tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food. As she grows up she found the life wanted to live until a tragedy forces a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her. Show less

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Art Sleeves

Album Covers by Artists

by Burkeman, DB

Book - 2021

A cultural history shown the the most iconic and well regarded album covers over the last 40 years. Now you can relax, all those years staring at record a...Show more A cultural history shown the the most iconic and well regarded album covers over the last 40 years. Now you can relax, all those years staring at record albums in your bedroom when you were a kid was exactly the artful experience that you thought it was. A beautiful, well done book. Show less

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Nöthin' but A Good Time

The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion

by Beaujour, Tom

Book - 2021

Indulge your silent secret love of hair metal with this history of 80's rock. The book captures the energy and excess of the hair metal years in the words...Show more Indulge your silent secret love of hair metal with this history of 80's rock. The book captures the energy and excess of the hair metal years in the words of the musicians, managers, producers, engineers, label executives, publicists, stylists, costume designers, photographers, journalists, magazine publishers, video directors, club bookers, roadies, groupies, and hangers-on who lived it. They are all here: Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Poison, Guns N' Roses, Skid Row, Bon Jovi and more. Show less

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Kraftwerk

Future Music From Germany

by Schütte, Uwe

Book - 2020

A much needed history of innovative and influential German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk. They were misunderstood by many and adored by their fans, ...Show more A much needed history of innovative and influential German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk. They were misunderstood by many and adored by their fans, Kraftwerk ignored almost all rock traditions and created something entirely new. This is the story of Kraftwerk the cultural phenomenon, who turned electronic music into avant-garde concept art and created the soundtrack to our digital age Show less

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The History of Jazz

by Gioia, Ted

Book - 2021

Have you ever wanted to explore jazz music but didn't know where to begin? Music scholar Ted Gioia's new edition of The History of Jazz is a great place t...Show more Have you ever wanted to explore jazz music but didn't know where to begin? Music scholar Ted Gioia's new edition of The History of Jazz is a great place to start your journey It provides detailed biographical information and an overview of the musical contributions of the key innovators in development of jazz. It traces the evolution of jazz styles and touches upon the broader political and social environment that gave birth to the music and shaped its development. Show less

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The Double Life of Bob Dylan

A Restless, Hungry Feeling, 1941-1966

by Heylin, Clinton

Book - 2021

So...you thought that everything has all been written about Bob Dylan? Think again. No one has written more about Dylan than Clinton Heylin. After scourin...Show more So...you thought that everything has all been written about Bob Dylan? Think again. No one has written more about Dylan than Clinton Heylin. After scouring the Bob Dylan Archive at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he unearths never before seen documents and, with this new information, attempts to untangle fact from fiction. Show less

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