Individual Composer & Musician
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D. O. Double G: The Little Guide to Snoop Dogg
$8.95 Add to cartAmerica’s Original Gangsta.
Snoop Doggy Dogg fired up the burgeoning U.S. rap scene in 1993 with his outstanding debut, Doggystyle. It not only revolutionised a genre, it also put West Coast ganstas a
- Series: Little Books of Music
- Author: Orange Hippo!
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1800696272
- Language: English
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Britney Spears’s Blackout
$14.95 Read moreBritney Spears barely survived 2007. She divorced her husband, lost custody of her kids, went to rehab, shaved her head and assaulted a paparazzo. In the midst of her public breakdown, she managed to
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Lasky, Natasha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1501377590
- Language: English
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Taylor Swift by the Book: The Literature Behind the Lyrics, from Fairy Tales to Tortured Poets
$19.99 Add to cartFrom Robert Frost’s road not taken on her debut album to Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s albatross on The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift’s lyrics are filled with literary connections.
Make sure you- Author: Feder, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1683694740
- Language: English
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The Modern Lovers’ the Modern Lovers
$14.95 Read moreFrom the “War on Hippies” to the Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, the story of Modern Lovers is a high octane tale of Brutalist architecture, rock ‘n’ roll ambition and the struggle for identity in a chan
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Maloney, Sean L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: February 09 2017
- ISBN10: 1501322184
- Language: English
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John Cage: Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)
$24.00 Read more“Over 16 years, beginning in 1965, John Cage compiled anecdotes, observations and koanlike tales, originally typing everything on an IBM Selectric and using chance methods to determine the formatting
- Author: Cage, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 21 2019
- ISBN10: 1938221214
- Language: English
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Patti Smith on Patti Smith: Interviews and Encounters
$30.00 Add to cartFrom the moment Patti Smith burst onto the scene, chanting “Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine,” the irreverent opening line to Horses, her 1975 debut album, the punk movement had found its … [more below]
- Series: Musicians in Their Own Words
- Author: Levy, Aidan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: November 10 2020
- ISBN10: 0912777001
- Language: English
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A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism
$44.25 Read moreSurveying the range of Sun Ra’s extraordinary creativity, this book explores how the father of Afrofuturism brought “space music” to a planet in need of transformation, supporting the aspirations of b
- Series: Discovering America
- Author: Youngquist, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 372
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1477327282
- Language: English
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Enter Sandwich: Some Kind of Vegan Cooking with No Connection to Metallica
$14.95 Read moreOh, aging rockers. We’ve all seen them struggle to get along and cope with life. Maybe they just need to sit around a backyard picnic table, share a vegan feast, and talk about their feelings. After a… [more below]
- Series: Vegan Cooking
- Author: Zingg, Automne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1648410545
- Language: English
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Sam Cooke’s Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
$14.95 Read moreShelved for over 20 years, Sam Cooke’s Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963, stands alongside Otis Redding’s Live in Europe and James Brown’s Live at the Apollo as one of the finest live soul albums e
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Fleming, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1501355546
- Language: English
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B.B. King: From Indianola to Icon: A Personal Odyssey with the “King of the Blues”
$45.00 Read moreThis book documents a great American story, that of B.B. King, the “King of the Blues,” and one of America’s most important popular musicians. With fascinating images and history–most published for t… [more below]
- Author: Sawyer, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 0764363859
- Language: English
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Cat Power’s Moon Pix
$14.95 Read more“Moon Pix was conceived during a hallucinatory waking nightmare in the South Carolina home of Chan Marshall one fateful day in 1997. Like all legends, the aura surrounding them is an impression, a sen… [more below]
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Kozloskie, Donna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1501377930
- Language: English
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David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs
$14.95 Read moreAfter his breakthrough with Ziggy Stardust and before his U.S. pop hits “Fame” and “Golden Years” David Bowie produced a dark and difficult concept album set in a post-apocalyptic “Hunger City” popula
- Series: 33 1/3 #143
- Author: Hendler, Glenn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: March 05 2020
- ISBN10: 1501336584
- Language: English
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Pearl Jam’s vs.
$14.95 Read moreVs. is the sound of a band on fire. The same confluence of talent, passion, timing, and fate that made “grunge” the world’s soundtrack also lit a short fuse beneath Pearl Jam. The band combusted betwe
- Series: 33 1/3 #154
- Author: Brownlee, Clint
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1501355309
- Language: English
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Janet Jackson’s the Velvet Rope
$14.95 Read moreThe question of control for Black women is a costly one. From 1986 onwards, the trajectory of Janet Jackson’s career can be summed up in her desire for control. Control for Janet was never simply just
- Series: 33 1/3 #148
- Author: Dozier, Ayanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1501355023
- Language: English
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Buddy Emmons: Steel Guitar Icon
$22.95 Read moreA No Depression Most Memorable Music Book of 2022
The acknowledged maestro of the pedal steel guitar, Buddy Emmons lent his unparalleled virtuosity to over five decades of hit recordings and set stan- Series: Music in American Life
- Author: Fishell, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0252086783
- Language: English
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George Harrison on George Harrison: Interviews and Encounters Volume 17
$19.99 Read more– 2022 ASCAP Foundation Special Recognition Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Book Award in Pop Music
George Harrison on George Harrison is an authoritative, chronologically arranged anthology of Harrison’- Series: Musicians in Their Own Words
- Author: Kahn, Ashley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1641607270
- Language: English
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Minnie Riperton’s Come to My Garden
$14.95 Read moreCome to My Garden (1970) introduced the world to Minnie Riperton, the solo artist. Minnie captivated listeners with her earth-shattering voice’s uncanny ability to evoke melancholy and exultance. Born
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Proctor, Brittnay L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1501379151
- Language: English
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Why Solange Matters
$18.95 Read moreGrowing up in the shadow of her superstar sister, Solange Knowles became a pivotal musician in her own right. Defying an industry that attempted to bend her to its rigid image of a Black woman, Solang
- Series: Music Matters
- Author: Phillips, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1477320083
- Language: English
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Esg’s Come Away with Esg
$14.95 Read moreESG were one of the first bands to sign to British indie label Factory Records, working with famed producer Martin Hannett on their early EPs. The band’s signature guitar sound from iconic single ‘UFO
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Percy, Cheri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1501379194
- Language: English
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Duran Duran’s Rio
$14.95 Read moreIn the ’80s, the Birmingham, England, band Duran Duran became closely associated with new wave, an idiosyncratic genre that dominated the decade’s music and culture. No album represented this rip-it-u
- Series: 33 1/3 #156
- Author: Zaleski, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: May 06 2021
- ISBN10: 150135518X
- Language: English
