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Book Store: "How to Build Your Music Empire" by Binx
Musician, entrepreneur, and artistic bumblebee, Binx has appeared in the pages of MC on more than one occasion due to her recorded output. She’s a ... -
Book Store: "Tales From the Bedroom Wall" by Steve Blacknell
Blacknell used to host the MTV fashion show London Calling, at one point pulling in 23 million viewers. This, his memoir, is tagged “The Life ... -
Book Store: "The Royal We: A Memoir" by Roddy Bottum
Faith No More founding member, queer icon, and all-round good guy Roddy Bottum has released a memoir that is in turn touching, funny, devastating, and ... -
Book Store: "The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told" by Bill Janovitz
Author Janovitz has followed up his biography of Leon Russell (a New York Times bestseller) with the definitive story of new wave icons The Cars. ... -
Book Store: "Rock 'N Soul Tarot" by Brian Orlando
“What happens when decades of rock radio stories collide with ancient Tarot wisdom?” we’re asked in the press release for this fascinating, unusual tome. “You ... -
Book Store: "How to Teach Jazz & Improvisation" by Quentin Walston
The key word here on the cover of Walston’s latest spiral-bound guide is “teach.” This isn’t a guide for how to “play” jazz and improvisation, ... -
Book Store: "The Songwriting Competition Handbook" by Scott Ashley
Author Ashley has gone super-specific with his second book, the follow up to How to Write Better Songs. Rather than a general songwriting guide, this ... -
Book Store: "My Hip-Hop Wiz" by Innton Tigger
Innton Tigger wants to make it clear that his My Hip-Hop Wiz passion project is not your grandma’s The Wizard of Oz and it’s not ... -
Book Store: "Down River: In Search of David Ackles" By Mark Brend
Back in 1972, when David Ackles released his third album American Gothic, it was lavishly praised and referred to as the “Sgt. Pepper of folk.” ... -
Book Store: "Eternally Electric: The Message in My Music" By Debbie Gibson
Obviously named in tribute to one of her biggest hits “Electric Youth” (which, unbelievably, is 36 years old now), pop star Debbie Gibson’s Eternally Electric ... -
Book Store: "The Complete Johnny Cash: Lyrics from a Lifetime of Songwriting" By Mark Stielper
It’s just a joy to spend any time with the brilliant mind that was Johnny Cash, isn’t it? The only thing that possibly outshone Cash’s ... -
Book Store: "Lee Berk: Leading the Berklee Way" By Mark Small with Susan Berk
Lee Berk is, of course, the man that the Berklee College of Music is named after. With that in mind, and when considering the wealth ... -
Book Store: "Chet Atkins: Mr. Guitar" By Don Cusic
Country music historian Cusic has done a fine job of telling the story of the great Chet Atkins, described here as “arguably the most influential ... -
Book Store: "Frank Zappa’s America" By Bradley Morgan
They really don’t make ‘em like Frank Zappa anymore. Visionary, poet, activist, virtuoso... Zappa was all of those things and so much more. Plenty has ... -
Book Store: "Cypress Hill: Black Sunday" by Noah Callahan-Bever and Gabriel Alvarez
With July marking the 30th anniversary of seminal hip-hop group Cypress Hill’s multi-platinum album Black Sunday, writers Callahan-Bever and Alvarez take on the trio’s history ... -
Book Store: "Richard Manuel" by Stephen T. Lewis
The tagline to this weighty volume is, “His life and music, from The Hawks and Bob Dylan to The Band.” That’s a fair synopsis. Additionally, ... -
Book Store: "Chick Singer" by Lorraine Devon Wilke
Devon Wilke landed in L.A. years ago with intentions of becoming a singer-songwriter/rock star at a level that it would provide for her future. In ... -
Book Store: "Bobbito’s Book of B-Ball Bong Bong!" by Bobbito Garcia
This is interesting! Bobbito Garcia’s memoir takes a long, hard look at his life in basketball and music. A noted hip-hop radio host, Garcia spent ... -
Book Store: "Tearing Down the Orange Curtain" by Nate Jackson and Daniel Kohn
Respected journalists Jackson and Kohn dig deep into the Orange County punk rock and ska-punk scene, barely leaving a stone unturned. The likes of No ... -
Book Store: "501 Essential Albums of the 1980s" Edited by Gary Graff
MC contributor Graff has played an absolute blinder here, working with a long list of esteemed scribes (Cary Baker, Rob St. Mary, many more) to ...
