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Book Review: "Bitten By The Blues: The Alligator Records Story"
Bitten by the Blues is Alligator Records founder Bruce Iglauer’s memoir of a life immersed in the blues—and the business of the blues. He produced albums by Koko ... -
Book Review: "Beauty in the Breakdown: Choosing to Overcome"
In her inspirational memoir, country singer Julie Roberts relates the highs and lows of her career, the personal struggles she’s endured, the lessons she’s learned, and her sense ... -
Book Review: "Rock-and-Roll Woman"
Subtitled The Fiercest 50 Female Rockers, Ochs’ books is a fun, satisfying compendium. You’re not only treated to bios of many of the more familiar ladies of loudness (Joplin, Jett, Winehouse, Nicks) but ... -
Book Review: "Songs of Love and Horror: Collected Lyrics of Will Oldham"
Singer-songwriter Oldham’s aphoristic meditations on death, patience and turning carelessness into a virtue are, like his lyrics, profound, earthy and often funny. They reveal flashes of Oldham’s ... -
Book Review: "Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin – The Later Years, ...
This second volume on George Martin takes readers behind the scenes to reveal Martin’s efforts to consolidate the band’s fame in the face of tremendous sociocultural pressures while also ... -
Book Review: "Artist Management: For The Music Business"
Written for both the novice and the experienced talent handler, this updated edition of Artist Management for the Music Business gives a comprehensive view of ... -
Book Reviews: Dreaming The Beatles
The Fab Four have inspired some terrific writing over the years, but none as perceptive, insightful or downright exhilarating as this book by Rolling Stone ... -
Book Review: "Waiting To Derail: Ryan Adams and Whiskeytown, Alt Country's Brilliant Wreck"
Twenty-plus years later, accounts of Ryan Adams’ legendary antics are still passed around in music circles. But only three people on the planet witnessed every ... -
Book Review: "Starmaker Machinery"
Author Meredith Day distills her many years of experience as a talent manager into this handbook, aptly subtitled Everything You Need to Know for Self-Promotion ... -
Book Review: "The Doors - Summer's Gone"
Here’s another kick-ass compendium of interviews, courtesy of journalist/historian Harvey Kubernik, who seems to have a bottomless trove of chats with the band’s members, intimates ...
