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Book Review: Top Rankin’
By Howard Paar (paperback) $20.00 It’s the dawn of 1980 in Los Angeles and everything’s changing. Punks, dopers and assorted miscreants play in the decaying ... -
Book Review: Innovation In Music—Future Opportunities
Edited by Russ Hepworth-Sawyer, Justin Paterson and Rob Touson (paperback) $68.95 Innovation in Music brings together cutting-edge research on new innovations in the field of ... -
Book Review: Broken Horses
By Brandi Carlile (hardcover) $28.00 The multiple Grammy-winning singer-songwriter opens up her life to the reader, warts and all, chronicling her troubled, impoverished upbringing on ... -
Book Review: Stories to Tell: A Memoir
By Richard Marx (hardcover) $27.00 Marx, one of the most accomplished singer-songwriters ever, shares a cavalcade of stories from his life, including the challenges of ... -
Book Review: Folk Springs Eternal
By Andy Beck (paperback) $5.35 The plot of this vivid, colorful novel tells a tale that any career-driven musician can relate to. Gus, Lin, Herman ... -
Book Review: The Magic Years: Scenes From A Rock-and-Roll Life
By Jonathan Taplin (hardcover) $28.00 As a college student in the early ‘60s, author Taplin parlayed his passion for music into a part-time gig working ... -
Book Review: It’s About Time–Jeff Porcaro, the Man and His Music
By Robyn Flans (hardcover) $16.66 One of the most recorded drummers in history, Porcaro became a music superstar held in equal esteem by fans and ... -
Book Review: Gender In Music Production
Edited by Russ Hepworth-Sawyer, Liesl King and Mark Marrington (paperback) $48.91 The field of music production has for many years been regarded as male-dominated. Despite ... -
Book Review: Decoding “Despacito”–An Oral History of Latin Music
By Leila Cobo (paperback) $14.95 From the salsa of the streets of New York City, to Puerto Rican reggaeton and bilingual chart-toppers, this is an ... -
Book Review: Chronicles of a Sansei Rocker
By Harry Manaka (paperback) $20.00 If you think you know all there is to know about L.A.’s music history, you need to check this book ...