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Guitar King: Michael Bloomfield's Life in the Blues

by Doug Collette
February 29, 2020

Guitar King: Michael Bloomfield's Life in the Blues David Dann 776 Pages ISBN: #978-1477318775 University of Texas Press 2019 Through a combination of journalistic objectivity, scholarly attention to detail and the passion of a fan, author David Dann accomplishes exactly what he professes to achieve in his 'Prologue' to ...

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The Musician's Lifeline: Advice for All Musicians, Student to Professional

by Mark Sullivan
February 7, 2020

The Musician's Lifeline: Advice for All Musicians, Student to Professional Peter Erskine & Dave Black 191 Pages ISBN: # 978-1-4706-4247-1 (13) Alfred Music 2019 Peter Erskine and Dave Black are both drummers: their previous collaboration was The Drummer's Lifeline: Quick Fixes, Hacks, and Tips of the Trade (Alfred Music, ...

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The Rebel Café: Sex, Race and Politics in Cold War America's Nightclub Underground

by Duncan Heining
January 27, 2020

The Rebel Café: Sex, Race and Politics in Cold War America's Nightclub Underground Stephen R. Duncan 336 Pages ISBN: # 1421426331 John Hopkins University Press 2018 Stephen R. Duncan's The Rebel Café is both a voyage of rediscovery and a forensic re-examination of an important period in American cultural ...

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Word Against the Machine

by Phillip Woolever
January 26, 2020

Word Against the Machine Jane Grenier 80 Pages ISBN: # 9781513651996 Self Published 2019 It can be very rewarding to read the work of an author who's clearly passionate about their subject matter. That's obviously the case with this multi-media project by Jane “Spoken Word" Grenier. Considering the vital ...

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Rip it Up: The Specialty Records Story by Billy Vera

by C. Michael Bailey
January 25, 2020

Rip it Up: The Specialty Records Story Billy Vera RPM Series 177 Pages ISBN: # 978-1947026360 BMG Books 2019 The best music writing makes the reader go listen to music. It is just that simple. Volume 4 of BMG's RPM Series: Rip It Up—The Specialty Records Story is ...

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Rabbit’s Blues: The Life and Music of Johnny Hodges

by S.G Provizer
January 21, 2020

Rabbit's Blues: The Life and Music of Johnny Hodges Con Chapman 240Pages ISBN: #9780190055288 Oxford University Press 2019 Alto and soprano saxophonist Johnny Hodges was one of the most singular voices in jazz. He didn't play the horn as much as sing through it. Hodges made a large, ...

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Black Case Volume 1 & 11: Return From Exile

by Chris May
December 21, 2019

Black Case Volume 1 & 11: Return From Exile Joseph Jarman 146 Pages ISBN: 978-1-733723-3-4 Blank Forms Editions / After : Still 2019 The welcome reappearance after over forty years of a lost treasure of the Black Arts Movement, written by the Art Ensemble of Chicago's Joseph Jarman. Black ...

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Robert Johnson: Lost and Found

by C. Michael Bailey
November 23, 2019

Robert Johnson: Lost and Found Barry Lee Pearson & Bill McCulloch Music in American Life Series 160 Pages ISBN: # 978-0252028359 University of Illinois Press 2003 There are two stories surrounding the discovery and marketing of pre-World War II musical recordings in general and 1930s blues musician Robert ...

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In the Court of King Crimson: An Observation Over 50 Years

by John Kelman
November 10, 2019

In the Court of King Crimson: An Observation Over 50 YearsSid Smith616 PagesISBN: 978-1916153004Panegyric Publishing2019 When it was first released in 2001, British scribe Sid Smith's In the Court of King Crimson (Helter Skelter Publishing) filled a major need for a band that was, at that time, touring in ...

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GIRL: an Untethered Life

by Doug Collette
November 9, 2019

GIRL: A Life Untethered Julia Dreyer Brigden 242 Pages ISBN: #978-0578526591 Self Published 2019 Julia Dreyer Brigden's GIRL: A Life Untethered moves at the virtually same near-blurry pace at which she seems to have lived the life she recounts. But what reads like a personal journal invites ...