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A joyful, moving, vivid window onto the life and heart of an American icon. In the spring of 2018, Tom Piazza climbed into a 1977 Coupe De Ville with the great singer-songwriter John Prine, taking a …

A founder of the iconic band Faith No More shares his coming-of-age and out-of-the-closet story in pre–tech boom San Francisco THE ROYAL WE is a poetic survey of a time set in a magical city that onc …

French composer Maurice Ravel was described by critics as a magician, conjurer, and illusionist. Scholars have been aware of this historical curiosity, but none so far have explained why Ravel attrac …

A beautifully produced, photo-packed celebration of the beloved rock trio,  Rush at 50 examines the history of the Canadian rockers through the lens of 50 milestone events and an illustrate …

Discover the riveting life journey of Ash Jackson, an award-winning musician who turned her pain into powerful music. From her childhood dreams of fame, struggles with self-esteem, and experiences of …

Eric ‘Boots’ Greene is a professional drummer who has played for artists such as Pharrell Williams, Jay-Z, P-Diddy, Snoop Dogg, Common, Jill Scott, and more!!! He has written this book to show the re …

Well before she married Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann was already an internationally renowned pianist, and she concertized extensively for several decades after her husband’s death. Despite be …

Driven to the brink of madness by cocaine, overwork, marital strife, and a paranoid obsession with the occult, David Bowie fled Los Angeles in 1975 and ended up in Berlin, the divided city on the fro …

Arnold Schoenberg and Thomas Mann, two towering figures of twentieth-century music and literature, both found refuge in the German-exile community in Los Angeles during the Nazi era. This complete ed …

Queen Ida, Danny Poullard, documentary filmmaker Les Blank, Chris Strachwitz, and Arhoolie Records. These are names that are familiar to many fans of Cajun music and zydeco, and they have one other t …