Rock and Roll Book Club: 'What is Punk?' and 'What is Hip-Hop?' September 20, 2017 After the success of their 2015 picture book 'What is Punk?', writer Eric Morse and illustrator Anny Yi are back with 'What is Hip-Hop?'
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Beyoncegraphica' September 13, 2017 'Beyoncegraphica' is a new 'graphic biography' of Beyonce - meaning, a book with Beyonce infographics. Author Chris Roberts also fills the book with lyric references like, 'Were the public ready for this jelly? Undoubtedly.'
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Shake It Up' collects a half-century of music writing September 6, 2017 The Library of America dips its weighty toe into rock and pop criticism with 'Shake It Up,' a new anthology spanning a half-century of writing about artists 'from Elvis to JAY-Z.'
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Murder Ballads,' featuring Robert Finley and Dan Auerbach August 30, 2017 'Murder Ballads' is a graphic novel featuring an original soundtrack created by bluesman Robert Finley and rocker Dan Auerbach.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'The Man Who Carried Cash' August 23, 2017 If there's any job that really stretches the contractual phrase 'other duties as required,' it's the job of a rock star's manager. That much becomes very clear in 'The Man Who Carried Cash,' a new book about Johnny Cash's longtime manager Saul Holiff.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Foo Fighters: Learning to Fly' August 16, 2017 A new book about the Foo Fighters capably chronicles the band whose leader has lived an unlikely rise from 'the Grunge Ringo' to singer-songwriter superstardom.
Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011' August 9, 2017 Lizzy Goodman's hefty oral history captures a hot moment for New York City rock in the early 21st century.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Garbage talk about 'This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake' August 2, 2017 All four members of Garbage tell Brian Oake and Jill Riley about the band's new coffee-table book, 'This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake.'
Rock and Roll Book Club: Daniel Wolff's 'Grown-Up Anger' July 26, 2017 Daniel Wolff's moving history 'Grown-Up Anger' considers the music of Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie in the context of fights for labor rights in the 20th century.
Rock and Roll Book Club: Michael Robbins's 'Equipment for Living' July 19, 2017 Michael Robbins is a poet and a critic who turns, in 'Equipment for Living,' to both poetry and music - and the parallels in how we use the two forms.