John Covach
Second Edition
The Second Edition of What’s That Sound? offers a balanced, insightful look at the evolution of rock music from its roots to the present.More
Ashley Kahn
"A jazz-lover's delight."—Ray Olson, BooklistMore
Thomas Brothers
"The best book ever produced about Louis Armstrong by anyone other than the man himself."—Terry Teachout, CommentaryMore
Benjamin Hedin
"The most absorbing, wide-ranging and stimulating body of writing about the mighty Bob that's ever been assembled."--Salman RushdieMore
Greil Marcus, Sean Wilentz
A devastatingly original work that plunges into the emotional heart of the American psyche.More
Richard Crawford
"A superb, all-encompassing survey of music in America." —Kirkus ReviewsMore
Buzzy Jackson
The women who broke the rules, creating their own legacy of how to live and sing the blues.More
Joan Oliver Goldsmith
"Full of shrewd observations on creativity, friendship, and love, [this is] a book, in other words, about life."—American WayMore
J. Heywood Alexander
Following the same chapter organization as An Introduction to America’s Music, To Stretch Our Ears is the first gathering of significant and far-reaching readings that illuminate many aspects of American music.More
Richard Crawford
An Introduction to America’s Music tells the fascinating story of music in the United States, from the sacred music of its earliest days to the jazz and rock that enliven the turn of the millennium.More
Charles Ives
Ives's second piano sonata, Concord, Mass., 1845, stands among the masterpieces of American music.More
Duncan McLean
High Fidelity meets Blue Highways in this gloriously offbeat quest for the true roots of Texas Swing.More
Jan Swafford
An illuminating portrait of a man whose innovative works profoundly influenced the course of twentieth-century American classical music.More
William Bolcom, Max Harrison, Paul Oliver
'Max Harrison . . . surveys the whole history and development of jazz in a concise, well written and well illustrated . . . article together with an extensive bibliography.' —Richard D. C. Noble, Times Literary SupplementMore
Schirmer's Visual Library, Lester Bangs
The immortal Elvis Presley is shown here in his early years from 1954 to 1960 when he still had the unrestrained power of a naive, exceedingly charming Southern boy who was slowly losing his innocence.More