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We Are the Clash: Reagan, Thatcher, and the Last Stand of a Band That Mattered
by
Mark Andersen; Ralph Heibutzki
ISBN: 9781617752933
Publication Date: 2018
Boyz n the Void: a mixtape to my brother
by
G'Ra Asim
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780807059500
Publication Date: 2021
Shotgun Seamstress: The Complete Zine Collection
by
Osa Atoe
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781593767402
Publication Date: 2022
One Last Song: Conversations on Life, Death, and Music
by
Mike Ayers
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781683358046
Publication Date: 2020
The History of Gangster Rap: From Schoolly D to Kendrick Lamar, the Rise of a Great American Art Form
by
Soren Baker
ISBN: 9781419729157
Publication Date: 2018
Groove Theory: The Blues Foundation of Funk
by
Tony Bolden
ISBN: 9781496830524
Publication Date: 2020
Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip-Hop South
by
Regina N. Bradley
ISBN: 9781469661957
Publication Date: 2021
Pearl Jam's Vs.
by
Clint Brownlee
ISBN: 9781501355301
Publication Date: 2021
My Life in the Purple Kingdom
by
BrownMark; Cynthia M. Uhrich
Call Number: Project MUSE
ISBN: 9781517909277
Publication Date: 2020
The Velvet Mafia: The Gay Men Who Ran The Swinging Sixties
by
Darryl W. Bullock
ISBN: 9781787602311
Publication Date: 2021
The Mahalia Jackson Reader
by
Mark Burford (Editor)
ISBN: 9780190461652
Publication Date: 2020
Dylan on Dylan
by
Jeff Burger (Editor)
ISBN: 9780912777429
Publication Date: 2018
Freddie Mercury: An Illustrated Life
by
Alfonso Casas
ISBN: 9781477320631
Publication Date: 2020
Notes from Africa: A Musical Journey with Youssou N’Dour
by
Jenny Cathcart
ISBN: 9781789650471
Publication Date: 2019
The Clash on the Clash: Interviews and Encounters
by
Sean Egan (Editor)
ISBN: 9781613737453
Publication Date: 2017
Fangirls: Scenes From Modern Music Culture
by
Hannah Ewens
Call Number: EBSCO
ISBN: 9781477322093
Publication Date: 2020
World Domination The Sub Pop Records Story
by
Gillian G. Gaar
ISBN: 9781947026186
Publication Date: 2018
Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown: The Making of an American Classic
by
Thomas Goldsmith
ISBN: 9780252042966
Publication Date: 2019
Punk, Post Punk, New Wave: Onstage, Backstage, In Your Face, 1978-1991
by
Michael Grecco
Call Number: EBSCO
ISBN: 9781419748547
Publication Date: 2020
Right Place, Right Time: The Life of a Rock & Roll Photographer
by
Bob Gruen
Call Number: EBSCO
ISBN: 9781419742132
Publication Date: 2020
Weird Al: Seriously
by
Lily E. Hirsch
ISBN: 9781538124994
Publication Date: 2020
The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo
by
Garrett Hongo
ISBN: 9780593316429
Publication Date: 2022
The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop
by
Clover Hope; Rachelle Baker
ISBN: 9781419742965
Publication Date: 2021
The Monk's Record Player: Thomas Merton, Bob Dylan, and the Perilous Summer of 1966
by
Robert Hudson
ISBN: 9780802875204
Publication Date: 2018
Build: The Power of Hip Hop Diplomacy in a Divided World
by
Mark Katz
Call Number: Oxford Online
ISBN: 9780190056117
Publication Date: 2019
K-Pop Live: Fans, Idols, and Multimedia Performance
by
Suk-Young Kim
ISBN: 9781503605039
Publication Date: 2018
Patti Smith on Patti Smith: Interviews and Encounters
by
Aidan Levy (Editor)
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780912777009
Publication Date: 2020
Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll
by
Maureen Mahon
ISBN: 9781478010197
Publication Date: 2020
From the Basement: A History of Emo Music and How It Changed Society
by
Taylor Markarian
ISBN: 9781642501148
Publication Date: 2019
Mutations: The Many Strange Faces of Hardcore Punk
by
Sam McPheeters
Call Number: EBSCO eBooks
ISBN: 9781947856981
Publication Date: 2020
Queen: Album by Album
by
Martin Popoff
ISBN: 9780760362839
Publication Date: 2018
Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: the Early Years
by
Michael Posner
ISBN: 9781982152628
Publication Date: 2020
Music Is History
by
Questlove
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781647001841
Publication Date: 2021
I Ain't Studdin' Ya: My American Blues Story
by
Bobby Rush; Herb Powell
Call Number: EBSCO
ISBN: 9780306874802
Publication Date: 2021
Music Is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the Will to Change
by
Brad Schreiber
Call Number: EBSCO
ISBN: 9781978808126
Publication Date: 2019
The Queen Next Door: Aretha Franklin, An Intimate Portrait
by
Linda Solomon
ISBN: 9780814347287
Publication Date: 2019
The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth
by
Michael Spitzer
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781526602749
Publication Date: 2021
To Live and Defy in LA: How Gangsta Rap Changed America
by
Felicia Angeja Viator
ISBN: 9780674976368
Publication Date: 2020
"But He Doesn't Know the Territory": The Story behind Meredith Willson's The Music Man
by
Meredith Willson
Call Number: Project MUSE
ISBN: 9781517910471
Publication Date: 2020
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