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Here you'll find a wealth of music-related resources, from tune collections and instructional books to volumes on musical culture and biographies of influential musicians. Enjoy! (And make sure you have some good music playing while you read!)
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John Luther Adams
• The Place Where You Go to Listen: In Search of an Ecology of Music
Jonathan Aitken
• John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace
Breck Alan
• The Art of Body Singing, Vol. I
Scott Alarik
• Revival: a Folk Music Novel
Tori Amos
• The Bee Sides
Robin Adnan Anders
• Voices of the Doumbek
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Duck Baker
• Celtic Melodies for Fingerpicking Guitar, with John Renbourn & Stefan Grossman
• Fingerstyle Blues Guitar 101
• Mel Bay's Complete Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar Book, with El McMeen & Stefan Grossman
William Bay
• Mastering the Guitar
• Mastering the Guitar: Technique Studies: A Comprehensive Method for Today's Guitarist
Andrew Beaujon
• Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock
Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra & Stephen Thomas Erlewine, editors
• All Music Guide to Country
Joe Bonomo
• Sweat: The Story of the Fleshtones, America's Garage Band
John M. Borack
• John Lennon: Life is What Happens
Billy Bragg
• The Progressive Patriot
Bill Brennan
• Irish & Scottish Airs & Ballads for Acoustic Guitar
David Brody
• The Fiddler's Fakebook
John Robert Brown
• A Concise History of Jazz
Bob Brunning
• Blues: The British Connection
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Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather & Brian Priestley
• The Rough Guide to Jazz
Linda Carroll
• Her Mother's Daughter:
A Memoir of the Mother I Never Knew & of My Daughter, Courtney Love
Rosanne Cash, editor
• Songs Without Rhyme
Charles Chapman
• Music Essentials: Basic Music Theory for All Instruments
Jerome Charyn
• Gangsters & Gold Diggers: Old New York, the Jazz Age & the Birth of Broadway
John Cherry
• Paul McCartney's Solo Music Career, 1970-2010: Life, Love & a Sense of Child-like Wonder
Liam Clancy
• The Mountain of the Women: Memoirs of an Irish Troubadour
Anthony John Clarke
• The Songs of Anthony John Clarke
Ronald D. Cohen, editor
• Wasn't That a Time! Firsthand Accounts of the Folk Music Revival
Peter Cooper
• Mel Bay's Complete Irish Fiddle Player
Paul Cranford, editor
• Brenda Stubbert's Collection of Fiddle Tunes
• Jerry Holland's Collection of Fiddle Tunes
• The Lighthouse Collection of Newly Composed Fiddle Tunes
Richard Crawford
• America's Musical Life: A History
Lisle Crowley
• Easy Celtic Solos for Fingerstyle Guitar
Winnie Czulinski
• Drone On: The High History of Celtic Music
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Antonino D'Ambrosio
• A Heartbeat & a Guitar: Johnny Cash & the Making of "Bitter Tears"
Greg Dawson
• Hiding in the Spotlight: A Musical Prodigy's Story of Survival, 1941-1946
Bruce Dean
• You Can Be a Ukulele Chord Genius
Johnny Duhan
• To the Light
Kate Dunlay & David Greenberg
• Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton
Bob Dylan
• Chronicles, Vol. 1
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Dennis P. Eichhorn & J.R. Williams
• The Legend of Wild Man Fischer
Tommy Emmanuel
• Fingerstyle Guitar Method
Wayne Erbsen
• Log Cabin Pioneers: Stories, Songs & Sayings
• Rural Roots of Bluegrass: Songs, Stories & History
Steven B. Eulberg
• Dulcimer-Friendly Worship, Vol. II
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Jane Ross Fallon
• Seven Songs in Seven Days: Journey of an Arkansas Traveler (2011)
Nelson Faria & Cliff Korman
• Inside the Brazilian Rhythm Section
Benjamin Filene
• Romancing the Folk: Public Memory & American Roots Music
Ruth Finnegan
• The Hidden Musicians
Tommy Flint
• Kentucky Thumbpicking Blues for Guitar
Barry Foy
• Field Guide to the Irish Music Session
Lonn Friend
• Life on Planet Rock: From Guns N' Roses to Nirvana, a Backstage Journey through Rock's Most Debauched Decade
Cari Fuchs, editor
• Irish Session Tune Book
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Liam Gaul
• Masters of Irish Music
Dan Gelo
• Fiddle Tunes & Irish Music for Guitar
Gary Giddins
• Visions of Jazz: The First Century
John Glatt
• The Chieftains: The Authorized Biography
Charlie Glendinning
• The Glendinning Collection of Bagpipe Music
Deborah Godin
• Papa Do Run: A Baby Boomer Looks (& Laughs) at Vintage Rock 'n' Roll
Justin Goldberg
• The Ultimate Survival Guide to the New Music Industry: Handbook for Hell
Joan Oliver Goldsmith
• How Can We Keep from Singing: Music & the Passionate Life
Jonathan Gould
• Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain & America
Aonghas Grant, with Barbara McOwen, Laura Risk & Peggy Duesenberry
• The Glengarry Collection: The Highland Fiddle Music of Aonghas Grant, Vol. 1
David Greenberg & Kate Dunlay
• Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton
Neil Griffin
• Complete Bluegrass Banjo Method
Stefan Grossman & Duck Baker
• Mel Bay's Complete Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar Book, with El McMeen
• Celtic Melodies for Fingerpicking Guitar, with John Renbourn
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Randy Halberstadt
• Metaphors for the Musician: Perspectives from a Jazz Pianist
Mick Hanly
• Wish Me Well
Steafan Hannigan & David Ledsam
• The Low Whistle Book
Amy Hanson
• Smashing Pumpkins: Tales of a Scorched Earth
Mary Ann Harbar
• Gypsy Violin
Colin Harper & Trevor Hodgett
• Irish Folk, Trad & Blues: A Secret History
Julie Henigan
• DADGAD Tuning
Clinton Heylin
• No More Sad Refrains: The Life & Times of Sandy Denny
Robert Hilburn
• Cornflakes with John Lennon
Brian Hinton & Geoff Wall
• Ashley Hutchings: The Authorised Biography
• Ashley Hutchings: The Guv'nor & the Rise of Folk Rock 1945-1973
Matt & Erica Hinton
• Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp
John Holenko
• Contra Dance Encyclopedia
Jerry Holland
• Jerry Holland's Collection of Fiddle Tunes
• The Second Collection
David Holt
• Folk Rhythms: Learn to Play Spoons, Bones, Washboard, Hambone & the Paper Bag
Bart Hopkin
• Orbitones, Spoon Harps & Bellowphones: Experimental Musical Instruments
Stan Hugill
• Shanties from the Seven Seas
Hugin the Bard
• A Bard's Book of Pagan Songs: Stories & Music from the Celtic World
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Colin Irwin
• In Search of the Craic: One Man's Pub Crawl Through Irish Music
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Nigel James
• Lessons from the Road
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George Kahumoku Jr. with Paul Konwiser
• A Hawaiian Life
Deborah Kapchan
• Traveling Spirit Masters: Morrocan Gnawa Trance & Music in the Global Marketplace
Malachy Kearns
• Wallup!
Patricia Kennealy
• Strange Days: My Life With & Without Jim Morrison
Anthony Kiedis
• Scar Tissue
Carole King
• A Natural Woman: A Memoir
Richard Kochli
• Best in the West: Nashville Guitar
Ken Kolodner
• Walking Stones: Music from A Celtic Sojourn for Hammered Dulcimer
Todd Kwait
• Chasin' Gus' Ghost
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Grey Larsen
• The Essential Guide to the Irish Flute & Tin Whistle
C.P. Lee
• Like the Night (Revisited): Bob Dylan & the Road to the Manchester Free Trade Hall
Laurie Lewis
• Earth & Sky: The Laurie Lewis Songbook
Peter Lewry
• I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle
Joyce Lucia
• Voice for Musicians
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Jimmy MacCarthy
• Ride On
Natalie MacMaster
• Cape Breton Island Fiddle
Gary Marcus
• Guitar Zero: The New Musician & the Science of Learning
Juan Martin
• Play Solos: Flamenco Guitar
Sharyn McCrumb
• The Songcatcher
Mary McLaughlin
• Singing in Irish Gaelic
Martin Melhuish
• Celtic Tides: Traditional Music in a New Age
Allan Metz, editor
• Blondie, from Punk to the Present
Christy Moore
• One Voice: My Life in Song
Liz Moore
• The Words of Every Song
Michael Moynihan
• Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground
Ed Munger
• Jigs & Reels for Classic Guitar
Mitch Myers
• The Boy Who Cried Freebird: Rock & Roll Fables & Sonic Storytelling
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R. Carlos Nakai & James Demars
• The Art of the Native American Flute
Chuck Negron
• Three Dog Nightmare: The Chuck Negron Story
Frederick M. Noad
• Solo Guitar Playing: Book 1
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John O'Brien Jr.
• Festival Legends: Songs & Stories
Tomas O'Canainn
• Traditional Music in Ireland
Turlough O'Carolan
• The Complete Works of O'Carolan
Rionach ui Ogain & Tom Sherlock
•  The Otherworld: Music & Song from Irish Tradition
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Jeanne Page
• Irish Songbook for Hammered Dulcimer
• Scottish Songbook for Hammered Dulcimer
Christopher Parkening
• Christopher Parkening Guitar Method: The Art & Technique of the Classical Guitar
Arthur Peacocke & Ann Pederson
• The Music of Creation
Ellen Pearlman
• Tibetan Sacred Dance: A Journey into the Religious & Folk Traditions
Elizabeth Pepin & Lewis Watts
• Harlem of the West: The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era
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Bonnie Rideout
• A Scottish Christmas for Fiddle
Martin Roach
• Morphing the Blues: The White Stripes & the Strange Relevance of Detroit
Seth Rogovoy
• The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots & Soul Music
Timme Rosenkrantz
• Harlem Jazz Adventures
Dwight Rounds
• The Year the Music Died, 1964-1972
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Oliver Sacks
• Musicophilia: Tales of Music & the Brain
Maggie Sansone
• A Traveler's Dream: Celtic Explorations for Hammered Dulcimer
June Skinner Sawyers
• Celtic Music: A Complete Guide
A.D. Schofield & J. Say
• Billy Pigg: The Border Minstrel
Chuck Sher & Larry Dunlap, editors
• The All-Jazz Real Book
Hugh Shields
• Tunes of the Munster Pipers: Irish Traditional Music from the James Goodman Manuscripts
Russ Shipton
• The Complete Blues & Ragtime Guitar Player
Fred & Irwin Silber, editors
• Folksinger's Wordbook
Jerry Silverman & Wayne Ebersen
• Ballads & Songs of the Civil War
Nikki Sixx
• The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
Slash & Anthony Bozza
• Slash
Ralph Lee Smith, with Madeline MacNeil
• Folk Songs of Old Kentucky
Bob Snider
• On Songwriting
Soodlum's
• Irish Ballad Book
Meic Stevens
• Solva Blues
Carol Stober
• Love Songs for Autoharp
Sheridon Stokes & Richard Condon
• Illustrated Method for Flute
Roni Stoneman, with Ellen Wright
• Pressing On
Kay Marshall Strom
• Once Blind: The Life of John Newton
Brenda Stubbert
• Brenda Stubbert's Collection of Fiddle Tunes
David P. Szatmary
• Rockin' in Time: A Social History of Rock-and-Roll
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Dave Thompson
• The Wit & Wisdom of Ozzie Osborne
Ryan J. Thomson
• The Fiddler's Almanac
Steve Turner
• The Band That Played On
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Michael E. Veal
• Dub: Soundscapes & Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae
Charles Vess
• Ballads
Richard Voss
• O'Carolan's Tunes for Descant/Soprano Recorder
• O'Carolan's Tunes for Piano, with Laurence Traiger
• Roving Through Ireland: Piano Solos of Traditional Irish Folk Music, with Laurence Traiger
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Geoff Wallis & Sue Wilson
• The Rough Guide to Irish Music
Ian Whitcomb & His Bungalow Boys
• The Cat's Meow: Ukulele Favorites from the Roaring Twenties
Ann & Nancy Wilson, with Charles R. Cross
• Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul & Rock 'n' Roll
David A. Wilson
• Ireland, a Bicycle & a Tin Whistle
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