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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
Sophie Adriansen
• Nina Simone in Comics
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
Julie Andrews, with Emma Walton Hamilton
• Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years
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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
Fred Bartenstein & Curtis W. Ellison, editors
• Industrial Strength Bluegrass: Southwestern Ohio's Musical Legacy
Collin Bay
• Glossary of Guitar Terms
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
Larry Birnbaum
• Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll
Peter Blood & Annie Patterson, editors
• Rise Again Songbook
Victor V. Bobetsky, editor
• We Shall Overcome: Essays on a Great American Song
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
Dianna Boullier
• Exploring Irish Music & Dance
Billy Bragg
• The Progressive Patriot
Bill Brennan
• Irish & Scottish Airs & Ballads for Acoustic Guitar
David Brody
• The Fiddler's Fakebook
John Brophy & Eric Partridge
• The Daily Telegraph Dictionary of Tommies' Songs & Slang, 1914-1918 (aka Songs & Slang of the British Soldier, 1914-1918)
Donald Brown
• Bob Dylan: American Troubadour
John Robert Brown
• A Concise Guide to Musical Terms
• A Concise History of Jazz
Bob Brunning
• Blues: The British Connection
Jerry Burgan & Alan Rifkin
• Wounds to Bind: a Memoir of the Folk-Rock Revolution
David Burke
• Singing Out: A Folk Narrative of Maddy Prior, June Tabor & Linda Thompson
William J. Bush
• Greenback Dollar: The Rise of the Kingston Trio
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Michael Scott Cain
• The Americana Revolution: From Country & Blues Roots to the Avett Brothers, Mumford & Sons, & Beyond
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
Johnny Cash
• Forever Words: The Unknown Poems, edited by Paul Muldoon
Rosanne Cash, editor
• Songs Without Rhyme
Gordon Castelnero & David L. Russell
• Earl Scruggs: Banjo Icon
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
D
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
Alex DiBlasi & Victoria Willis, editors
• Geek Rock: An Exploration of Music & Subculture
Peter Doggett
• Electric Shock: From the Gramophone to the iPhone: 125 Years of Pop Music
Michael D. Doubler
• Dixie Dewdrop: The Uncle Dave Macon Story
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
David Ensminger
• Mavericks of Sound: Conversations with Artists Who Shaped Indie & Roots Music
Wayne Erbsen
• Log Cabin Pioneers: Stories, Songs & Sayings
• Rural Roots of Bluegrass: Songs, Stories & History
Steven B. Eulberg
• Dulcimer-Friendly Worship, Vol. II
Tom Ewing
• Bill Monroe: The Life & Music of the Blue Grass Man
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Jane Ross Fallon
• Seven Songs in Seven Days: Journey of an Arkansas Traveler
Nelson Faria & Cliff Korman
• Inside the Brazilian Rhythm Section
Benjamin Filene
• Romancing the Folk: Public Memory & American Roots Music
Nicolas Finet
• Love Me Please: The Story of Janis Joplin, illustrated by Christopher
Ruth Finnegan
• The Hidden Musicians
Tommy Flint
• Kentucky Thumbpicking Blues for Guitar
Barry Foy
• Field Guide to the Irish Music Session
Peter Frampton, with Alan Light
• Do You Feel Like I Do? A Memoir
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
• Glory O! Glory O!: The Life of P.J. McCall
• 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
Thomas Goldsmith
• Earl Scruggs & Foggy Mountain Breakdown
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
Craig Harris
• The Band: Pioneers of Americana Music
• Heartbeat, Warble & the Electric Powwow: American Indian Music
Mark Hembree
• On the Bus with Bill Monroe: My Five-Year Ride with the Father of Blue Grass
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
T.J. Hirsh
• Willie Nelson: A Graphic History
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
Mary G. Hurd
• Kris Kristofferson: Country Highwayman
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Mitsutoshi Inaba
• John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson: The Blues Harmonica of Chicago's Bronzeville
Colin Irwin
• In Search of the Craic: One Man's Pub Crawl Through Irish Music
J
Andrew Grant Jackson
• 1965: The Most Revolutionary Year in Music
Nigel James
• Lessons from the Road
Michael Jarrett
• Producing Country: The Inside Story of the Great Recordings
Jazzwise Presents...
• The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook the World
K
George Kahumoku Jr. with Paul Konwiser
• A Hawaiian Life
Deborah Kapchan
• Traveling Spirit Masters: Morrocan Gnawa Trance & Music in the Global Marketplace
Will Kaufman
• Woody Guthrie's Modern World Blues
Malachy Kearns
• Wallup!
Patricia Kennealy
• Strange Days: My Life With & Without Jim Morrison
Anthony Kiedis
• Scar Tissue
Carole King
• A Natural Woman: A Memoir
Larry Kirwan
• A History of Irish Music
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
L
Grey Larsen
• The Essential Guide to the Irish Flute & Tin Whistle
Joel Leach
• A Concise Guide to Music Industry Terms
C.P. Lee
• Like the Night (Revisited): Bob Dylan & the Road to the Manchester Free Trade Hall
Bob Leszczak
• Who Did It First? Great Pop Cover Songs & Their Original Artists
• Who Did It First? Great Rhythm & Blues Cover Songs & Their Original Artists
• Who Did It First? Great Rock 'n' Roll Cover Songs
Paul Levinson
• It's Real Life: An Alternate History of the Beatles
Laurie Lewis
• Earth & Sky: The Laurie Lewis Songbook
Peter Lewry
• I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle
Tony Lourenco & Nicolas Finet
• Prince in Comics
Joyce Lucia
• Voice for Musicians
Dorian Lynskey
• 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs from Billie Holiday to Green Day
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Jimmy MacCarthy
• Ride On
Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morris
• The Lost Words
• The Lost Words: Spell Songs
• The Lost Spells
Natalie MacMaster
• Cape Breton Island Fiddle
Dave Mahalik
•  10 Nights without Sleep: Cape Breton's Celtic Colours International Festival
Bill C. Malone
• Sing Me Back Home: Southern Roots & Country Music
Gary Marcus
• Guitar Zero: The New Musician & the Science of Learning
Greil Marcus
• Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music, 6th Revised Edition
Juan Martin
• Play Solos: Flamenco Guitar
Flavio Massaruto
• Mingus
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
Colin Murphy & Donal O'Dea
• The Book of Irish Songs Yer Oul' Fella Always Sang When He was Jarred at a Hooley
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
Simon Napier-Bell
• Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay: The Dodgy Business of Popular Music
Graham Nash
• Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life
Chuck Negron
• Three Dog Nightmare: The Chuck Negron Story
Jon Newey, editor
• Jazzwise Presents... The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook the World
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
Gearoid O hAllmhurain
• A Pocket History of Irish Traditional Music
P
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
Hank Rineke
• Arlo Guthrie: The Warner Reprise Years
Martin Roach
• Morphing the Blues: The White Stripes & the Strange Relevance of Detroit
Garnet Rogers
• Night Drive: Travels with My Brother
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
Darius Rucker, with Alan Eisenstock
• Life's Too Short: A Memoir
S
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
Olapeju Simoyan
• I Played My Best for Him: The Inspiring Stories Behind the Little Drummer Boy & Other Christmas Favorites
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
Bruce Springsteen & Barack Obama
• Renegades: Born in the USA
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
John Turner
• The Fiddletree Manuscript
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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Jim Walsh
• Bar Yarns & Manic-Depressive Mixtapes: Jim Walsh on Music from Minneapolis to the Outer Limits
Geoff Wallis & Sue Wilson
• The Rough Guide to Irish Music
Jimmy Webb
• The Cake & The Rain: A Memoir
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
Gary Wright
• Dream Weaver: A Memoir; Music, Meditation & My Friendship with George Harrison
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Michael P. Zirpolo
• Mr. Trumpet: The Trials, Tribulations & Triumph of Bunny Berigan
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