For music fans who want to go beyond the songs, albums and concerts, music books can make an excellent option, providing behind-the-scenes accounts of the music industry and deeper explorations of ...

Every year, we read a lot of new music books, and it’s not only so that music-loving readers have holiday gift ideas for their loved ones, or just themselves; it also saves you time reading the bad or ...

When many people think of music critics, certain stereotypes come to mind: e.g., hetero white men who are out of touch with most people’s tastes and make great music unforgivably dull. In the last ...

Our favorite books this year (listed here in alphabetical order) included deep dives into groundbreaking groups like R.E.M. and De La Soul, explorations of scene’s like New York’s Greenwich Village ...

Our favorite books this year (in no particular order) included definitive memoirs by music figures as varied as Ozzy Osbourne, Lionel Richie, and Cameron Crowe; chronicles of bands long gone and those ...