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Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting Cover Image

Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting (Hardcover)

By Mary Gauthier
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250202116
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Published: St. Martin's Essentials - July 6th, 2021
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Beaumonster: A Memoir Cover Image

Beaumonster: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Jesse Dayton
$28.00
ISBN: 9780306846748
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Published: Hachette Books - November 9th, 2021
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Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975 Cover Image

Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975 (Hardcover)

By Richard Thompson, Scott Timberg (With)
$27.95
ISBN: 9781616208950
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Published: Algonquin Books - April 6th, 2021
Willie Nelson's Letters to America Cover Image

Willie Nelson's Letters to America (Hardcover)

By Willie Nelson, Turk Pipkin (With)
$27.99
ISBN: 9780785241546
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Published: Harper Horizon - June 29th, 2021
Broken Horses: A Memoir Cover Image

Broken Horses: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Brandi Carlile
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593237243
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Published: Crown - April 6th, 2021
Bessie Smith: A Poet's Biography of a Blues Legend Cover Image

Bessie Smith: A Poet's Biography of a Blues Legend (Paperback)

By Jackie Kay
$16.95
ISBN: 9780593314272
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Published: Vintage - September 28th, 2021
She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs Cover Image

She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs (Paperback)

By Sarah Smarsh
$16.00
ISBN: 9781982157296
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Published: Scribner - September 7th, 2021
The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll Cover Image

The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll (Paperback)

By Ian S. Port
$18.00
ISBN: 9781501141737
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Published: Scribner - November 19th, 2019
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics Cover Image

Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics (Hardcover)

By Dolly Parton, Robert K. Oermann
$50.00
ISBN: 9781797205090
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Published: Chronicle Books - November 17th, 2020
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A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance Cover Image

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance (Hardcover)

By Hanif Abdurraqib
$27.00
ISBN: 9781984801197
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Published: Random House - March 30th, 2021
John Prine Beyond Words Cover Image

John Prine Beyond Words (Paperback)

By John E. Prine
$34.98
ISBN: 9780692740163
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Published: Oh Boy Records - April 18th, 2017
Hip-Hop (And Other Things) Cover Image

Hip-Hop (And Other Things) (Hardcover)

By Shea Serrano, Arturo Torres (Illustrator)
$27.00
ISBN: 9781538730225
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Published: Twelve - October 26th, 2021
Led Zeppelin: The Biography Cover Image

Led Zeppelin: The Biography (Hardcover)

By Bob Spitz
$35.00
ISBN: 9780399562426
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Published: Penguin Press - November 9th, 2021
Nina Simone's Gum Cover Image

Nina Simone's Gum (Hardcover)

By Warren Ellis
$27.95
ISBN: 9780571365623
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Published: Faber & Faber - October 19th, 2021
Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying, and Playing Guitar With the Doors Cover Image

Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying, and Playing Guitar With the Doors (Hardcover)

By Robby Krieger, Jeff Alulis (With)
$29.00
ISBN: 9780316243346
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - October 12th, 2021
The Magic Years: Scenes from a Rock-And-Roll Life Cover Image

The Magic Years: Scenes from a Rock-And-Roll Life (Hardcover)

By Jonathan Taplin
$28.00
ISBN: 9781597145251
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Published: Heyday Books - May 4th, 2021
Americanaland: Where Country & Western Met Rock 'n' Roll (Music in American Life #1) Cover Image

Americanaland: Where Country & Western Met Rock 'n' Roll (Music in American Life #1) (Hardcover)

By John Milward, Margie Greve (By (artist))
$29.95
ISBN: 9780252043918
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Published: University of Illinois Press - August 3rd, 2021
Last Chance Texaco Cover Image

Last Chance Texaco (Hardcover)

By Rickie Lee Jones
$28.00
ISBN: 9780802127129
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Published: Grove Press - April 6th, 2021
Year of the Monkey Cover Image

Year of the Monkey (Paperback)

By Patti Smith
$16.00
ISBN: 9781984898920
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Published: Vintage - September 1st, 2020
Music Is History Cover Image

Music Is History (Hardcover)

By Questlove
$29.99
ISBN: 9781419751431
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Published: Abrams Image - October 19th, 2021
The Spirit of Music: The Lesson Continues Cover Image

The Spirit of Music: The Lesson Continues (Paperback)

By Victor L. Wooten
$16.00
ISBN: 9780593081662
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Published: Vintage - February 2nd, 2021
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music Cover Image

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music (Hardcover)

By Dave Grohl
$29.99
ISBN: 9780063076099
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Published: Dey Street Books - October 5th, 2021
Woman Walk the Line: How the Women in Country Music Changed Our Lives (American Music Series) Cover Image

Woman Walk the Line: How the Women in Country Music Changed Our Lives (American Music Series) (Paperback)

By Holly Gleason (Editor)
$18.95
ISBN: 9781477322581
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Published: University of Texas Press - October 5th, 2021
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Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres Cover Image

Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres (Hardcover)

By Kelefa Sanneh
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525559597
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Published: Penguin Press - October 5th, 2021
Three Pianos: A Memoir Cover Image

Three Pianos: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Andrew McMahon
$27.95
ISBN: 9781648960208
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Published: Princeton Architectural Press - October 26th, 2021
Girl in a Band: A Memoir Cover Image

Girl in a Band: A Memoir (Paperback)

By Kim Gordon
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062295903
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Published: Dey Street Books - December 1st, 2015
Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music Cover Image

Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music (Paperback)

By Ann Powers
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062463708
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Published: Dey Street Books - June 12th, 2018
Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation Cover Image

Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation (Hardcover)

By Jon Meacham, Tim McGraw
$30.00
ISBN: 9780593132951
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Published: Random House - June 11th, 2019