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Why Sinéad O'Connor Matters
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781477330739
Pub Date: July 16th, 2024
Format: Paperback
232 Pages
A stirring defense of Sinéad O’Connor’s music and activism, and an indictment of the culture that cancelled her.
Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781477321188
Pub Date: September 12th, 2023
Format: Hardcover
240 Pages
A queer, Black “biography in essays" about the performer who gave us “Hound Dog," “Ball and Chain," and other songs that changed the course of American music.
Why Mariah Carey Matters
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781477325070
Pub Date: September 12th, 2023
Format: Hardcover
168 Pages
The first book to critically examine the legacy of pop superstar Mariah Carey,
Why Tammy Wynette Matters
Price: $23.95
ISBN: 9781477324646
Pub Date: May 9th, 2023
Format: Hardcover
184 Pages
How Tammy Wynette channeled the conflicts of her life into her music and performance.
T Bone Burnett
A Life in Pursuit
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781477326374
Pub Date: September 13th, 2022
Format: Paperback
278 Pages
This first critical appreciation of T Bone Burnett reveals how the proponent of Americana music and producer of artists ranging from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss to B. B. King and Elvis Costello has profoundly influenced American music and culture.
Why Patti Smith Matters
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781477320112
Pub Date: May 31st, 2022
Format: Paperback
248 Pages
A meditation on the artistry and influence of Patti Smith.
The Running Kind
Listening to Merle Haggard
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781477322369
Pub Date: May 17th, 2022
Format: Hardcover
320 Pages
A new and expanded biography of one of country music’s most celebrated singer-songwriters.
John Prine
In Spite of Himself
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781477325933
Pub Date: April 26th, 2022
Format: Paperback
232 Pages
Now with an afterword covering his final years, John Prine traces the crooked road traveled by the brilliant songwriter responsible for “Angel from Montgomery,” “Sam Stone,” “Paradise,” and “That’s the Way That the World Goes ’Round”.
Woman Walk the Line
How the Women in Country Music Changed Our Lives
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781477322581
Pub Date: October 5th, 2021
Format: Paperback
240 Pages
In this collection of personal essays, a diverse group of women music writers pay tribute to the female country artists who have inspired them, including Brenda Lee, June Carter Cash, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, and Taylor Swift.
Where the Devil Don't Stay
Traveling the South with the Drive-By Truckers
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 9781477318041
Pub Date: September 7th, 2021
Format: Hardcover
320 Pages
In the first full-length book on the Drive-By Truckers, Deusner examines the southern spaces that shaped the band’s ideas of what music can say and do while also discovering how their music shifted the way we view the modern South.
Why Sinéad O'Connor Matters
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781477330739
Pub Date: July 16th, 2024
Format: Paperback
232 Pages
Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781477321188
Pub Date: September 12th, 2023
Format: Hardcover
240 Pages
Why Mariah Carey Matters
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781477325070
Pub Date: September 12th, 2023
Format: Hardcover
168 Pages
Why Tammy Wynette Matters
Price: $23.95
ISBN: 9781477324646
Pub Date: May 9th, 2023
Format: Hardcover
184 Pages
T Bone Burnett
A Life in Pursuit
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781477326374
Pub Date: September 13th, 2022
Format: Paperback
278 Pages
This first critical appreciation of T Bone Burnett reveals how the proponent of Americana music and producer of artists ranging from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss to B. B. King and Elvis Costello has profoundly influenced American music and culture.
Why Patti Smith Matters
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781477320112
Pub Date: May 31st, 2022
Format: Paperback
248 Pages
The Running Kind
Listening to Merle Haggard
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781477322369
Pub Date: May 17th, 2022
Format: Hardcover
320 Pages
John Prine
In Spite of Himself
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781477325933
Pub Date: April 26th, 2022
Format: Paperback
232 Pages
Woman Walk the Line
How the Women in Country Music Changed Our Lives
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781477322581
Pub Date: October 5th, 2021
Format: Paperback
240 Pages
Where the Devil Don't Stay
Traveling the South with the Drive-By Truckers
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 9781477318041
Pub Date: September 7th, 2021
Format: Hardcover
320 Pages