American Music Series
Edited by Jessica Hopper, Charles Hughes, and Hanif Abdurraqib
American popular music evolves quickly, and it is perhaps the most pervasive cultural product in the world today. Written for pop music enthusiasts of all stripes, books in this series treat important, enduring, and perhaps under-recognized aspects of our most dynamic art form. Any definition of American music must encompass the full diversity of people, genres, and forces that have shaped it, and to that end the series publishes cultural histories, essay collections, critical artist biographies, memoirs, as well as other forms of inventive storytelling.Casey Kittrell, Acquiring Editor
If you have a project that you’d like to propose to the series editors, please write to ams@utpress.utexas.edu.
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Someday All the Adults Will Die!
The Birth of Texas Punk
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781477332474
Pub Date: September 2nd, 2025
Format: Paperback
272 Pages
A deep dive into the early days of punk in Austin, Texas, this oral history immerses readers in a diverse and influential music scene.
The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 9781477331484
Pub Date: May 6th, 2025
Format: Hardcover
240 Pages
A memoir-in-essays on transness, dad rock, and the music that saves us.
You're with Stupid
kranky, Chicago, and the Reinvention of Indie Music
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781477330722
Pub Date: October 1st, 2024
Format: Paperback
312 Pages
An insider’s look at how Chicago’s underground music industry transformed indie rock in the 1990s.
Band People
Life and Work in Popular Music
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781477330234
Pub Date: September 10th, 2024
Format: eBook
307 Pages
A close look at the lives of working musicians who aren’t the center of their stage. Secret (and not-so-secret) weapons, side-of-the-stagers, rhythm and horn sections, backup singers, accompanists—these...
Chuco Punk
Sonic Insurgency in El Paso
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781477324813
Pub Date: June 4th, 2024
Format: Paperback
208 Pages
An immersive study of the influential and predominantly Chicanx punk rock scene in El Paso, Texas.
Quantum Criminals
Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9781477324998
Pub Date: May 9th, 2023
Format: Hardcover
280 Pages
A literary and visual exploration of the songs of Steely Dan.
Maybe We'll Make It
A Memoir
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 9781477323502
Pub Date: October 4th, 2022
Format: Hardcover
256 Pages
Country music star Margo Price shares the story of her struggle to make it in an industry that preys on its ingenues while trying to move on from devastating personal tragedies.
Black Country Music
Listening for Revolutions
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781477326497
Pub Date: October 4th, 2022
Format: Hardcover
248 Pages
How Black musicians have changed the country music landscape and brought light to Black creativity and innovation.
I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive
On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781477322673
Pub Date: October 4th, 2022
Format: Hardcover
264 Pages
A moving memoir exploring how a poet found support and revival through Dolly Parton's music and story.
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.

Someday All the Adults Will Die!
The Birth of Texas Punk
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781477332474
Pub Date: September 2nd, 2025
Format: Paperback
272 Pages
The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 9781477331484
Pub Date: May 6th, 2025
Format: Hardcover
240 Pages
You're with Stupid
kranky, Chicago, and the Reinvention of Indie Music
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781477330722
Pub Date: October 1st, 2024
Format: Paperback
312 Pages
Band People
Life and Work in Popular Music
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781477330234
Pub Date: September 10th, 2024
Format: eBook
307 Pages
Chuco Punk
Sonic Insurgency in El Paso
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781477324813
Pub Date: June 4th, 2024
Format: Paperback
208 Pages
Quantum Criminals
Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9781477324998
Pub Date: May 9th, 2023
Format: Hardcover
280 Pages
Maybe We'll Make It
A Memoir
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 9781477323502
Pub Date: October 4th, 2022
Format: Hardcover
256 Pages
Country music star Margo Price shares the story of her struggle to make it in an industry that preys on its ingenues while trying to move on from devastating personal tragedies.
Black Country Music
Listening for Revolutions
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781477326497
Pub Date: October 4th, 2022
Format: Hardcover
248 Pages
How Black musicians have changed the country music landscape and brought light to Black creativity and innovation.
I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive
On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781477322673
Pub Date: October 4th, 2022
Format: Hardcover
264 Pages
A moving memoir exploring how a poet found support and revival through Dolly Parton's music and story.
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.