"An oral history of a (fictitious) musical phenomenon. Celebrated music critic and cultural historian David Hajdu unravels the mystery of a one of-a-kind artist, a pianist with a rare neurological condition that enables her to make music that is nothing less than pure, unmediated emotional expression. Her name is Adrianne Geffel, praised as "the Geyser of Grand Street" and the "Queen of Bleak Chic." Yet despite her renown, she curiously vanished from...

This vivid celebration of blues and early rock 'n' roll includes some of the first and most illuminating profiles of such blues masters as Muddy Waters, Skip James, and Howlin' Wolf; excursions into the blues-based Memphis rock 'n' roll of Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Rich, and the Sun record label; and a brilliant depiction of the bustling Chicago blues scene and the legendary Chess record label in its final days. With unique insight and unparalleled...

Granted access to previously untapped files from the city of Liverpool and the Liverpool College of Art, a music historian and journalist presents an authoritative examination of John Lennon's life and creative legacy.

The guitarist and vocalist of feminist punk trio Sleater-Kinney presents a candid and deeply personal assessment of life in the rock-and-roll industry that reveals her struggles with rock's double standards and her codevelopment of the comedy "Portlandia.".

Johah Kirk is the son of an exceptional singer and grandson of a formidable "piano man." He is a musical prodigy beginning to explore his own gifts when he crosses a group of extremely dangerous people. Set in a more innocent time not so long ago, The City encompasses a lifetime but unfolds over three years of tribulation and triumph, in which Jonah first grasps the electrifying power of music and art, of enduring friendship, of everyday heroes....

"With lyrical text and ... illustrations, Robbin Gourley tells the story of a boy whose spirit and determination led him to become one of the most celebrated and beloved figures of folk, bluegrass, and old-time music"--Dust jacket flap.

Mega pop star, Fancy G, hosts a contest to find the next big solo artist. But the young contestants realize they are 'better together' and secretly form a band called Honey Girls and become a huge hit cloaked in mystery.

An eleven-year-old cellist learns about life from her eccentric family, her first boyfriend, and Mozart.

"A warm and surprisingly real-life biography, featuring never-before-seen photos, of one of rock's greatest talents: Prince. Neal Karlen was the only journalist Prince granted in-depth press interviews to for over a dozen years, from before Purple Rain to when the artist changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph. Karlen interviewed Prince for three Rolling Stone cover stories, wrote "3 Chains o' Gold," Prince's "rock video opera," as well as the...

Returning home to Tishomingo, Oklahoma, to prove that she doesn't care what anyone thinks of her anymore, famous singer Angel Conrad comes face-to-face with the man who broke her heart--and who now wants her back.