Tag: Book
This Is a Call – The Life and Times of Dave Grohl – By Paul Brannigan – Book Review
Tracing a star from Nirvana to the Foo Fighters. NYT > Rock Music
Category: News
John James Audubon’s bird book sells for $7.9M
Associated Press – A rare first edition of John James Audubon’s illustrated The Birds of America depicting more than 400 life-size North American species in four monumental volumes was purchased at auction Friday for .9 million. Christie’s auction house identified the buyer as an American collector who bid by phone. The winning bid was within [...]
Category: Arts
Publisher Has Deal for Elton John Book
Little, Brown & Company is expected to announce Monday that Elton John has signed up to write his first book, about his experience in fighting AIDS. NYT > Rock Music
Category: News
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire — Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever — By Will Hermes — Book Review
The Bronx may have been burning, but downtown Manhattan’s mid-’70s music scene was even hotter. NYT > Rock Music
Category: News
The Last Sultan – The Life and Times of Ahmet Ertegun – By Robert Greenfield – Book Review
A biography of Ahmet Ertegun, who built Atlantic Records on black music. NYT > Rock Music
Category: News
Lennon — By Tim Riley — Book Review
A biographer tries to make sense of John Lennon’s pain. NYT > Rock Music
Category: News
Retromania – By Simon Reynolds – Book Review
Simon Reynolds laments how pop culture feeds on its own history, borrowing from a past that is ever more immediate. NYT > Rock Music
Category: News
‘Fire and Rain,’ by David Browne – Book Review
The journalist David Browne recounts the stories behind four famous rock albums made in 1970. NYT > Rock Music
Category: News
Book Review – Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? – By Steven Tyler
There’s a lot to be said, especially by Steven Tyler, of his rise to fame with Aerosmith. NYT > Rock Music
Category: News
Book Review – Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? – By Steven Tyler
There’s a lot to be said, especially by Steven Tyler, of his rise to fame with Aerosmith. NYT > Rock Music
Category: News
