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Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music The Double Life of Bob Dylan: A Restless, Hungry Feeling, 1941-1966 Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture The Force of Listening Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March Up Freedom's Highway Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century Traveling Soul: The Life of Curtis Mayfield Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell She Begat This: 20 Years of the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Rock Me on the Water: 1974-The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics
Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary The Indispensable Composers: A Personal Guide Bass, Mids, Tops: An Oral History of Sound System Culture Flow: The Rhythmic Voice in Rap Music Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur
Darkly: Black History and America's Gothic Soul Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements Rave on: Global Adventures in Electronic Dance Music Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres In Defense of Ska Punk Women: 40 Years of Musicians Who Built Punk Rock Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

The Music Department - presented by Backline

By Rozzie Bound

By Rozzie Bound

The Music Department - presented by Backline

Backline is a dynamic new platform co-founded by Rozzidents Vinny Fieg and Richard Worsman, who see the new venture as a "Substack for Musicians."  Backline offers an all-in-one platform for independent venues and artists that provides ticketing, livestreaming, and archival services for shows. They also make it easy to create membership programs, providing new ways for fans to support venues and artists with predictable and reoccurring revenue.  To learn more, visit https://backline.space/.  Their shelf features a carefully curated selection of books covering a wide range of topics and musical genres - including music history, criticism, and theory.  

Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop...

Dan Charnas

$30.00
$27.90
Punk Women: 40 Years of Musicians Who Built Punk Rock

Punk Women: 40 Years of Musicians Who Built Punk Rock

$16.99
$15.80
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

Kelefa Sanneh

$28.00
$26.04
Traveling Soul: The Life of Curtis Mayfield

Traveling Soul: The Life of Curtis Mayfield

Travis Atria and Todd Mayfield

$19.98
$18.58
I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March Up Freedom's Highway

I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and...

Greg Kot

$17.00
$15.81
Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur

Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur

Sheldon Pearce

$26.99
$25.10
The Double Life of Bob Dylan: A Restless, Hungry Feeling, 1941-1966

The Double Life of Bob Dylan: A Restless, Hungry Feeling,...

Clinton Heylin

$30.00
$27.90
In Defense of Ska

In Defense of Ska

Aaron Carnes

$18.95
$17.62
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib

$27.00
$25.11
Rock Me on the Water: 1974-The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics

Rock Me on the Water: 1974-The Year Los Angeles Transformed...

Ronald Brownstein

$29.99
$27.89
Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion

Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s...

Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock

$29.99
$27.89
Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll

Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll

Maureen Mahon

$34.44
Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

Hannah Ewens

$17.95
$16.69
Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary

Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary

Sasha Geffen

$18.95
$17.62
Bass, Mids, Tops: An Oral History of Sound System Culture

Bass, Mids, Tops: An Oral History of Sound System Culture

Brian David Stevens and Joe Muggs

$29.95
$27.85
Darkly: Black History and America's Gothic Soul

Darkly: Black History and America's Gothic Soul

Leila Taylor

$14.95
$13.90
The Indispensable Composers: A Personal Guide

The Indispensable Composers: A Personal Guide

Anthony Tommasini

$20.00
$18.60
Flow: The Rhythmic Voice in Rap Music

Flow: The Rhythmic Voice in Rap Music

Mitchell Ohriner

$48.24
Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century

Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century

Nate Chinen

$16.95
$15.76
Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest

Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest

Hanif Abdurraqib

$16.95
$15.76
Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop

Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop

Vikki Tobak

$40.00
$37.20
Rave on: Global Adventures in Electronic Dance Music

Rave on: Global Adventures in Electronic Dance Music

Matthew Collin

$20.00
$18.60
Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell

Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell

David Yaffe

$19.00
$17.67
She Begat This: 20 Years of the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

She Begat This: 20 Years of the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Joan Morgan

$24.00
$22.32
Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music

Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in...

Ann Powers

$18.99

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