Music reviews and criticism

Feel Like Going Home vividly brings to life such early blues masters as Muddy Waters , Skip James, and Howlin' Wolf, along with illuminating excursions into the blues-based rock 'n' roll of Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Rich, and the Sun Records label.

Guitar-wise, what happened between Buddy Holly and the Beatles?

Planet of Sound 2 is the second collection of rants, raves, and reviews penned by award-winning rock critic and music historian Rev.

Since the early 1960s, Nashville has been known worldwide as the "e;Music City"e; for its robust country and gospel music industries.

OZZY OSBOURNE is an icon today, beloved and world-renowned.

Blues Deluxe is an album by album guide to the music of popular blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa.

What role has the guitar played in America's #1 hit songs?

Boogie Chillun is a collection of rock 'n' blues album and book reviews written by the "e;Reverend of Rock 'n' Roll,"e; the award-winning Rev.

Named for the classic Muddy Waters' song, ROLLIN' 'N' TUMBLIN' is the second volume in The Reverend's Archives series, a collection of over 100 blues-related long-form album and book reviews written by award-winning music critic, the Rev.

An award-winning account of the importance of semiotic play in Classic instrumental music, including that of Mozart, Haydn, and BeethovenOf all the repertories of Western Art music, none is as explicitly listener-oriented as that of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

If you experienced the Sixties as more than just sex, drugs and rock 'n roll, then this book will resonate with you.

Hip-hop and superstar woman vocalists reigned supreme in the late 90s.

The Rock 'n' Roll Archives is a series collecting vintage artist interviews and record reviews from the archives of award-winning rock critic and music historian Rev.

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Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Brian May, David Gilmour, Prince, Neil Giraldo, Trevor Rabin, Steve Lukather: the early 80s boasted some massive guitar firepower on its #1 hits!

'Excellent' - EconomistMost women in the developed world are dissatisfied with their breasts.

Popular music has always attracted the kind of morally bankrupt individuals who are too unhinged to hold down a proper job.

'The NME mattered to all those generations who grew up with music at the centre of their universe.

The definitive book on the world's most beloved musical, TheSound of Music Companion charts the incredible and enduring story of Maria von Trapp and her story over the last hundred years - from Maria's birth in Vienna in 1905 to the 50th anniversary of the film's release in 2015.

"e;A largely untold, much more controversial story.

The Boy in the Song is a follow up to 2010's The Girl in the Song.

In 1903, the Victorian composer Cecil Sharp began a decade-long journey to collect folk songs that, he believed, captured the spirit of Great Britain.

FOREWORD BY RADIOHEAD'S ED O'BRIENExplore the story of Radiohead - perhaps the finest band of a generation - through the lens of legendary Melody Maker chief photographer Tom Sheehan.

'Enters the ED discourse like a blaze of light' - Vogue'Sharply intelligent .

Este libro es una ventana que devela momentos únicos en la escena del rock latinoamericano; encuentros de primera mano que apelan al insaciable espíritu nómada de su autor y su travesía hacia recónditos rincones del planeta en busca de sonidos únicos y sus excéntricos responsables.

'Every current and aspiring leader needs to read this book' - Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis, Sunday Times bestselling authors of The Squiggly Career and You Coach You'Clever, brilliantly researched and vitally important' - Dawn O'Porter, bestselling author of The Cows and Cat LadyThe Glass Cliff is an urgent conversation about what really happens when women break the rules, and break through The Glass Ceiling.

A lo largo del siglo xx, México experimentó una gran cantidad de transformaciones que implicaron la organización y la construcción de movimientos, proyectos e intercambios, tanto sociales como ideológicos.

¿Cómo va tomando forma la cultura de mezcla que caracteriza a la Argentina?

Das Buch entführt den Leser auf eine faszinierende Reise durch die facettenreiche Welt der Musik, von ihren Ursprüngen bis zu ihrer vielfältigen Entwicklung.

'Clemmie writes about each piece of music with such energy and passion that you can't help but immediately want to stop what you're doing and seek it out' Eddie Redmayne'The only requirements for enjoying classical music are open ears and an open mind.

'Every single woman out there needs to read this, because you either know this man, or you know a woman who knows this man' - @bookwormescapes'Razor-sharp, spine-tinglingly convincing and unputdownable' - Lisa Jewell, author of None of This is True'This book will hook you from the first page' - Alice Feeney, author of Beautiful Ugly* * *Cole is the perfect husband: a romantic, supportive of his wife, Mel's career, keen to be a hands-on dad, not a big drinker.

For 13 years, Peter Hince lived the rock 'n' roll dream.

'An incredible photographer and good friend' -RINGO STARR The definitive collection of the breathtaking Beatles photographs of Terry O'Neill.

On the fiftieth anniversary of David Bowie's magical album, Aladdin Sane 50 is the ultimate celebration of a musical masterpiece and the most famous photograph in pop history.