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"He sang the anthems of a generation: "The Weight," "Up on Cripple Creek," and "Life Is a Carnival." Levon Helm's story--told here through sweeping research and interviews with close friends and fellow musicians--is the rollicking story of American popular music itself. In the Arkansas Delta, a young Levon witnessed "blues, country, and gospel hit in a head-on collision," as he put it. The result was rock 'n' roll. As a teenager, he joined the raucous...

“Body Piercing Saved My Life” is the first in-depth journalistic investigation into a subculture so large that it's erroneous to even call it a subculture: Christian rock. Christian rock culture is booming, not only with bands but with extreme teen Bibles, skateboarding ministries, Christian tattoo parlors, paintball parks, coffeehouses, and nightclubs, encouraging kids to form their own communities apart from the mainstream. Profiling such successful...

"This is the story of an angst-filled kid from the desert, navigating the chaos of his parents' bitter divorce and searching for his place in the world. Each move across the country was a chance to reinvent himself, switching identities from dork to goth to skate punk, and eventually meeting his best friend who just so happens to be his musical soulmate. With sharp humor and raw honesty, Fahrenheit-182 takes readers through Mark's formative years...

The bass player for Mötley Crüe and a skilled photographer in his own right offers a unique visual memoir of his rock and roll life.

""Heartland Rock," that most commercial of music genres, is beloved by some and derided by others, but known to virtually everyone. Unknown to most, however, the genre arose in large part in opposition to 1980s conservatism and the Reagan Revolution. In Won't Back Down, music critic Erin Osmon, acclaimed for her books on John Prine and Jason Molina, delves into the story of the music and its politics. She explores the lives and work of its key musicians,...

Industry insiders offer their professional insights into how the music was made and its consequent influences, while archived interview and performance footage takes you back in time for a truly first hand experience.

"In 2007, Pitchfork writer Rob Mitchum described the indie rock band Wilco's new work as 'an album of unapologetic straightforwardness. Sky Blue Sky nakedly exposes the dad-rock gene Wilco has always carried but courageously attempted to disguise.' The 'dad rock' descriptor hit a nerve, as indie peers like The National, Spoon, and the Mountain Goats, as well as generational forebears like Bruce Springsteen, were soon slapped with the same label. Meanwhile,...