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• Symphony of Secrets

  Slocumb, Brendan

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  Music professor Bern Hendricks discovers a shocking secret about the most famous American composer of all time—his music may have been stolen from a Black Jazz Age prodigy named Josephine Reed. Determined to uncover the truth that a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Heard There Was a Secret Chord

  Music as Medicine

  Levitin, Daniel J.

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  Neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of This Is Your Brain on Music Daniel J. Levitin reveals how the deep connections between music and the human brain can be harnessed for healing.

• Thunder Song

  Essays

  LaPointe, Sasha taqwšeblu

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  Unapologetically punk, the essays in Thunder Song segue from the miraculous to the mundane, from the spiritual to the physical, as they examine the role of art—in particular music—and community in helping a new generation of indigenous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Singer Sisters

  a Novel

  Seltzer, Sarah,

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  "Taking the reader from Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s to the casually misogynistic L.A. pop-rock world of the late 1990s and early 2000s, The Singer Sisters is a superb novel—inventive, original, and extremely intelligent."…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Make Me a Mixtape

  Whiteford, Jennifer

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  A guarded punk-rocker-turned-barista meets a big-hearted sound tech who charms his way into her life and helps her revisit her musical past in this truly charming, cozy fall romance.

• Hip-hop Is History

  Questlove

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  In this landmark book, Hip-Hop Is History, Questlove skillfully traces the creative and cultural forces that made and shaped hip-hop, highlighting both the forgotten but influential gems and the undeniable chart-topping hits—and weaves it…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dolly Parton Behind the Seams

  My Life in Rhinestones

  Parton, Dolly

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• Daisy Jones & The Six

  a Novel

  Reid, Taylor Jenkins

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  A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup. "A work of fiction so steeped in the long-vanished world of 1970s canyon rock,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Only One Survives

  A Novel

  McKinnon, Hannah Mary

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  “Perfect for Daisy Jones fans who want an element of mystery and twisted suspense with their music, ” —J.T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of It’s One of Us

• Lightfoot

  Jennings, Nicholas, 1953-

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  The definitive biography of Canada's most beloved singer-songwriter, a legendary musician who helped define the folk-pop era.

• The Farewell Tour

  a Novel

  Clifford, Stephanie

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  The story of one unforgettable woman’s rise in country and western music. As the novel crisscrosses eras, moving between Lillian’s youth—the Depression, the Second World War, the rise of Nashville—and her middle-aged life in 1980, we see…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

  Abdurraqib, Hanif

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  "These are smart and thoughtful pieces, some about life as viewed through the lens of culture, such as his experience at a Carly Rae Jepsen show and his thoughts on attending concerts in the wake of the shootings in Paris. And some are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Absolutely on Music

  Conversations

  Ozawa, Seiji, 1935-2024

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  Haruki Murakami's passion for music runs deep. Before turning his hand to writing, he ran a jazz club in Tokyo, and from The Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" to Franz Liszt's "Years of Pilgrimage," the aesthetic and emotional power of music…Read moreRead more of this annotation