Music

“. . . an enjoyable book about a life in music.”

“. . . When I Left Home [is] well worth reading—especially for blues fans interested in the southern rural and Chicago music scenes of the 1960s to the present.”

“Mr. Malone paints a picture of an earnest, talented, shy, driven, and ethical man who loved nothing better than deconstructing and then playing a great fiddle or banjo tune.

“Simply put, avid concertgoers will likely enjoy this book or throw up reading it—perhaps both.”

Music has power. The kind of power that causes an individual to run up a flight of stairs and start victoriously shadow boxing.

Bob Dylan is a performing artist—a traveling bluesman, a modern-day minstrel—and the best way to try to access his art is to see him perform live.

If a record label could have program notes to describe its history and catalogue then this book would be it (and it has pictures for the kids![1]).

The inside cover flap of Life, the much-anticipated memoir by Keith Richards, carries a note, in Richards’ handwriting: “This is the Life.

Part biography, part multimedia art smorgasbord, John’s Secret Dreams: The Life of John Lennon is more than just a nonfiction picture book: It’s a work of art itself.

Julie Compton’s Tell No Lies is an excellent criminal justice system and family drama story set in St. Louis.