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Alexander, Stephon, The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe, Basic Books; Reprint edition, 2017

 

Ashley, Richard, Renee Timmers, The Routledge Companion to Music Cognition (Routledge Music Companions), Routledge, 2019

 

Bagieu, Pénélope, Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World, First Second, 2018

 

Baker, Cary, Dom Flemons, Down On The Corner: Adventures In Busking & Street Music, Jawbone Press, 2024

 

Beatles, The Beatles Best: Over 120 Great Beatles Hits (Piano, Vocal, Guitar), Hal Leonard; 2nd edition, 1987

 

Becker, Judith, Deep Listeners: Music, Emotion, and Trancing, Indiana University Press; PAP/COM edition, 2004

 

Benade, Arthur H., Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics: Second, Revised Edition (Dover Books On Music: Acoustics), Dover Publications; Second Edition, Revised, 1990

 

Bradley, Doug, Craig Werner, We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War (Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond), University of Massachusetts Press, 2015

 

Brewster, David M., Teach Yourself to Play Guitar: A Quick and Easy Introduction for Beginners | Guitar Book with Tablature for Self Learning | Sheet Music and Chords for Acoustic and Electric, Hal Leonard, 2004

 

Byrne, David, How Music Works, McSweeney's; Rev Upd edition, 2013

 

Copland, Aaron, What to Listen For in Music (Signet Classics), (Mass Market Paperback) Signet Classics; Reissue edition, 2011


Daniélou, Alain, Music and the Power of Sound: The Influence of Tuning and Interval on Consciousness, Inner Traditions; Reprint, Subsequent edition, 1995

 

Davidson, Mark, Parker Fishel, Bob Dylan: Mixing up the Medicine, Callaway, 2023

 

DK, Music: The Definitive Visual History (DK Smithsonian), DK; Reprint edition, 2015

 

Dylan, Bob, Chronicles: Volume One, Simon & Schuster, 2005

 

Dylan, Bob, The Lyrics: 1961-2012, Simon & Schuster, 2014

 

Evans, Mike, Scott Barretta, The Blues: A Visual History: 100 Years of Music That Changed the World, Schiffer, 2020

 

Fleming, Renée, Francis S. Collins MD PhD, Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness, Viking, 2024

 

Fleming, Renée, The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer, Penguin Publishing Group; Reprint edition, 2005

 

Floyd, Samuel A. Jr., The Power of Black Music: Interpreting Its History from Africa to the United States, Oxford University Press, 1996

 

Forney, Kristine, Andrew Dell'Antonio, The Enjoyment of Music, W W Norton & Co Inc., 2018

 

Friedwald, Will, Bill Charlap, Nights at the Red Steinway: Adventures in Ja Piano, from the Wall Street Journal and Elsewhere, Backbeat, 2024

 

Friedwald, Will, The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums, Pantheon; Illustrated edition, 2017

 

Gazarik, Richard, History of Pittsburgh Jazz, A: Swinging in the Steel City, The History Press, 2021

 

Gioia, Ted, Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music, W. W. Norton & Company, 2009

 

Gioia, Ted, How to Listen to Jazz, Basic Books, 2017

 

Gioia, Ted, Music: A Subversive History, Basic Books, 2021

 

Gioia, Ted, The History of Jazz, Oxford University Press, 2021

 

Green, Barry, W. Timothy Gallwey, The Inner Game of Music, Doubleday, 1986

 

Greene, Joshua M., Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison, Trade Paper Press, 2007

 

Guralnick, Peter, Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley, Back Bay; First Paperback Edition, 2000

 

Guralnick, Peter, Colin Escott, The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll: The Illustrated Story of Sun Records and the 70 Recordings That Changed the World, Weldon Owen, 2022

 

Guralnick, Peter, Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke, Back Bay Books; Illustrated edition, 2006

 

Guralnick, Peter, Feel Like Going Home, Back Bay Books; Reprint edition, 1999

 

Guralnick, Peter, Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, Back Bay Books, 1995

 

Guralnick, Peter, Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing, Back Bay Books, 2021

 

Guralnick, Peter, Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians, Back Bay Books; First Back Bay paperback edition, 1999

 

Guralnick, Peter, Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll, Back Bay Books; Reprint edition, 2016

 

Guralnick, Peter, Santelli, Robert - Farley, Christopher John, Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues (03), Amistad; First Edition, First Printing, 2003

 

Guralnick, Peter, Searching for Robert Johnson: The Life and Legend of the "King of the Delta Blues Singers", Plume; Reprint edition, 1998

 

Guralnick, Peter, Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom, Back Bay Books; 6.1.1999 edition, 1999

 

Hilburn, Robert, A Few Words in Defense of Our Country: The Biography of Randy Newman, Da Capo, 2024

 

Isacoff, Stuart, A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Ja and Everything in Between, Vintage; F First Paperback Edition Used, 2012

 

Isacoff, Stuart, Musical Revolutions: How the Sounds of the Western World Changed, Knopf (May 31, 2022

 

Isacoff, Stuart, Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization, Vintage, 2003

 

Jones, Leroi, Blues People: Negro Music in White America, Harper Perennial, 1999

 

Jourdain, Robert, Music, The Brain, And Ecstasy: How Music Captures Our Imagination, William Morrow Paperbacks; 60348th edition, 2008

 

Kamien, Roger, Anita Kamien, Music: An Appreciation, McGraw Hill, 2017

 

Kapilow, Rob, Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim, Liveright; Reprint edition, 2023

 

Klickstein, Gerald, The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness, Oxford University Press, 2009

 

Knight, Andrew J., A. Blythe LaGasse, Music Therapy: An Introduction to the Profession (Perfect Paperback), American Music Therapy Association, Inc., 2018

 

Krukowski, Damon, Emily Thompson, Ways of Hearing, The MIT Press, 2019

 

Leeds, Alan, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, There Was a Time: James Brown, The Chitlin' Circuit, and Me, Post Hill Press, 2020

 

Lesh, Phil, Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead, Back Bay Books; Reprint edition, 2006 

 

Levitin, Daniel J., I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine, W. W. Norton & Company, 2024

 

Levitin, Daniel J., The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature, Plume, 2009

 

Levitin, Daniel J., This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, Plume/Penguin; 1 Reprint edition, 2007

 

Lewisohn, Mark, The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road years 1962-1970, Hamlyn, 2021

 

Lewisohn, Mark, Tune In: The Beatles: All These Years, Crown; Illustrated edition, 2016

 

Lomax, Alan, The Land Where the Blues Began, The New Press, 2002

 

Lopez, Den, The Beginner Guitarist Playbook, Independently published, 2021

 

Margotin, Philippe, Jean-Michel Guesdon, Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track Expanded Edition, Black Dog & Leventhal; Expanded edition, 2022

 

Marom, Malka, Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words, ECW Press, 2014

 

Mitchell, Anaïs, Working on a Song: The Lyrics of HADESTOWN, Plume, 2020

 

Mithen, Steven, The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body, Harvard University Press, 2007

 

Nelson, Willie, David Ritz, Energy Follows Thought: The Stories Behind My Songs, William Morrow, 2023

 

Ockelford, Adam, Comparing Notes, Pegasus Books; Reprint edition, 2019

 

Palmer, Robert, Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta, Penguin Books, 1982

 

Patel, Aniruddh D., Music, Language, and the Brain, Oxford University Press, 2010

 

Pearson, Tanya, Pretend We're Dead: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Women in Rock in the ’90s, Da Capo, 2025

 

Plotkin, Fred and Placido Domingo, Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera, Hachette Books, 1900

 

Powell, John, How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond, Little, Brown and Company; Pap/Com Re edition, 2011

 

Richie, Lionel, Truly: The Official Inspirational Journey Through the Life of a Musical Legend, HarperOne, 2025

 

Ross, Alex, The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, Picador; Reprint edition, 2008

 

Rothenberg, David, Marta Ulvaeus, The Book of Music and Nature: An Anthology of Sounds, Words, Thoughts (Music / Culture), Wesleyan University Press; second edition, 2009

 

Sacks, Oliver, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition, Vintage; Revised & enlarged edition, 2008

 

Schmid, Will, Bob Morris, Essential Elements for Guitar – Book 1 | Comprehensive Guitar Method for Beginners | Chords, Music Theory, and Sight-Reading | Guitar Songbook with Popular Hits and Exercises, Hal Leonard, 2007

 

Schmid, Will, Greg Koch, Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1: Book Only | Beginner Acoustic and Electric Guitar Instruction | Step-by-Step Guitar Lesson Book with Chords and Exercises | Essential for Self-Teaching and Classes, Hal Leonard, 1970

 

Sherman, Lawrence, Dennis Plies, Every Brain Needs Music: The Neuroscience of Making and Listening to Music, Columbia University Press, 2024

 

Sloan, Carolyn, Finding Your Voice: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Singing and Living, Hachette Books, 1999

 

Sting, Broken Music: A Memoir, Dial Press Trade Paperback; Reprint edition, 2005

 

Storr, Anthony, Music and the Mind, Ballantine Books; Reprint edition, 1993

 

Thompson, Graeme, George Harrison: Behind The Locked Door, Omnibus Press, 2016

 

Tillery, Gary, Working Class Mystic: A Spiritual Biography of George Harrison, Quest Books; Quest edition, 2011

 

Van Ronk, Dave, Mayor of MacDougal Street, Da Capo Press; Illustrated edition, 2013

 

Viertel, Jack, The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built, Sarah Crichton Books; Reprint edition, 2017

 

Wald, Elijah, Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas, Rayo, 2002

 

Wald, Elijah, John Junkerman, River of Song: A Musical Journey Down the Mississippi, St Martins Pr, 1998

 

Wald, Elijah, The Blues: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2010

 

Wald, Elijah, Josh White: Society Blues  Routledge (October 31, 2002

 

Ward, Geoffrey C., Ken Burns, Jazz : A History of America's Music, Knopf, 2002

 

White, Harvey E., Donald H. White, Physics and Music: The Science of Musical Sound (Dover Books on Physics), Dover Publications; Reprint edition, 2014

 

Wiener, Jon, Come Together: JOHN LENNON IN HIS TIME, University of Illinois Press; Reprint edition, 1990

 

Wooten, Victor L., The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music, Berkley; Illustrated edition, 2008

 


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