DIO: DREAMERS NEVER DIE TRAFALGAR RELEASING SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 Born in New Hampshire in 1942 and raised in Cortland, New York, an army kid named Ronald James Padavona learned how to play the trumpet at the age of 5 and listened to opera as a child. By the time he was a teenager he was already performing [...]

JOCELYN FISKE – ROXY LIVE: UNDER EXPOSED: ONE FAN’S UNSEEN CONCERT PHOTOS TITAN BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY On September 7, 2022 Roxy Music launched their 50th Anniversary Tour, featuring Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, Paul Thompson and Andy McKay. This book, Roxy Live: Under Exposed: One Fan’s Unseen [...]

PAUL MORLEY – FROM MANCHESTER WITH LOVE: THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TONY WILSON FABER BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY KATHY NICHOLS Tony Wilson was the co-creator of Factory Records, who are best known for releasing Joy Division, New Order, and Happy Mondays albums. He is also a television presenter and reporter, and [...]

MARTHA WAINWRIGHT – STORIES I MIGHT REGRET TELLING YOU: A MEMOIR RANDOM HOUSE CANADA BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Martha Wainwright comes from a very famous family. Her mother was Kate McGarrigle, one half of Kate and Anna McGarrigle and her dad is Loudon Wainwright III, who has quite a career himself. Not [...]

CO DE KLOET – FRANK & CO: CONVERSATIONS WITH FRANK ZAPPA 1977-1993 JAWBONE PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Co De Kloet and Frank Zappa were friends from 1977 through to Zappa’s death in 1993, after De Kloet interviewed him in 1977. Although very young, he knew a great deal about Zappa, and one cannot [...]

THE BEATLES AND INDIA RENOIR PICTURES/SILVA SCREEN FEBRUARY 15, 2022 There are a number of unauthorized documentaries on The Beatles. Since the advent of home video, collections of public domain footage strung together with narration and odd instrumental music meant to sound like The Beatles have flooded The [...]

DALE BOZZIO WITH KEITH VALCOURT – LIFE IS SO STRANGE: MISSING PERSONS, FRANK ZAPPA, PRINCE AND BEYOND CLEOPATRA RECORDS PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Dale Bozzio has lived a very colourful life. Born Dale Frances Consalvi in Medford, MA, she was already directed to a life in music given the fact that [...]

MIKE CIDONI LENNOX & CHRIS MAY WITH RICHARD CARPENTER – CARPENTERS: THE MUSICAL LEGACY PRINCETON ARCHITECTURAL PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY LJUBINKO ZIVKOVIC Karen and Richard Carpenter were making music at the time when prog and heavy rock were supposed to be top modern musical forms. They were mainly derided [...]

ALAN WALDEN WITH S.E. FEINBERG – SOUTHERN MAN: MUSIC & MAYHEM IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH: A MEMOIR JAWBONE PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Perhaps best known for managing the likes of Otis Redding, Etta James, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, Alan Walden has lived a remarkable life. His memoir, Southern Man: Music & [...]

DAVID BINKS – THAT NIGHT AT MASSEY HALL INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Massey Hall is a national treasure. A truly historic venue nestled in the heart of Toronto, Massey Hall has hosted some of the greatest artists of our time, many of whom have opted to perform at the intimate hall, rather than [...]

DAVE HUNTER – FENDER: 75 YEARS MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Over the course of nearly a century, Fender has become one of the most recognisable brands of guitar, largely thanks to their classic and consistent shapes and, more importantly, the unique Fender sound. It is for this reason that author [...]

KENNETH WOMACK & JASON KRUPPA – ALL THINGS MUST PASS AWAY. HARRISON, CLAPTON, AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Finding new topics about The Beatles, or even Eric Clapton for that matter, is becoming increasingly difficult. For All Things Must Pass Away. [...]

MILES A. COPELAND III – TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK: MY LIFE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS JAWBONE PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY BRYAN WILLISTON One of the best music memoirs to be released in recent years, Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: My Life In The Music Business, is an extensive look at the career […]