JENN L. BECKWITH – ALL GOOD CRETINS GO TO HEAVEN: THE ENDURING SPIRIT OF THE RAMONES EARTH ISLAND BOOKS/DIWULF PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY BRYAN WILLISTON All Good Cretins Go To Heaven: The Enduring Spirit of the Ramones, by Jenn L. [...]
DEIRDRE O’CALLAGHAN – THE DRUM THING (COMPACT EDITION) PRESTEL BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Through her appreciation of rhythm sections, author and photographer Deirdre O’Callaghan, from 2011 to 2015, sought out some of the most prolific [...]
CAM GORDON – TRACK CHANGES: THE ORIGIN STORY OF CANADIAN MUSIC ON THE INTERNET (1990 – 2010) FRIESENPRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Cam Gordon introduces Track Changes: The Origin Story of Canadian Music on the Internet [...]
RIK EMMETT – LEANING INTO IT MISFIT/ECW PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Besides being on third of the power rock trio, Triumph, Rik Emmett has had a successful solo career and is also an accomplished author. Not only has he written his [...]
JEFF GOMEZ – SAMMY J-CARD PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY One of the wonderful things about music is that it almost automatically attaches to a person, place, or time. It can be a band, song or album. Each song can have a deep [...]
MELISSA AUF DER MAUR – EVEN THE GOOD GIRLS WILL CRY: A ’90S ROCK MEMOIR DA CAPO/GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY TRISH MELANSON Women finally emerged as a force in rock music in the 80s, led by trailblazers such as Joan Jett, [...]
JULIEN BITOUN – GALLAGHER’S GUITARS: THE RORY GALLAGHER COLLECTION MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY In the introduction he wrote for Gallagher’s Guitars: The Rory Gallagher Collection, Johnny Marr writes a great deal of Rory [...]
MICHAEL GLOVER SMITH – BOB DYLAN AS FILMMAKER: NO TIME TO THINK MCNIDDER & GRACE BOOK REVIEW BY JULIE CORRELL There is a particular thrill in watching someone as famously elusive as Bob Dylan step behind a movie camera. It’s like [...]
