HARVEY LISBERG WITH CHARLIE THOMAS – I’M INTO SOMETHING GOOD: MY LIFE MANAGING 10CC, HERMAN’S HERMITS AND MANY MORE! OMNIBUS PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Harvey Lisberg is one fascinating person. The list of musicians and sports [...]
STEVE MATTEO – ACT NATURALLY: THE BEATLES ON FILM BACKBEAT/GLOBE PEQUOT/ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Finding new things to say about The Beatles in 2023 is somewhat difficult, but Steve Matteo has done just that. [...]
MIKE CORCIONE – TALES FROM THE GUTTER: AND OTHER ROCK AND ROLL SHENANIGANS INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW BY TONY STUART Mike Corcione takes us back to a bygone era in Tales From The Gutter. Corcione was heavily invested in the music scene in the [...]
JEFF GOMEZ – THERE WAS NO ALTERNATIVE: GENERATION X, AIDS, AND THE MAKING OF A CLASSIC NINETIES RECORD McFARLAND BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Released in 1993 to benefit AIDS relief, No Alternative was a compilation album that [...]
MARTIN POPOFF – AC/DC AT 50 THE QUARTO GROUP BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS For his latest book, Canadian author and music critic, Martin Popoff, has turned his focus onto one of his favourite bands of all time: AC/DC. The appropriately [...]
JOHN ROBB – THE ART OF DARKNESS: THE HISTORY OF GOTH LOUDER THAN WAR BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY RYAN RUPLE If there was ever a genre that surpassed the confines of sound, constructing identity, and expression through the sonic base to reach into [...]
TARA MACLEAN – SONG OF THE SPARROW HARPER COLLINS CANADA BOOK REVIEW BY BRYAN WILLISTON Canadian singer-songwriter Tara MacLean rose to prominence as a solo artist in the late 1990s, and also experienced success in the mid-2000s with the [...]
ADI MOSKOVITCH – FREE SPIRIT: LETTING IT ALL GO NO GRAVITY TO HOLD PARTRIDGE PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Adi Mosko, otherwise known as Adi Moskovitch, fronts a band from Tel Aviv known as The Corridors, who have been releasing [...]
MARTIN POPOFF – PINK FLOYD AND THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON: 50 YEARS QUARTO BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Canadian author Martin Popoff continues to examine the cultural significance of the classic rock era with his latest book, Pink Floyd [...]
PETER ULRICH – DRUMMING WITH DEAD CAN DANCE & PARALLEL ADVENTURES. A MEMOIR RED HEN PRESS/INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICE BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Dead Can Dance formed in their native Australia in 1981. The core of the band was (and is) [...]
TIM MUDDIMAN – THE GEOMETRICAL SWING ALBANY PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Tim Muddiman has made a name for himself in music. Besides his own solo career, he has played guitar with Gary Numan for many years and most recently he [...]
RASŤO KACHNIČ – ALTERNATOR: A BIASED GUIDE THROUGH THE WORLD OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC VIDEOS (1990 – 1994) INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS For his first book, Rasťo Kachnič has brought his music blog, Alternator, into reality. Alternator: A [...]
SUSAN SHUMSKY, D.D. – THE INNER LIGHT: HOW INDIA INFLUENCED THE BEATLES PERMUTED PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY This is not the first book Susan Shumsky, D.D. has written about The Beatles and their time in India. Her previous book, [...]
DAVID LEAF – GOD ONLY KNOWS: THE STORY OF BRIAN WILSON, THE BEACH BOYS & THE CALIFORNIA MYTH OMNIBUS PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY: LJUBINKO ZIVKOVIC There’s rarely a band around which has more things written about it than The Beach Boys. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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, [...]
MADELINE BOCARO – IN YOUR MIND: THE INFINITE UNIVERSE OF YOKO ONO CONCEPTUAL PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Yoko Ono is one of the most misunderstood artists of all time. She is a genius both musically and visually. Sadly, far [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
