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Best Music Books 2024 (and a Few Late 2023 Gems)
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Music shapes culture and identity, and this year’s top books offer fresh insights into the artists and movements that defined us.
New musician biographies
Kathleen Hanna’s Rebel Girl dives into feminist punk, while Ann Powers’ Traveling reflects on Joni Mitchell’s impact. Biographies shine with Thurston Moore’s Sonic Life, Will Hermes’ Lou Reed: The King of New York, and S.H.
Fernando’s The Chronicles of DOOM about MF DOOM.
Histories like A Chance to Harmonize uncover FDR’s Federal Music Project. Meanwhile, Aaron Carnes’ In Defense of Ska and Alex Bleeker and Luke Pyenson’s Taste in Music explore ska’s evolution and musicians’ culinary adventures.
Peter Ames Carlin’s The Name of This Band is R.E.M. revisits 80s and 90s rock nostalgia.
From punk to hip-hop, ska to country, these books tell stories that resonate far beyond the music.