HEADS by Jesse Jarnow
A HISTORY OF PSYCHEDELIC DRUG culture (and the larger counterculture) eccentrically orbits The Grateful Dead. B PLUS
HEADS
Da Capo Press
2016
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Music, Non-Fiction, US History
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A HISTORY OF PSYCHEDELIC DRUG culture (and the larger counterculture) eccentrically orbits The Grateful Dead. B PLUS
HEADS
Da Capo Press
2016
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Music, Non-Fiction, US History
RAW, BLUESY BIO of James Brown takes on his complicated life, transcendent music, place as a Black icon.
Grade: B PLUS
KILL 'EM AND LEAVE: SEARCHING FOR JAMES BROWN AND THE AMERICAN SOUL
Random House/Spiegel and Grau
2016
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Black History, Black Writers, Music, Non-Fiction, Rhythm and Blues Music
CARRIE BROWNSTEIN’S MEMOIR shines when portraying the odd camaraderie of life on the indie-rock road. SOLID B
HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL: A MEMOIR
Riverhead Books
2015
Grade: SOLID B
Tags: LGBTQ Interest, Memoirs, Music, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Women's Issues
BOSTON’S INDIE ROCK scene in the 1980s, vividly evoked in a smart, gritty tale of a young band on the rise. B PLUS
NEXT BIG THING
self-published
2013
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Boston, Music, Novels, Self-Publisher Sundays
SHOCKING, TOUCHING, SALTY memoir from singer Bettye LaVette follows the highs and lows of her career and life.
Grade: SOLID B
A WOMAN LIKE ME
Penguin/Blue Rider Press
2012
Tags: African American Writers, Detroit, Memoirs, Music, Non-Fiction, Rhythm and Blues Music, Solid B Reviews
THE GREAT AMERICAN Opera Novel is sprawling, sensual, erudite, campy, and not for everyone–just like opera!
Grade: B PLUS
THE METROPOLIS CASE
Crown
2010
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ Interest, Music, New York City, Novels