Here’s our weekly rundown of upcoming new music book releases …
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JAN. 26, 2021 RELEASESSVEN CARLSSON & JONAS LEIJONHUFVUD
“The Spotify Play: How CEO and Founder Daniel Ek Beat Apple, Google, and Amazon in the Race for Audio Dominance” (Paperback; Digital Book; Audio CD; Diversion Books) » BUY NOW
CHER
“Cher: Strong Enough” (Paperback; author: Josiah Howard; Free Preview; Plexus Publishing) » BUY NOW 
JUSTIN McELROY, TRAVIS McELROY & GRIFFIN McELROY
“Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You): A How-to Guide from the First Family of Podcasting” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Harper Perennial) » BUY NOW
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
“Don’t Stop Believin'” (Paperback; Free Preview; Gallery Books) » BUY NOW
WALTER CRASSHOLE, YONY LEYSER & LIAM WARFIELD
“Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution: An Oral History” (Paperback; PM Press) » BUY NOW
GRACE ELIZABETH HALE
“Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture” (Paperback; Digital Book; Free Preview; University of North Carolina Press) » BUY NOW
JONI MITCHELL
“Joni Mitchell: Lady of the Canyon” (Hardcover; author: Michael A O’Neill; Merch; Danann Books) » BUY NOW
CLIFF RICHARD
“The Dreamer: An Autobiography” (Hardcover; Free Preview; Virgin Books) » BUY NOW
PAUL CARDALL
“The Broken Miracle: Part One” (Paperback; author: J.D. Netto; All Heart Publishing, LLC) » BUY NOW
ROBIN TURNER
“Believe in Magic: Heavenly Recordings – The First 30 Years” (Hardcover; Digital Book; White Rabbit) » BUY NOW
BRIAN ENO
“A Year with Swollen Appendices: Brian Eno’s Diary (25th Anniversary Edition)” (Hardcover; with a new introduction by Eno; Digital Book; Free Preview; Faber & Faber) » BUY NOW
COWBOY JUNKIES
“Music Is the Drug: The Authorised Musical Biography of Cowboy Junkies” (Hardcover; author: Dave Bowler; Digital Book; Omnibus Press) » BUY NOW
TALIB KWELI
“Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story” (Hardcover; Digital Book; MCD) » BUY NOW
LORETTA LYNN
“Coal Miner’s Daughter” (Paperback; updated and expanded; co-author: George Vecsey; Digital Book; Grand Central Publishing) » BUY NOW
ANNIE NIGHTINGALE
“Hey Hi Hello: Five Decades of Pop Culture from Britain’s First Female DJ” (Hardcover; White Rabbit) » BUY NOW
KARL WHITNEY
“Hit Factories: A Journey Through the Industrial Cities of British Pop” (Paperback; Weidenfeld & Nicolson) » BUY NOW
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE
“Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography” (Paperback; author: Andrea Warner; foreword by Joni Mitchell; Digital Book; Greystone Books) » BUY NOW
REGINA N. BRADLEY
“Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip-hop South” (Paperback; Digital Book; University of North Carolina Press) » BUY NOW
IAN HUNTER
“Rock ‘n’ Roll Sweepstakes: The Official Biography of Ian Hunter (Volume Two)” (Hardcover; author: Campbell Devine; Omnibus Press) » BUY NOW
PATTIE BOYD
“Pattie Boyd: My Life Through a Lens” (Hardcover; Read here; Insight Editions) » BUY NOW
CAROLE KING
“Carole King’s Tapestry (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Loren Glass; Bloomsbury Academic) » BUY NOW
PEARL JAM
“Pearl Jam’s Vs. (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Clint Brownlee; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic) » BUY NOW
THE BEATLES
“Fandom and the Beatles: The Act You’ve Known for All These Years” (Paperback; authors: Kenneth Womack, Kit O’Toole ; Merch; Oxford University Press) » BUY NOW
NICK CAVE
“Stranger Than Kindness” (Hardcover; Digital Book; HarperOne) » BUY NOW
STEVE MARRIOTT
“All or Nothing: The Authorised Story of Steve Marriott” (Hardcover; Simon Spence; Digital Book; Omnibus Press) » BUY NOW
ROB BOWMAN
“The Last Soul Company: The Malaco Records Story” (Hardcover; Malaco Records) » BUY NOW
BRANDI CARLILE
“Broken Horses: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Crown) » BUY NOW
RICHARD THOMPSON
“Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Algonquin Books) » BUY NOW
JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO
“Hold On World: The Lasting Impact of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band – 50 Years On” (Paperback; author: John Kruth; Backbeat Books) » BUY NOW
JONI MITCHELL
“Joni Mitchell: Backstage Pass” (Hardcover; author: Michael A O’Neill; Merch; Danann Books) » BUY NOW
KRISTIN HERSH
“Seeing Sideways: A Memoir of Music and Motherhood” (Hardcover; Digital Book; University of Texas Press) » BUY NOW
JONATHAN TAPLIN (tour manager for Bob Dylan and The Band in the 1960s)
“The Magic Years: Scenes from a Rock-and-Roll Life” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Heyday) » BUY NOW
SYD BARRETT
“The Lyrics of Syd Barrett” (Hardcover; author: Rob Chapman; Scribner) » BUY NOW
DURAN DURAN
“Duran Duran’s Rio (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Annie Zaleski; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic) » BUY NOW
ROXY MUSIC
“Roxy Music’s Avalon (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Simon A. Morrison; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic) » BUY NOW
DONNA SUMMER
“Donna Summer’s Once Upon a Time (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Alex Jeffery; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic) » BUY NOW
FRANK SINATRA
“Sinatra and Me: In the Wee Small Hours” (Hardcover; author: Tony Oppedisano, with Mary Jane Ross; Digital Book; Scribner) » BUY NOW
BOB DYLAN
“The Double Life of Bob Dylan: A Restless, Hungry Feeling (1941-1966)” (Hardcover; author: Clinton Heylin; Digital Book; Merch; Little, Brown and Company) » BUY NOW
THE BEATLES
“Those Were The Days 2.0: The Beatles and Apple” (Hardcover; author: Stefan Granados; Merch; Cherry Red Books) » BUY NOW
TUPAC SHAKUR
“Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur” (Hardcover; author: Sheldon Pearce; Digital Book; Merch; Simon & Schuster) » BUY NOW
DURAN DURAN
“Please Please Tell Me Now: The Duran Duran Story” (Hardcover; author: Stephen Davis; Digital Book; Merch; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW
CHARLES FARRELL
“(Low)life: A Memoir of Jazz, Fight-Fixing, and The Mob” (Hardcover; Hamilcar Publications) » BUY NOW
THE CURE
“The Cure FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Most Heartbreakingly Excellent Rock Band the World Has Ever Known”
(Paperback; author: Christian Gerard; Merch; Backbeat Books) » BUY NOW
MARY GAUTHIER
“Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting” (Hardcover; Digital Book; St. Martin’s Essentials) » BUY NOW
RICHARD MARX
“Stories to Tell: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Simon & Schuster) » BUY NOW
GEORGE HARRISON & ERIC CLAPTON
“All Things Must Pass Away: Harrison, Clapton, and Other Assorted Love Songs” (Hardcover; authors: Kenneth Womack, Jason Kruppa; Digital Book; Chicago Review Press) » BUY NOW