In the beautiful and moving biography Janis: Her Life and Music, Holly George-Warren paints a complex portrait of singer Janis Joplin. Drawing on archival materials as well as interviews with Joplin’s ...

We’re very familiar with words and music. But words about music can be just as exciting. There is never a shortage of books about music -- memoirs, biographies, large-scale histories, critical ...

Two new biographies focus on legendary musical acts: the rock band The Cars and rapper Tupac Shakur. First, in the late 1970s, a Boston radio DJ played The Cars’ demo tape – and the band went on to ...

Music has provided a deep well of inspiration for comics artists ever since KISS appeared in the first Marvel Comics Super Special (printed in real KISS blood!) in 1977. Music subcultures and fandoms ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: A&E Networks Offering a backstage pass to some of the biggest names in hard rock, the A&E Biography series has been airing ...

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Reading an autobiography is one of the best ways to get a deeper understanding of your favorite artists, their creative processes and the path that led them to stardom. From Johnny Cash to Michelle ...

Back in 2012, The A.V. Club asked if there was life left in the world of music memoirs. On one hand, it was obviously a rhetorical question—is anyone really going to say, “No, no more autobiographies ...

Ever since Bob Dylan and Keith Richards wrote memoirs that turned into unexpected hits, the holiday season has been rife with books that take similar deep dives into the lives of musicians and their ...

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