Music

Waiting For My Real Life To Begin: Bill Arnott’s Stereo Stories at TMR

July 3, 2023

Welcome back, as I share anecdotes from Stereo Stories, the lit-journal I work with in …

Bill Arnott’s Beat: A Stereo Stories Feature

May 31, 2023May 30, 2023

Welcome back to Bill Arnott’s Beat. Unless this is your first visit, in which case, welcome!

Wired for Music: A Search for Health and Joy Through the Science of Sound by Adriana Barton

May 22, 2023

In Wired for Music, Adriana Barton sets out to discover what music is really for, combing through medical studies, discoveries by pioneering neuroscientists, and research from biology and anthropology.

Black and Blue: Jazz Stories by Stanley Péan, translated by David Homel

April 26, 2023

Author and radio personality Stanley Péan is a jazz scholar who takes us seamlessly and knowledgeably through the history of the music, stopping at a number of high points along the way.

Noisemaker by Andy Tolson

August 12, 2022August 7, 2022

Part ghost story, part fictionalized memoir, Noisemaker is a love letter to when thrashing guitars, pounding drums, and the three minute pop song ruled the world.

The East Coast Music Book of Fame – Top 50 by Bob Mersereau

July 4, 2022

This book is about the top 50 musical artists of the East Coast, who have been either born on the East Coast or been long time residents who are associated with the region. Groups are also included.

Off The Charts: What I Learned From My Almost Fabulous Life In Music by Kat Goldman

July 16, 2022July 31, 2021

Off the Charts is a whimsical, uproarious tour through a fickle business that never seems to repay what performers put into it, and one woman’s highly intimate account of how she made the best of almost making it. Featuring a sparkling set of original illustrations by the award-winning Nina Berkson.

Stompin’ Tom Connors: The Myth and The Man by Charlie Rhinedress

April 2, 2020

Charlie Rhindress takes his reader on a Canadian coast to coast journey as we travel with this drifter man, Stompin’ Tom Connors.

One Good Reason: A Memoir of Addiction and Recovery, Music and Love by Séan McCann and Andrea Aragon

March 1, 2020February 29, 2020

I’m a fan of Séan McCann. Bought his music. Saw him perform with Great Big Sea. Had a joyous time, singing myself hoarse. Now I’ve read One Good Reason – his collaborative memoir – enticingly structured, chapters alternating between spouse-authors McCann and Andrea Aragon.