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        Life of the Party

        Life of the Party

        Life of the Party

        by Harmony Holiday

        ISBN: 9781635902013

        Publisher: Semiotext(e)

        Pub Date: April 21, 2026

        An archive and annotation of Black music-performance culture, produced alongside Harmony Holiday's first solo museum exhibition, Black Backstage.
        Sound Strategies

        Sound Strategies

        Sound Strategies

        Music as Ideological Apparatus

        by Pil and Galia Kollectiv

        Foreword by Juliet Jacques

        ISBN: 9781917319010

        Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

        Pub Date: October 7, 2025

        A vital new theory of popular music considered as political strategy, from Industrial to Britpop.
        Erik Satie Three Piece Suite

        Erik Satie Three Piece Suite

        Erik Satie Three Piece Suite

        by Ian Penman

        ISBN: 9781635902532

        Publisher: Semiotext(e)

        Pub Date: May 20, 2025

        A masterful study of the elusive French composer, on the centenary of his death.
        Fusion!

        Fusion!

        Fusion!

        From Alice Coltrane to Moor Mother

        by Alex Coles

        ISBN: 9781915609373

        Publisher: Sternberg Press

        Pub Date: March 4, 2025

        The role of jazz as a catalyst in rock, pop, funk, new wave, hip-hop, and techno.
        Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending

        Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending, revised and expanded edition

        Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending

        An Incredible String Band Compendium

        Edited by Adrian Whittaker

        ISBN: 9781913689506

        Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

        Pub Date: February 20, 2024

        A wide-ranging collection of interviews, anecdotes, essays, and ephemera concerning one of the most enigmatic bands to emerge from the 1960s hippy scene.
        Guitar Talk

        Guitar Talk

        Guitar Talk

        Conversations with Visionary Players

        by Joel Harrison

        ISBN: 9781949597134

        Publisher: Terra Nova Press

        Pub Date: July 6, 2021

        Secrets of master musicians, revealed in conversation.
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