Composers & Musicians

If you live for people's acceptance, you'll die from their rejection. Two-time Grammy winning rap artist, Lecrae, learned this l...

From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, a profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams ...

For decades, Steven Curtis Chapman's music and message have brought hope and inspiration to millions around the world. Now, for the first...

Will Ackerman and Heidi Breyer's composition sets the stage as Pete Seeger recites Jeff Haynes' poem about the Underground Railroad. This s...

A lifetime of letters, collected for the first time, from the legendary musician and songwriter. John Lennon was one of the greatest songwri...

This fresh rendition of Pete's classic song is bookended with just percussion and vocals transitioning to Pete's spoken word, classical guit...

In partnership with Texas Monthly, Michael Hall's "The Slow Life and Fast Death of DJ Screw" is now available as an audio download, where the...

"You were with him for a long time. You need to tell the story! You need to tell the real story about my son!" Inspired by these words from M...

The Way Of The Zen Cowboy is a collection of 35 short stories from Grammy-winning musician, writer, and ethnomusicologist Barrett Martin. The...

Fresh from his Grammy win for best Latin pop album, this sizzling Latin heartthrob is on the verge crossing over into mainstream music supers...

Back porch swamp blues music stomps you into the Mekong River as Pete tells the controversial story of how the airing of this song, protesti...

African music sets the stage as Pete describes his travels around the world and the complex communication that takes place in a small Africa...

Pete Seeger's last project bridges generations! Volume 2 of gems from the life of one of the most influential figures in American music! Li...

Buddy Baker was Disney music. Mostly known as the composer of the Haunted Mansion song and score, he was also a composer of films (Wicked Wom...

The life of Franz Liszt was as daring and spectacular as his music. Famed throughout Europe as the greatest pianist of the nineteenth century...

Following on the success of The Story of Classical Music, Darren Henley and Marin Alsop combine forces again to tell, in more detail, the liv...

In partnership with Texas Monthly, John Spong's "He Ain't Going Nowhere" is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeline...

In partnership with Texas Monthly, Pamela Colloff's "Dreaming of Her" is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness ...

Foolish/Unfoolish is a collection of vibrant and honest "reflections on love" by R&B singer Ashanti. Ever since she was thirteen years old, ...

A tour diary of life on the road with one of Minnesota’s greatest bands—with nearly 100 never-before-seen photographsA raucous to...

On the Road Not Taken is a memoir about the transformational power of music. It begins with a boy growing up in a small town on the Kent coas...

Beyonce is an inspiration to millions of people around the world, and this book was written as a dedication to her work and charity. Love ...

Kristoffer Kristofferson is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are the songs "Me and Bobby McGee", "For t...

This book takes the reader on the journey of punk rocker Gary Llama's teenage years, as singer and guitarist of the punk band 500$Fine. From ...

"When this you see, remember me and bear in your mind-may all the world say what it may, speak of me as you find.”"There's not much vis...

Longfellow Stanshall is the brilliant, and yes, controversial, author of several internationally best-selling books. She is also a prolific p...

  “After you've done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have a good t...

In this book, Joey will take you on his journey to becoming a professional DJ and music producer. You will read about his experiences in the ...

The tragic story of Robert Johnson, great Blues musician of the American 30`s, the mysterious solution to his tragic end, the background and ...

Though it may be hard to fathom in the wake of Elvis Presley and popular rock bands like the Beatles, the early 20th century featured a burg...

When the phrase “the King” is used in the context of American music, most people think of Elvis Presley, but Presley was just a b...

‘I don’t think it’s crazy when people tell me that a song of ours changed their lives. They changed ours forever….&r...

Despite a general dearth of African American names rising to musical prominence during the years of Reconstruction, black talent existed in g...

"The Singing Earth: Adventures From A World Of Music" is a collection of musical adventure stories from Grammy-winning musician, writer, and ...

A dream I wish to have in the night most isn’t about dating a Hollywood star, or making a great hit with my song. It’s not about ...

I had a gap year, I'll admit that to myself. I can write a book alone on coming close to my closing but when the summer of 2019 hit I was reb...

My Father’s Daughter is a riveting narration of Onyeka Onwenu’s enthralling journey through life. We are held captive as she take...

Retractable Roots is the biographical musical adventures of English musician Simon Widdowson. An entertaining story of a life spent making mu...

Professor Peter Schickele's account of the life of little-known composer P.D.Q. Bach.