Blues & Soul in 2017

In the Midnight Hour: The Life & Soul of Wilson Pickett by Fletcher, Tony

Country Soul: Making Music and Making Race in the American South by Hughes, Charles L.

Whitney Houston: 1963-2012: We Will Always Love You by Parish, James Robert

How Britain Got the Blues: The Transmission and Reception of American Blues Style in the United Kingdom by Schwartz, Roberta Freund

Super Freak: The Life of Rick James by Benjaminson, Peter

New Orleans Rhythm and Blues After Katrina: Music, Magic and Myth by Urban, Michael

Too Much UnConvenience by Beauchamp, Lincoln T., Jr.

Crossroads: The Life and Afterlife of Blues Legend Robert Johnson by Graves, Tom

Ma Rainey Sings the Blues by Anekwe, Obiora N.

Boom's Blues: Music, Journalism, and Friendship in Wartime by Verbei, Wim

Jackie Wilson: The Black King of Rock 'n Roll by Carter, Doug Saint

I Hear a Symphony: Motown and Crossover R&B by Flory, Andrew

Wax Poetics Issue 65 (Special-Edition Hardcover): A Tribe Called Quest b/w David Bowie by Amorosi, A. D., Dodds, Dan, Williams, Chris

Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?: A Memoir by Clinton, George

Florida Soul: From Ray Charles to Kc and the Sunshine Band by Capouya, John

Time in the Blues by Simon, Julia

Beyond the Crossroads: The Devil and the Blues Tradition by Gussow, Adam

Women of Motown: An Oral History (Second Edition) by Whitall, Susan

Charlie n'est pas mort en vain: Le blues en héritage by Léon, Daniel

Stomping the Blues by Murray, Albert

Luther: The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross by Seymour, Craig