Music Reference in 2026

Catch Us Before We Fall Off: a [ch]oral history of anticon (Volume 2) by Rathgeber, Joseph

Musik in Baden-Württemberg. Jahrbuch 2025/26: Band 28 by

The Bucolic Mode in Byzantine Art: Sound, Weather, Imperium by Chatterjee, Paroma

Hollywood Song of the Year: Films' Finest Since 1928 by Hischak, Thomas S.

The World Was Making Music Too: A Global History of Music by Sanchez Herrero, Sergio

Liza Lim's Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus by Bouque, Ty

Rockin' the Kremlin: My Incredible True Story of Gangsters, Oligarchs, and Pop Stars in Putin's Russia by Junk, David

Temporal Processes in Beethoven's Music by Greene, David B.

Opera in Postcards 1888-1915: A Visual History by Novak, Patricia J.

Musique Concrète by Kriticos, Christian

Amy Winehouse, Song by Song: Who Owns Amy? by Stone, Raphael A.

Country Bob: Dylan and Country Music by Cusic, Don

Liza Lim's Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus by Bouque, Ty

Black Voices on Stage: Recovering African American Performances, 1850-1940 by Riis, Thomas L.

Country Bob: Dylan and Country Music by Cusic, Don

Black Voices on Stage: Recovering African American Performances, 1850-1940 by Riis, Thomas L.

Higher and Higher: Jackie Wilson, Song by Song by Stone, Raphael A.

Fauré: Un ensayo en forma de rapsodia by Barreca, Roberto

European Music in the Twentieth Century by

The Shape of an Enigma: Depeche Mode: The Band by Miles, Adrian

El món també feia música: Una història global de la música by Sanchez Herrero, Sergio

Myths about pianists by Sanchez Herrero, Sergio

Concerto for Cootie: The Life and Times of Cootie Williams by Bowie, Steven C.

Rock & Roll Underdogs: Hidden Gems within the Shadows of Stardom Volume 2 by Sharicz, Karl

Anarchy in the Year Zero: The Sex Pistols, the Clash, and the Class of '76 by Heylin, Clinton

The Island Book of Records Volume III: 1971-72 by

The Majesty of Chicago Jazz: Twenty-Five Visionaries Who Define the City's Sound by Reich, Howard

Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run by McCartney, Paul

Bridge to an Unseen Shore: New Age Music as Visionary Art by Smith, Jacob

Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle by De Barros, Paul

U2 All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track by Clauteaux, Dionen

Corner Boy: Loiterings New and Old by Cohn, Nik

Bridge to an Unseen Shore: New Age Music as Visionary Art by Smith, Jacob

Theatrical Performance and Popular Music by Pattie, David

La música y el ser humano: De las flautas de hueso a los algoritmos by Salazar, Emilio Bueno

What's Been Did (and What's Been Hid) Volume IV: Part 1: Punk to Pub Rock to anything goes: 1977-1983 by Smith, Michael George

Oasis: The Masterplan, Volume Two: The Complete Song-by-Song History, 1998 to 2025 by Stone, Raphael A.

Janky Materiality: Artifice & Interface by +Johnson, J.

Oasis: The Masterplan, Volume One: The Complete Song-by-Song History, 1993 to 1997 by Stone, Raphael A.

A Treasury of Christmas Carols: The Stories, Meaning, and Music Behind the Songs of Christmas by Westwood, Noelle

Sanremo 1956. Il Festival nei 78 e 45 giri: Edizione speciale per i 70 anni. Discografia completa, storie, canzoni e interviste inedite by Pieri, Federico

How Many Roads: A Life of Bob Dylan by Peeples, Scott

A Critical Companion to John Audelay by

The Vault: The Unauthorised Song-by-Song Study of Taylor Swift, Volume I (2006 to 2019) by Stone, Raphael A.

Brother Al Stricklin Now: Memories of a Texas Playboy by Stricklin, David

Yorkville: How a 1960s Coffeehouse Scene Rewrote Popular Music by Daley, Mike

Grunge!: The Story of the Music That Redefined Rock by Gaar, Gillian G.

Beastie Boys: Licensed to Ill - 40 Years by Merlis, Benjamin

Freedom's Gate: Maya Angelou, Lorraine Hansberry, Abbey Lincoln, Miriam Makeba, and Nina Simone Live at the New York Nightclub That Shaped the Civil R by Colbert, Soyica Diggs

Breve Historia de la Música En El Cristianismo: Historia, teología y evolución de la alabanza congregacional. by Mireles Hernández, Rolando

Erotic City and Beyond: Prince, Place, and the Making of an Icon by Jeffries, Judson L.

Music and Nineteenth-Century Liberalism in the Ibero-American Atlantic Space by

Saint Louis ProtoAmericana: Staggerlee and the Early Music of the City by Belford, Kevin

Frank Ocean's Blonde by Srour, Yousef

The Cure's Disintegration by Harriman, Andi

Scoring Italian Cinema: Patterns of Collaboration by

Front Row To The Stars: Jimmy Carter and the Stories Behind Nashville's Country Music World by Grissom, Floyd J.

Critique of Practical Music: Music and Moral Development by Young, James O.

The Complete Thematic Catalogue of the Stage Works of Victor Herbert by Aceto, Adam

Kraftwerk - Die Mythenmaschine: Konzeption Und Ästhetik Eines Popmusikalischen Gesamtkunstwerks by

The Consort Organ and its Role in Seventeenth-Century English Music by Force, David

Deconstructed Divas: Narrative and the Operatic Femme Fatale by Pyle, Marcus R.

The Norms of Taste and the Music of Mozart by Walker, Katherine

Composing Modernism: Musical Formalism and the Experimental Turn in the Princeton School Volume 33 by Gleason, Scott

The Stories Behind the Christmas Carols: The Remarkable History, Faith, and Inspiration Behind 30 Best-Loved Christmas Carols, Traditional Hymns, and by Grant's Carol Singing

Paul McCartney: Flowers in the Dirt. The Road to Comeback (1987-89) by Perasi, Luca

How Music is Like Other Things You Never Imagined by Kurek, Michael

Saga: Every Album, Every Song by Wilson, Mike

New Jersey Rock: Bands of the '80s, '90s, and '00s by Gilligan, Michael

1974: Progresstive Rock Comes of Age by Furbank, Kevan

Space Age Batchelor Pad Music: The Story of Stereolab in 20 Songs by Cardew, Ben

Sound Tracks: An Archaeological Journey Through Our Musical Past by Lawson, Graeme

Countertenor by Costanzo, Anthony Roth

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die by Dimery, Robert

The Bee Gees in the 1980s by Mon Hughes, Andrew, Walters, Grant

Fleetwood Mac and Rumours: 50 Years by Swensson, Andrea

The Sea in Every Sound: Chasing the Influence of Surf Music in America by Shaw, Matthew

Breve Historia Herética de la Música Clásica by Baricco, Alessandro

The Story of Soul in 50 Songs by Bomar, Scott B.

The Aesthetic Fact: Dialogues Before the Storm by Barreca, Roberto

Donna Summer: Song by Song by Andrews, Marc

Crowded House: Song by Song by Clark, Paul

Setting the Record Straight: Essays on Music in Honor of Linda Shaver-Gleason by

The Lost Charts 2 - 1970s: Original, complete and rediscovered, an alternative view of Britain's Top 20, updated weekly by Melody Maker by Jennings, Alan

Don't Lose Your Good Thing: Rescuing America's Music Landmarks by Dahan, Charlie B.

Understanding Popular Music Culture by Strachan, Robert, Shuker, Roy, Leonard, Marion

What Makes a Great Composer?: A Data-Driven Exploration of Music History by Borowiecki, Karol J., Law, Marc T.

A Whole Lotta History: One Direction and the Sound That Shaped a Generation by Lipshutz, Jason

The Birth of Christian Rock and the Story of Agape by Markko, Joe

Black Song: A Manifesto for Music and Justice by Singing Justice Collective, Singing Justice, Toppin, Louise, Andre, Naomi

A Whole Lotta History: One Direction and the Sound That Shaped a Generation by Lipshutz, Jason

Queer and Trans Aesthetics by Whitesell, Lloyd

Dead Dharma: The Grateful Dead and the American Quest for Transcendence by Rae, Casey

Queer and Trans Aesthetics by Whitesell, Lloyd

Nu Metal: Nu'er Emotions: (A Loud, Funny and Surprisingly Emotional History of Nu Metal) by Garza, Randall

My Life as The Plasmatics Drummer: The Diaries of Stu Deutsch (1978-81) by Deutsch, Stu

Nu Metal: Nu'er Emotions: (A Loud, Funny, And Surprisingly Emotional History of Nu Metal) by Garza, Randall

The Sonic Surrogate: Music, Technology, and the Crisis of Reproduction Volume 11 by Thompson, Marie

Hitting the Right Notes: Film Directors and Composers in Harmony by Friedman, Lester D., Lofthouse, Charity

The Sonic Surrogate: Music, Technology, and the Crisis of Reproduction Volume 11 by Thompson, Marie

The Magic Circle: Sonic Substance in Psychedelic Music by Reddell, Trace

A Practical Philanthropist: The Life and Times of Mary Louise Curtis BOK Zimbalist, Founder of Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music by Benedett, Barbara

River of Words: Joni Mitchell at the BBC: A Life on the Airwaves by Hagler, Tom, Mitchell, Joni

David Bowie: Music Lover: The Inside Story of David Bowie's Record Collection by MacCormack, Geoff, Soligny, Jérôme

Vinyl Records: The Essential Collection by Bendinelli Negrone, Jos

Heavy Metal's Big Four: How Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer Reshaped Metal by Bukszpan, Daniel

Treasures of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum: A Visual History of America's Music by

Sounding Nation, Hearing Race in Modern Music by Hartford, Kassandra L.

Nico, Rochereau, Roger & l'African Fiesta - Volume 1 (1962-1963) by Gunderson, Frank

Cher's Believe by Phillips, Lior

Whitney Houston's I'm Your Baby Tonight by Tensley, Brandon

"Weird Al" Yankovic's "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D by Remer, Justin

Woody Guthrie's Dust Bowl Ballads by Meier, Allison C.

Moss Icon's Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly by Fusciello, Zak

Don McLean: A Musical Tapestry by MacFarlane, Thomas

Creed Taylor: The Man Who Put Jazz on the Pop Charts by Sutter, David

Nico, Rochereau, Roger & l'African Fiesta - Volume 1 (1962-1963) by Gunderson, Frank

The Natural World of Troubadour Song by Levitsky, Anne

Eastward Piano: Practice, Culture, Recorded History by Ordoulidis, Nikos

The Night Before: Essays on Music, Comics, and Culture by Hajdu, David

It's Got to Be Funky: My Life in Music by Leeds, Alan

The Night Before: Essays on Music, Comics, and Culture by

Holistic String Teaching: A Guide to the Writings and Reflections of George Bornoff and Associates by

Bach's Brandenburg Concertos by Stauffer, George B.

Musical Life in Poland: The Postwar Years 1945-1977 by Rappoport-Gelfand, Lidia

An Introduction to Musical History by Westrup, J. a.

Ballads Beyond Borders: How the Irish Diaspora Shaped Music in the Nineteenth-Century United States by Gerk, Sarah

Don't Stop: Why We (Still) Love Fleetwood Mac's Rumours by Light, Alan

Wildwood Music Memories: Entertainment & Nightlife, Volume I, 1885-1969 by Ascough, Rob, Henry, Taylor N.

Gorillaz' Plastic Beach by Junyk, Ihor

Sound Recording in Post-War British Folk: Ideology, Discourse and Practice by Ord, Matthew

I Hear Music: The Life of Burton Lane, Composer for Broadway and Hollywood by Zimmers, Tighe E.

Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music by Santa, Matthew, Kostka, Stefan

Music and Antifascism: Cultures of Resistance in Europe and North America by

Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music by Kostka, Stefan, Santa, Matthew

Simple Minds: Song by Song by Read, Larelle

Music and Antifascism: Cultures of Resistance in Europe and North America by

The Story of Us (Spanish Edition): Cómo El Fandom de Taylor Swift Nos Cambió La Vida by Levin, Olivia

Weird Era: How Pitchfork Changed Music Forever: A Memoir by Schreiber, Ryan

Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America by Maslon, Laurence

The Elements of the Papadike: Byzantine Chant Manuals and Exercises by Anonymous

License to Think by Ziarek, Krzysztof

El Pensamiento Musical / This Is What It Sounds Like: A Legendary Producer Turned Neuroscientist on Finding Yourself Through Music by Rogers, Susan, Ogas, Ogi

Migration, Dislocation, and Place Making in Mexican Popular Music by

Blitzkrieg Bops by Patton, Alli

Why Beethoven: A Phenomenon in One Hundred Pieces by Lebrecht, Norman

Richard Wagner: My Life [Two Volume Set]: A New Translation by Spencer, Stewart

Barricade Sounds: Music and May 68 by MacPhee, Josh

Jesus and Mary Chain: Every Album, Every Song by Kennedy, Robin

Steven Wilson: Every Album, Every Song by Holmes, Nick

Bob Seger: Every Album, Every Song by Van Der Kiste, John

Yes on Track 1968-1991: Every Album, Every Song by Lambe, Stephen

Before Sound: Re-Composing Material, Time, and Bodies in Music by Manca, Tiziano

Bone Flute to Auto-Tune: Forty Thousand Years of Music Technology by Loughridge, Deirdre

Music as Heritage and Tourism Resource in Japan by

The Beatles 1967-1970 & Beyond: Every Album, Every Song by Wild, Andrew, Bravin, Alberto

The Beatles and Black Music: Post-Colonial Theory, Musicology and Remix Culture by Mills, Richard

Tomorrow on Cassette: Tape Jams in the New Media Age by Duester, Benjamin

Architecture Record Covers by Groenendijk, Paul

The Elvis Lover's Guide to Graceland and Memphis by Gerrard, Michael

Changes: The Songs of David Bowie 1964-2016 by Vernon, Nick

Björk: Song by Song by Leverenz, Jason