An Opera in 3 Acts, Starring Gino Quilico

By Connie Guzzo-McParland

When young Louis Quilico meets upcoming concert pianist Lina Pizzolongo, a personal and musical collaboration begins that sees Louis become one of the most accomplished baritones in the world. Their son, Gino, follows in his father's footsteps to emerge as a globetrotting opera ... Read more

Anthem: Rush in the ’70s

By Martin Popoff

Part one of the definitive biography of Rock ’n’ Roll’s kings of the North … now in paperback!

Includes two full-color photo inserts, with 16 pages of the early days of the band on tour and in the studio.

With extensive, firsthand reflections from Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, ... Read more

Any Night of the Week

By Jonny Dovercourt

The story of how Toronto became a music mecca.

From Yonge Street to Yorkville to Queen West to College, the neighbourhoods that housed Toronto’s music scenes. Featuring Syrinx, Rough Trade, Martha and the Muffins, Fifth Column, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Rheostatics, ... Read more

Après Satie

By Dean Steadman

A man who might be Erik Satie floats, a la Magritte, above Paris rooftops, thinking of a newly-extinct species of songbirds, "contemplating grief in the absence of song. " By turns tender, wry, playful and fierce, the poems in Dean Steadman’s second collection, Apres Satie ... Read more

Battle of the Five Spot, The

By David Neil Lee

This is a new-format reprint of a successful jazz book documenting the debate over ground-breaking jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman. Coleman revolutionized jazz when he first started playing at The Five Spot in New York City in 1959. Lee investigates this time, considering both ... Read more

Bayou Underground

By Dave Thompson

A veteran music journalist explores rock-n-roll’s bayou roots in “a jolting 18-track joy ride [that] unlocks secrets and back-stories worth savoring” — The Wall Street Journal

The bayou of the American south — stretching from Houston, Texas, to Mobile, Alabama — ... Read more

Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers

By Martin Popoff

“Motörhead, remember me now, Motörhead, alright!”

Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers is the first book to celebrate the classic-era Motörhead lineup of Lemmy Kilmister, “Fast” Eddie Clarke, and Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor. Through interviews with all of the principal ... Read more

Best Seat in the House

By Tom Stephen
With Keith Elliot Greenberg

For 15 years, Tom Stephen had the unique distinction of being both drummer and manager of the Jeff Healey Band. The dual role was fraught with conflicts of interest. One minute, he was leading the debauched life of a rock musician; the next, he was disciplining the band for ... Read more

Black and Blue

By Stanley Péan
Translated by David Homel

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. He gets behind the scenes with anecdotes that tell much about the misunderstandings that ... Read more

Bon: The Last Highway

By Jesse Fink

An affectionate, honest tribute now updated with new revelations about the rock and roll icon who helped make AC/DC an international sensation

The second edition of Bon: The Last Highway includes a brand new 16-page introduction. Fink examines…

• New information from French ... Read more