The Books

Tucked in the far corner of a small bar in Manhattan's SoHo Grand Hotel, Fiona Apple talks calmly and candidly about uncomfortable topics, things people are generally inclined to keep to themselves. Read More

Writing a book was the easy part, says Perry Hall native Matthew Mainster. Read More

There is nothing in the world like New Orleans annual Jazz & Heritage Festival , a veritable smorgasbord of music, culture, food, costume, people and energy, native to the Crescent City but descended upon by people from the four corners of the globe, The numerous events that take place at night (and well into the morning) throughout the duration of the Fest are of equal interest to many festival-goers. Read More

That night Springsteen rambled, more than usual. Read More

Gregg Allman didnt sell his soul to the devil. Read More

That night Springsteen rambled, more than usual. Read More

I'm not sure that the title of Steven Struble and Sina Grace's Li'l Depressed Boy provides an accurate snapshot for the contents: while the ragdoll-like "LDB" certainly suffers from his share of setbacks and melancholy, he admirably continues to plug away at life in a heartfelt, honest, refreshing way. Read More

The Books were a two-piece band consisting of Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong. Their albums ( Thought For Food (2002), The Lemon of Pink (2003), Lost and Safe (2005), and The Way Out (2010)) consisted of a mixture of found audio, constructed sounds, languid vocals, and traditional instruments, but with a warm, solid feel to the proceedings despite the amount of audio manipulation. Read More

A few years ago libraries were flying high. Read More

It's an inevitably posed question, perhaps a fake-clever one, given Jonathan Lethem's cheeky chapter titles in his new entry in Continuum's 33 1/3 series about Talking Heads' 1979 album Fear of Music . Read More