Karen’s Top Ten Books on Music

While music expresses that which cannot be put into words (yet cannot remain silent), books about music and musicians speak to songs and songwriting. Here are a few that I have enjoyed and recommend. Click on each title for more info.

JUST KIDS ~ Patti Smith
LADY SINGS THE BLUES ~ Billie Holiday/William Dufty
HAPPINESS BECOMES YOU ~ Tina Turner
HOW TO WRITE ONE SONG ~ Jeff Tweedy
ZEN GUITAR ~ Philip Toshio Sudo
GOLD DUST WOMAN The Biography of Stevie Nicks ~ Stephen Davis
FROM CRADLE TO STAGE ~ Virginia Hanlon Grohl
GIRL IN A BAND ~ Kim Gordon
MORE MYSELF ~ Alicia Keys
BROKEN MUSIC ~ Sting