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What does music have to do with joy? Daniel Chua explores the durable relationship between the two in “Music & Joy.” Mr. Chua, a professor of musicology at the University of Hong Kong, observes that ...

Amazon Music is bolting on a new benefit for unlimited-plan subscribers: They can now access the 1 million-plus catalog of audiobooks in the U.S. from Amazon-owned Audible. The catch? You can listen ...

Every year, we read a lot of new music books, and it’s not only so that music-loving readers have holiday gift ideas for their loved ones, or just themselves; it also saves you time reading the bad or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We say it every year: There are way too many music books for any human to keep track of, let alone read. Yet this year has seen a ...

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'Mood Machine,' a mix of investigative reporting and cultural criticism, focuses on how Spotify has reshaped how we listen to music: "This is a book that’s about music, but it’s also a book about ...

Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar. This week we speak with Rolling Stone pop music critic Rob Sheffield about ...

BEYONCE: (Singing) Girls. Who run the world? Girls, girls. Who run the world? Girls. DETROW: Global newsmakers like Taylor Swift and Beyonce produce record-setting tours. Mary J. Blige, Cher and Big ...

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia has an incredibly rich and deep history due to its hosting of the first Continental Congress in 1774 and the subsequent revolutionary meetings, people, and moments. But ...

Tell-alls, streaming service deep-dives, personal essays, and artist mythologies defined 2025’s printed year in music. Paste has picked its 10 favorite music books from the last 12 months, but I’d ...