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Strange Currency | Best Music Books of 2018

In addition to the best music of the year, Jedd Beaudoin also selects the best music book of the year. Here are his selections for 2018:

  1. The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities—Wayne Kramer  
  2. Dreaming of Dylan: 115 Dreams About Bob—Mary Lee Kortes 
  3. Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording With Wilco, Etc.—Jeff  Tweedy 
  4. Beastie Boys Book—Michael Diamond 
  5. Closer You Are: The Story of Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices—Matthew Cutter 
  6. Jason Molina: Riding With The Ghost—Erin Osmon 
  7. At The Gates: The Story of Can—Rob Young 
  8. The Gospel According To Luke—Steve Lukather 
  9. Thanks A Lot Mr. Kibblewhite: My Story—Roger Daltry 
  10. Bring It On Home: Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin, and Beyond--The Story of Rock's Greatest Manager—Mark Blake 

 

Jedd Beaudoin is host/producer of the nationally syndicated program Strange Currency. He has also served as an arts reporter, a producer of A Musical Life and a founding member of the KMUW Movie Club. As a music journalist, his work has appeared in Pop Matters, Vox, No Depression and Keyboard Magazine.