Our favorite books this year (in no particular order) included definitive memoirs by music figures as varied as Ozzy Osbourne, Lionel Richie, and Cameron Crowe; chronicles of bands long gone and those ...

Music history is dotted with records that actually made it out, but the shadow history underneath it is just as compelling. Across rock, pop, soul, and beyond, there's a shadow history of records that ...

As a child, I spent nearly every weekend with my best friend shooting hoops and jumping fences throughout Hollywood. It was always amusing seeing tourists — especially foreigners — line up around ...