MARK YARM  Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge [Crown Archetype] Never have the people responsible for starting a musical movement been so quick to tear down their own myth. From the moment the sound known as “grunge” emerged from the Pacific Northwest, the sobriquet was universally rejected by the artists to whom it was applied. From well before the moment major record labels began making their way up to Seattle, smelling money... 

BOOK REVIEW EDDIE TRUNK Eddie Trunk’s Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal [Abrams Image] It’s almost impossible to keep from becoming jaded even on the periphery of the music business—especially when one is a popular radio DJ who hosts a TV show and is allowed access to the innermost rock circles. Still, Eddie Trunk is a fan first and foremost, and his enthusiasm for the music he loves comes through in this primer on the sounds that drew him... 

BOOK REVIEW SHORTCUTS TO SONGWRITING FOR FILM & TV Robin Frederick [TAXI Music Books] While Robin Frederick isn’t a household name, she certainly has the street cred to call herself an authority on music acquisition for film and television. Starting her career as a New Age artist in the early ’90s, she segued into a long and fruitful career as a writer and executive producer for countless kids’ TV shows and albums (working on such varied... 

HILARY WILLIAMS WITH M.B. ROBERTS Sign of Life: A Story of Family, Tragedy, Music and Healing [Da Capo Press] BOOK REVIEW “Pain is a sign of life.” Those words from her doctor, which first seemed cruel, came to be a mantra for singer-songwriter Hilary Williams after a March 2006 car accident nearly killed her and left her unable to walk for several years. Pain is a part of Williams’ family legacy, as Hilary notes in this evocative memoir. Her...