
The Music Book Podcast
A podcast about music books, talking to authors about how they wrote their books about music! Hosted by music writer Marc Masters.
Podcasting since 2023 • 54 episodes
The Music Book Podcast
Latest Episodes
054 Angela Jaeger on her Punk Diaries
On this episode, Marc talks with Angela Jaeger, author of “I Feel Famous: Punk Diaries 1977-1981,” released on February 4th, 2025. It’s a compendium of her diary entries when she was a teenager living in New York and London, going to see punk b...
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053 Donna-Claire Chesman on Emo Rap
On this episode, Marc talks with Donna-Claire Chesman. She’s the author of “Crybaby: The Artists Who Shaped Emo Rap,” published on January 21, 2025. It’s a fascinating look at a genre that grew up from the Soundcloud underground t...
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052 Daniel Spicer on Peter Brötzmann
On this episode, Marc talks to Daniel Spicer, author of "Peter Brötzmann: Free-Jazz, Revolution and the Politics of Improvisation,” published January 14, 2025. It’s a thorough and fascinating biography of the German musician best known for his ...
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