This week, Kelly nerds out about music nonfiction, with recommendations galore, whatever your genre of choice.

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SHOW NOTES

Major Labels: A History of Music in Seven Genres by Kelefa Sanneh

Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore by Dan Ozzy

Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS by Maria Sherman

Everything I Need I Get From You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It by Kaitlyn Tiffany

The Number Ones: Twenty Chart Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music by Tom Briehan

Music Is History by Questlove

Her Country: How Women of Country Music Became the Success They Never Were Supposed to Be by Marissa Moss

60 Songs That Explain The 90s Podcast

Bandsplain Podcast

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