Musical Novels

This novel follows the greatest (fictional) band you've never heard of, Utopia Avenue. Hurtle through the British sixties and what it took to make it as a band during that time as this lovable cast of incredibly talented musicians try, and maybe succeed, to make it big. With guest appearances from the Rolling Stones, Jerry Garcia and perhaps a Beatle or two, this is a great musical read.  

An eccentric record executive and his kleptomaniac assistant form the center of this story about music and the nature of time. Visited by a series of musicians, record executives and music industry hangers on, the their story tracks the evolution of the music industry and the costs associated with its moving into the digital era. A meditation on our need for art and community that won the Pulitzer in 2011, I guarantee you will be drawn into this deeply original book.

A white sneaker with a $5 million ransom note. An impossibly rare Stradivarius violin. A gifted black musician from North Carolina who grew up with the aforementioned instrument as his family fiddle. This is a compulsively readable book that plunges you into the cut throat world of classical music, America's legacy of exploitation, and the scars it leaves upon a gifted musician and his family. A wonderful book.

This is a detailed look at what it takes to become a professional musician. Lauded upon its release for the accuracy with which it portrays the ups and downs of making classical music, An Equal Music is also a story about chance encounters, impossible love and how we respond to tragedy. Deeply moving.