Our favourite music books of 2021
With an ode to radio during the pandemic by Gilles Peterson, a celebration of women in dance music, an in-depth look at Cha Cha record covers, and more.
Gilles Peterson
Lockdown FM: Broadcasting In A Pandemic
(Worldwide FM)
aya
im hole
(Hyperdub)
Paul Terzulli & Eddie Otchere
Who Say Reload: The Stories Behind the Classic Drum & Bass Records of the ’90s
(Velocity Press)
Laila McKenzie & Ian ‘Snowy’ Snowball
Lady of the House: Stories Of Women In Dance Music
(Self published)
Various contributors
SPECTRES: Ghosts In The Machine / Volume III
(Shelter Press)
Questlove
Music Is History
(Abrams)
Various contributors
Organic Music Societies
(Blank Forms)
Jon Hassell
Atmospherics
(Ndeya)
Daphne A. Brooks
Liner Notes for the Revolution The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound
(Harvard University Press)
Various
Cha-cha-cha
(Gladys Palmera Collection)
Meg Remy
Begin By Telling
(Book*hug Press)
Sukita
Eternity
(ACC Art Books)
Dottie Dodgion & Wayne Enstice
The Lady Swings: Memoirs of a Jazz Drummer
(University of Illinois Press)
Thom Yorke & Stanley Donwood
Kid A Mnesia: A Book of Radiohead Artwork
(Canongate Books)
Kelefa Sanneh
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres
(Canongate Books)
Mai Lucas
Hip Hop Diary Of A Fly Girl
(Ofr Paris)
Ian Helliwell
Tape Leaders: A Compendium Of Early British Electronic Music Composers
(Velocity Press)
Artwork by: Patrick Savile
