The incredible story of Peter Frampton's positively resilient life and career told in his own words for the first time.

His monumental album Frampton Comes Alive! spawned three top-twenty singles and sold eight million copies the year it was released (more than seventeen million to date), and it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in January 2020. Frampton was on a path to stardom from an early age, first as the lead singer and guitarist of the Herd and then as cofounder - along with Steve Marriott - of one of the first supergroups, Humble Pie. Frampton was part of a tight-knit collective of British '60s musicians with close ties to the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and the Who. This led to Frampton playing on George Harrison's solo debut, All Things Must Pass, as well as to Ringo Starr and Billy Preston appearing on Frampton's own solo debut. By age twenty-two, Frampton was touring incessantly and finding new sounds with the talk box, which would become his signature guitar effect. Frampton remembers his enduring friendship with David Bowie. Growing up as schoolmates, crossing paths throughout their careers, and playing together on the Glass Spider Tour, the two developed an unshakable bond. Frampton also shares fascinating stories of his collaborative work with Harry Nilsson, Stevie Wonder, B. B. King, and members of Pearl Jam.

He reveals both the blessing and curse of Frampton Comes Alive!, opening up about becoming the cover boy he never wanted to be, his overcoming substance abuse, and how he has continued to play and pour his heart into his music despite an inflammatory muscle disease and his retirement from the road. Peppered throughout his narrative is the story of his favorite guitar, the Phenix, which he thought he'd lost in a fiery plane crash in 1980. But in 2011, it mysteriously showed up again - saved from the wreckage.

Frampton tells of that unlikely reunion here in full for the first time, and why the miraculous reappearance is emblematic of his life and career as a quintessential artist.

Based on the world's first university course on Taylor Swift, award-winning literary critic and Harvard Professor Stephanie Burt offers an insightful examination of Swift and her phenomenal career.

Arguably the biggest star in the world, Taylor Swift's meteoric rise to fame has marked her out as a phenomenon of the music industry. Literary critic Stephanie Burt offers the first serious study of Swift that pays close attention to her talent as a songwriter, from her teen country debut to her most recent record-breaking achievement as the highest-grossing touring artist in the world.

Drawing from musical and cultural criticism, poetry, economic theory, American history, as well as personal experience, Burt offers a critical appreciation of Swift that delves into her life, her celebrity and her artistry. She explores how Swift's music and public persona are highly intentional and reward scrutiny, how her career illuminates structures of privilege in America, and ultimately, what makes her body of work so important across styles, eras and generations.

On Taylor Swift is a literary deep-dive into Swift as a music icon, revealing the extraordinary impact of her career and how her songs - and music in general - can change lives.