• Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock’n’Roll by Nick Tosches, 1977. ︎

• Unsung Heroes Of Rock 'n' Roll: The Birth Of Rock In The Wild Years Before Elvis by Nick Tosches, 1984.

• The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Authorised Biography by Charles White, Little Richard, 1985.

• Chuck Berry: The Autobiography by Chuck Berry, 1989. 

• Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness by Ronnie Spector, 1989.

• Sly and the Family Stone: An Oral History by Joel Selvin.

• Race, Rock, and Elvis by Michael T. Bertrand, 2000.

• Midnight Lightning: Jimi Hendrix and the Black Experience by Greg Tate, 2003.

• Right to Rock: The Black Rock Coalition and the Cultural Politics of Race by Maureen Mahon, 2004. ︎

• Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix by Charles R. Cross, 2004.

• Rip it Up: The Black Experience in Rock 'n' Roll by Kandia Crazy Horse & Greg Tate, 2004. ︎

• Slash by Slash, Anthony Bozza, 2007. ︎

• Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-And-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe by Gayle Wald, 2007. ︎
  

• I Want to Take You Higher: The Life and Times of Sly and the Family Stone by Jeff Kaliss, 2008.

• What are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman's Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal by Laina Dawes, 2012. ︎

• Cowboy Song: The Authorised Biography of Philip Lynott by Graeme Thomson, 2016.

• Just Around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination by Jack Hamilton, 2017.  ︎

• Tina Turner: My Love Story by Tina Turner, 2018.

• Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll by Maureen Mahon, 2020.

FILMS & SERIES

• Jimi Hendrix, dir. John Head, Joe Boyd, and Gary Weis, 1973. 1h 42m.

• What's Love Got to Do With It, dir. Brian Gibson, 1993. 1h 58m.

• Cadillac Records, dir. Darnell Martin, 2008. 1h 49m.

• Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child, dir. Bob Smeaton, 2010. 1h 31m.

• Renegade: The Philip Lynott Story, Dave Heffernan. 1983.
• Part One
• Part Two
• Part Three
• Part Four

• The Godmother of Rock & Roll: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, dir. Mick Csaky, 2011. 1 hour.

• Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at the Isle of Wight, dir. Murray Lerner, 2013. 1hr 57m.

• “The Struggle Of Black Women In The World Of Heavy Metal” by Nicole Campbel & Frank Stasio, WUNC, 2013. 17 minutes.

• “Vernon Reid on Jimi Hendrix's 'Band of Gypsys'” by Heat Rocks, January 2018. 38 minutes.  ︎

• “Why Can't Black Kids Play Heavy Metal?” by Laina Dawes, The Root, June 2013. ︎

• “Bo Diddley and The Long Lost Duchess of Rock ‘n’ Roll” (on Norma-Jean Wofford) by Kimberly J. Bright, Dangerous Minds, June 2013.

• “The Unbearable Whiteness of Indie” by Sarah Sahim, Pitchfork, March 2015.

• “Heavy Metal Feminism” by Laina Dawes, Hazlitt, August 2015.

• “'We Don't Need Another Black Woman in Rock 'n' Roll': How Betty Davis Challenged the Music Industry” by Laina Dawes, Hazlitt, September 2015. 

• “Fear of Music: A Tribute to Black Rock Coalition” by Michael Gonzales, RBMA, October 2015.
  

• “Does Metal Have A Problem With Race?” by Dave Everley, Louder Sound, March 2016.

• “Race, rock, and the Rolling Stones: How the rock and roll became white.” by Jack Hamilton, Slate, October 2016.

• “Chuck Berry Invented the Idea of Rock and Roll” by Bill Wyman, Vulture, December 2016.

• “For Vagabon, Indie Rock Is About Creating a Voice and a Community” by Ivie Ani, Village Voice, March 2017.

• “Chuck Berry: The Double Helix Of Rock & Roll” by Greg Tate, Village Voice, March 2017. 

• “Forebears: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Godmother Of Rock 'N' Roll” by Jessica Diaz-Hurtado, NPR, August 2017. 

• “Tina Turner: the making of a rock'n'roll revolutionary” by Daphne A. Brooks, The Guardian, March 2018. ︎

• “It's Time To Recognize The Ronettes As Rock And Roll Pioneers” by Hilarie Ashton, NPR, March 2018.

• “How Living Colour Reignited Rock’s "Cult of Personality"” by Alan Siegel, The Ringer, May 2018. ︎

• “'It's about time': the black and Asian bands 'decolonising' British indie” by Darren Loucaides, The Guardian, June 2018.

• “Queer, Black & Blue: Sister Rosetta Tharpe Is Muva of Them All” by Erin White, Afropunk, March 2019.   ︎

• “The Story Behind Peggy Jones” by Ashawnta Jackson, She Shreds, March 2019.

• “10 Black Metal Bands You Should Check Out” by Aude Konan, OkayAfrica, November 2019.

• “The Righteousness of Joan Armatrading” by Stephanie Phillips, She Shreds, December 2019.

• “130 Historic Black Women Guitarists and Bassists You Need To Know” by She Shreds Mag, February 2020.

• Moses Sumney’s Twitter take on the state of indie and his follow-up thread of Black indie artists to support, March 2020. 

• “Little Richard Is Everywhere” by Jason King, Pitchfork, May 2020.

• “From Chuck Berry to Tom Morello: A Conversation About Black Guitarists” by Tony Pierce, Los Angeleno, June 2020.  ︎

• “Who Belongs Here? The Complicated Position of Rock Fans of Color and The #BLM Movement” by Erica Campbell, Paste, July 2020.

• DJ Soul Sister a.k.a. Melissa A. Weber’s Twitter thread on the uncredited women of Parliament Funkadelic, August 2020.

• “Let There Be (Black) Rock: Pulling at some myths of rock and roll with critic Mosi Reeves” in Zachary Lipez’s newsletter.

• “The Pivotal Impact Of African-American Women In Rock And Roll” by Erica Campbell, February 2021.

• “The Black ‘Godmother of Grunge’ Who Inspired Your Fav Bands” (on Tina Bell) by Stephanie Siek, ZORA Mag, March 2021.

• “The All-Too-Radical Existence of the Black Woman Rockstar” by Lani Renaldo, The Ringer, April 2021.

• “Witch: the glory and tragedy of Zambia’s psych-rock trailblazers” by James Balmont, The Guardian, July 2021.