Books on Modern Music?

Hey /book/
I was looking to read up on modern music.
(Big band, dixieland, jazz, swing, punk, rock, rockabilly, etc.)
But I can't seem to find any good books about it.
Help a guy out?

Books on Modern Music
Modern Music

Sure. Read anything by the Frankfurt School and any of their later adherents. Also filed under the term "Cultural Marxism".

If you want a book on dub, ska, rocksteady, Jamaica and ultimately West Indian musical influence on Great Britain, read Cut 'n' Mix by Dick Hebdige

http://www.amazon.com/Cut-%60n-Mix-Identity-Caribbean/dp/0415058759/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281470181&sr=1-1