Richard Carlin is the author of several books on folk, country, and traditional music. He plays English concertina.

Country Music
2002
ISBN 9780415938020
Country
2006
ISBN 9780816053124
How to Play the Autoharp
1985
ISBN 9780825623387
Nursery Rhymes And Songs
1985
ISBN 9780825624438
How to Play Autoharp
1985
ISBN 9780711906075
Man's earliest music
1987
ISBN 9780816013241
English and American folk music
1987
ISBN 9780816013814
Rock and roll, 1955-1970
1988
ISBN 9789580207689
European classical music 1600-1825
1988
ISBN 9780816013821
Jazz
1991
ISBN 9780816022298
Classical music
1992
ISBN 9781556521485
Handbook for English Concertina
1994
ISBN 9780825601897
The big book of country music
1995
ISBN 9780140235098
Southern exposure
2000
ISBN 9780823084265
Rock and Roll
2001
ISBN 9780735102118
American Popular Music
2005
ISBN 9780816053094
Folk
2006
ISBN 9780816053131
Worlds of sound
2008
ISBN 9780061563553
Ain't nothing like the real thing
2010
ISBN 9781588342690
Godfather of the Music Business
2016
ISBN 9781496805713
Eubie Blake
2020
ISBN 9780190635930
Country Music: A Very Short Introduction