In addition to his work at the helm of Good Road, Brian Coleman is a noted music journalist and historian, with four nonfiction books to his name: Buy Me, Boston: Local Ads & Flyers, 1960s - 1980s (Wax Facts Press, 2018); Check the Technique Volume 2 (Wax Facts Press, 2014); Check the Technique (Villard / Random House, 2007); and Rakim Told Me (Wax Facts, 2005), in addition to hundreds of freelance articles in publications including XXL, Scratch, The Source, Wax Poetics, URB, CMJ, Boston Herald, Metro Newspapers, and many more.