41 Gifts Any Music Lover Will Dig

Remember album covers? Your music lover does, and with this, they can look at the best whenever they want.

There’s no voice more interesting or informed in American music development—sorry, Ken Burns—than that of the Roots’ iconic drummer. Get this for anyone who wants to dig into the details.

The AirPods Max is Apple’s best product in years. Full stop. They’re comfortable. Their noise-canceling is unparalleled. And their connection never falters. Need me to say more? Read the Esquire review.

Or for $150 more, you can get the most luxurious headphones on the market. Premium Nappa leather and memory foam pair with amazing audio for the best listening experience money can buy.

We all need a karaoke-lover in the group. Someone who loves to belt out a song, and supports you even when you’re out of key. Reward them with their very own karaoke machine.

See Macca’s genius unspool across the lyric sheets for 150+ of his songs.

The two of you have got a song, right? Put it on their wall.

Famed singer Kacey Musgraves x famed candelier Boy Smells, the equation for a perfect gift.

The older real Hip-Hop fans will argue between New York or LA, but for some time now Atlanta has been the genre’s Mecca. Joe Coscarelli does a magnificent job of laying out the city’s hip-hop history. So good in fact, we’d gift this to anyone remotely interested in music history.

Nothing brings the spirit of rock n’ roll into a home like one of these little Marshall bluetooth speakers. The mid-sized Stanmore has plenty of umph to get a party going.

For the songwriter, a beautiful personalized leather notebook will always be a hit.

Turn their home into a dimly lit, smokey jazz club with this candle. The Eau de Toillette is beloved on the internet, and rightfully so because it smells incredible. But, the candle might be a safer gifting option.

If they’re Gen X, an alt-rock devotee, or a college-radio disc jockey, they’ll love this chronicling of how a small Georgia town birthed a hugely influential scene.

A winner from our Esquire Gadget Awards, this speaker syncs up to the music for a lovely little light display. Plus, it sounds great too.

Posthumous collaborations can be icky… But Fred Perry had a famously close connection with Amy Winehouse, and the brand has an ongoing collaboration with the Amy Winehouse Foundation. Money from sales goes back to the foundation, which educates young people on addiction and mental health.

Perfect for using at game nights or just displaying on a bookshelf.

DO NOT buy a guitar for the guitar freak in your life. They probably want something obscure and custom. Instead, get this for the novice guitarist as a nice alternative to the budget guitar they bought themselves. A hollowbody Gretsch is, in our opinion, the coolest guitar out there.

Or if they’re the misunderstood type, all songwriters are, get them a Jag-Stang. These are modeled after the mashup that Kurt Cobain made himself, and keep that 90s grunge cool about them.