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Author: Judith Chernaik Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Drawing on previously unpublished sources, this groundbreaking biography of Robert Schumann sheds new light on the great composer's life and work....

Author: Ian Anderson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 161 For those interested in starting their own label, Here Come the Regulars will be the dog-eared, underlined bible on the night...

Author: Blake Gopnik Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 976 The definitive biography of one of the most famous and influential artists the world has ever seen When critics...

Author: Allan Marett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Aboriginal musicians receive songs both from an eternal realm known as The Dreaming and from the ghosts of deceased ancestors. Songs,...

Author: Tom Stoddard Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 242 The first famous double-bass stylist in jazz George Murphy Pops Foster enjoyed a career that spanned gigs with greats...

Author: Sarah Millican Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'The naughtiest, helpiest, laughieoutloudiest and goodest book I've ever done reading on. Give that girl a banana!' DAWN FRENCH THE NO.1...

Author: Paul Kildea Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 A dazzling exploration of Romantic music unlike any other, from one of the most exciting writers about classical music...

Author: Laura Tunbridge Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 An authoritative and refreshing account of Beethoven's life and music Ludwig van Beethoven- to some, simply the greatest ever...

Author: Stuart Murdoch Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 A beautiful collaboration between Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch and illustrator Pamela Tait: a unique visual reinterpretation of Murdoch's favourite...

Author: Stephanie Phillips Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Growing up in the shadow of her superstar sister Beyonce, and defying an industry that attempted to bend her to its...

Author: Sarah Millican Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 'The naughtiest, helpiest, laughieoutloudiest and goodest book I've ever done reading on. Give that girl a banana!' DAWN FRENCH...

Author: Stephen Fry Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 496 National Treasure- noun - someone or something regarded as emblematic of a nation's cultural heritage, such as Stephen Fry...

Author: Orange Hippo! Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 'All I can do is be me, whoever that is.' The many ides of Bob Dylan are revealed in this collection...

Author: Audrey Golden Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 528 Factory Records has become the stuff of legend. The histories of the label have been told from many perspectives, from visual...

Author: Stephen Johnson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 'Thrilling.' - John Banville, Guardian The Eighth Symphony was going to be different from anything Mahler had ever done...

Author: Alanis Morissette Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Celebrating its 25-year anniversary in 2020, singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette's Grammy-Award winning album Jagged Little Pill has come to define a generation....

Author: Marc MyersFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 300g, 320 pagesPublished: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, United States, 2022Decades after the rise of rock music in the 1950s, the rock...

Author: Armando Iannucci Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 A celebration of music from the creator of Alan Partridge, The Thick of It and Veep All my days,...

Author: Julie Kavanagh Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 800 The incredible story of the 20th century's superstar ballet dancer, soon to be a major film by Ralph Fiennes...

Kurt Cobain's life and death fast became rock 'n' roll legend. The worldwide success of his band, Nirvana, defined the music scene in the early 1990s and their songs spoke...

FOREWORD BY JACQUELINE CROOKSSolid Foundation is the definitive history of Jamaica's holy music: reggae in all its forms, from the earliest ska and rock steady pioneers to the dancehall and...

Author: Mark Kermode Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Following a formative encounter with the British pop movie Slade in Flame in 1975, Mark Kermode decided that musical superstardom was...

Radicalism and Music offers a convincing argument for music's transformational impact on the radicalization, reinforcement, and motivational techniques of violent political activists. It makes a case for the careful examination...

Author: Steve Davis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 No-one, least of all Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi themselves, expected the six-time former World Snooker champion and a British-Iranian underground...

Author: Orange Hippo! Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Sir Elton Hercules John has enjoyed a phenomenal career filled with success, excess and achievement. His farewell tour was announced as...

Author: Jacques Henry Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 An exploration of Mozart's strong ties to Freemasonry and how its principles profoundly shaped his musical work * Reveals...

Author: Jesse Dayton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Jesse Dayton's story reads like a who's who of American music. In his debut memoir Beaumonster, Dayton reveals the stranger-than-fiction encounters...

Author: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 With her canon of best-selling singles, electrifying stage performances and iconic music videos, Britney Spears is undoubtedly a...

Author: Cheryl Wills Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A unique tribute to often overlooked women who have left an indelible mark on Gospel Music-powerful talents who overcame racism and...

Author: David Hajdu Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 0 David Hajdu begins Love for Sale, his personal history of pop music, in an unexpected place - not with nostalgic reminiscences...

Using the arrival of the Spice Girls as a jumping-off point, this fascinating new narrative will explore, celebrate and contextualise the thus-far-uncharted period of British pop that flourished between 1996...

Author: Sean Egan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 544 Bob Dylan's impact on popular music has been incalculable. Having transformed staid folk music into a vehicle for coruscating...

Author: Jason Derulo Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 In his page-turning and inspiring first book, legendary songwriter and recording artist Jason Derulo shares his 15 rules for finding success...

Author: Richard Wagner Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 816 A superb translation of one of the greatest nineteenth century poems- the libretto to Wagner's Ring cycle The scale...

Author: Lenny Kaye Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 528 'A true testimonial and epic love letter to the soul saving power of rock & roll . . . Read it...

Author: Bob Stanley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 656 Let's Do It is the definitive history of the birth of Pop, from 1900 to the mid-fifties. The story begins in...

Author: Sir Roy Strong Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 560 'Viper wit from the gardener, writer and Knight of exquisite taste' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Funny, barbed and moving ......

Author: Mike Love Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 The New York Times Bestseller Mike Love tells the story of his legendary, raucous, and ultimately triumphant five-decade career as the...

Author: Dawn French Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 The number one bestselling autobiography of Britain's best-loved comedienne ___________________________ A hilarious, heartwarming memoir from one of Britain's best-loved...

Author: Amy Raphael Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 'Fascinating and illuminating' STYLIST 'Perceptive and candid' IRISH TIMES 'Wide-ranging, deep-dive, soul-baring interviews, full of candid, intimate, spiky meditations...

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Author: Anna Beer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 A companion to the Classic FM series Francesca Caccini. Barbara Strozzi. Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre. Marianna Martines. Fanny Hensel. Clara...

Author: Joan Armatrading Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Since the release of her debut album Whatever's For Us in 1972, Joan Armatrading has, across a fifty-year career, traversed styles...

Author: Alice Farnham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Writing with refreshing passion, and with her own personal story at its heart,Alice Farnham sets out to explore what it means...

Author: Ultan Guilfoyle Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 280 The 100 most iconic guitars from around the globe, from early modern beginnings to cutting-edge electric models The guitar is the...

Author: Andrew Gant Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Everyone loves a Christmas carol - in the end, even Scrooge. They have the power to summon up a special kind...

Author: Dave Rimmer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A story of money, sex, stardom, screaming fans and forgotten ideals, Like Punk Never Happened is Dave Rimmer's witty, authoritative, fast-moving...

Author: Stuart Murdoch Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 A beautiful collaboration between Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch and illustrator Pamela Tait: a unique visual reinterpretation of Murdoch's favourite...