Music

Nothing will ever compare to the amphetamine rush of my young life and the night I was nearly buggered by my girlfriend's uncle in the Potteries...The opening line of Stuart...

In 1970, pop was in trouble. The Beatles were no more. Pink Floyd gave up on singles altogether. Led Zeppelin dismissed anything beyond their 'musical statements' as childish frippery. Thankfully,...

Rough Trade Book of the Year Uncut Book of the Year Mojo Book of the Year A Financial Times Book of the Year A Resident Book of the Year A...

Can music make the world a better place? Can it really 'belong' to anyone? Can the magic, mystery and incertitude of music - of the human brain meeting or making...

This illustrated celebration of American popular music is an authoritative and entertaining chronicle of our most enduring art form and its finest creators and interpreters. Presented in the striking format...

This work includes 230 highly-detailed yet reader-friendly A-Z film entries from 1956-2005, inc. cast list, creative personnel, rating, running time, and DVD availability. It contains biographical entries on players who...

Legendary recording artist Billie Eilish shares an intimate inside look at her life - both on and off the stage - in this stunning, photo-filled book. Billie Eilish is a...

'It's funny how most people love the dead. Once you're dead you're made for life' Jimi Hendrix A biography of the world's greatest guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, by international bestselling author...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A ROUGH TRADE, RESIDENT, UNCUT , SHINDIG! , CLASH MAGAZINE AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR Irish Examiner - Top 10 Music Book of 2025 Scottish...

'[A] penetrating biography . . . While the book posits Newman as a writer of sociopolitical import, its emotional narrative is driven by the more personal aspects of his story:...

Twelve months, t welve eras: the seasonal journal and planner inspired by Taylor Swift, the perfect gift for Swifties to plan their wildest dreams this year. In this guided journal...

The first illustrated book to focus on the life of Duke Ellington. Unique in being endorsed by Ellington's family and estate, this stands alone in a market of mostly unofficial...

The most complete account of David Bowie and his impact on pop culture ever written. The Sunday Times bestseller. David Bowie was arguably the most influential artist of his time,...

'I see my story as a suite of songs that have a magical connection. I never understood that connection until I sat down to write. It was then that the...

This book is a complete approach to musical study, from the first note you read to the beginnings of harmony. It simplifies music theory into easy logical steps, clearly written...

Martin Cooper (1910-86), was one of the leading critics of the post-war period and chief music critic of "The Daily Telegraph" from 1954-7 as well as a broadcaster and author...

Derived from the full "Oxford Dictionary of Music", this is an authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of music. Fully revised and updated for this new edition, it is a mine of...

The book titled Sinead: Life of Sinead O'Connor by the author Jimmy Guterman. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Colour In Taylor invites fans to immerse themselves in the vibrant world of the multi-talented artist. From her country roots to her pop superstar status, each page features intricate illustrations...

We all know the name, and we all know that voice, but what the world doesn't know is how Bonnie Tyler came to be the vocal powerhouse that took the...

Discusses the life and work of Hungarian violinist Zoltan Szekely, who gained fame as the leader of the Hungarian String Quartet, and explores his working relationship with composer Bela Bartok

The ultimate listening party guide, Booze and Vinyl shows you how to set the mood for 70 great records from the 1950s through the 2000s. From modern craft cocktails to...

The book titled Daniel Barenboim: A Life in Music by the author Daniel Barenboim. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A year-by-year history of people and events telling the story of jazz and the personalities which have formed this music style. Beginning at the turn of the century, the text...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has become one of the world's most enduringly beloved composers. Ranging from "Swan Lake" to "Eugene Onegin", from the "Pathetique" to "Romeo and Juliet", his work is...

How does a man who once adored music beyond measure come to revile it as a form of tyranny? Throughout Pascal Quignard's distinguished literary career, music has been a recurring...

Artists and critics regularly enlist theory in the creation and assessment of artworks, but few have scrutinized the art theories themselves. Here, Daniel examines and critiques the norms, assumptions, historical...

The principal concern of the law of torts is to repair accident losses. but its role has altered over the years as a result of such factors as the wider...

Whilst no one would dispute Richard Wagner's ranking amongst the most significant composers in the history of Western music, his works have been more fiercely attacked than any other composer's....

Featuring absolutely no cut and paste' compilation of the work of others, this is arguably the finest reference book on Metallica yet to emerge. Presented as an A-Z listing of...

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's Chronicles: Volume One -and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. The audio...

No comprehensive biography of the time Paul McCartney spent with Wings has ever been published. A period often dismissed as McCartney's 'missing' years, in fact the band lasted for a...

Secrets. Glamour. Lies. Your new favourite twisty thriller was written by INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Rebecca Heath 'Pitch perfect!' Jo Furniss, author of All the Little Children A REMOTE ISLAND It's been...

In this original memoir following Billy Idol from his childhood in England to his fame at the height of the punk-pop revolution, the iconic superstar tells the real story behind...

From his emergence in the 1950s - when an uncannily beautiful young man from Oklahoma appeared on the West Coast and became, seemingly overnight, the prince of 'cool' jazz -...

Here is Leonard Bernstein, full scale and fully alive - the child prodigy, the man, the composer, the teacher, the hugely charismatic personality, the lover, the American folk hero. Everything...

A beautiful work of the imagination, straddling history, memory, trauma and testimony In 1917, a young composer writes a suite of twenty pieces for piano. Each pass by like a...

The book titled Amiscellany: My Life, My Music by the author John Amis. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Unfinished Journey by the author Yehudi Menuhin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

From the Bill of Rights, freedom of speech, and civil rights to jazz, blues and country music, Nat Hentoff has written about American life for decades, in the Atlantic Monthly...

The book titled Prima Donna: A History by the author Rupert Christiansen. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A panorama of the arts scene in Jazz Age France draws on letters, diaries, journals, photo albums, and private archives, in a visual exploration that includes unpublished paintings by Picasso...

Do you want to know when Duke Ellington was king of The Cotton Club? Have you ever wondered how old Miles Davis was when he got his first trumpet? From...

This latest edition of the best-selling guide to classical CDs is now being published in a new, larger format, and contains more entries than ever before. Ranging from long-established recordings...

We're Meredith Grey, Olivia Benson, and Benjamin Button- three of the hardest-working kitties in show business. We spend our days helping our famous mum, Taylor, be a musical mastermind. This...

'No other book has come close to capturing so well what Paul McCartney is about, nor described so vividly his mental breakdown when the Beatles separated, nor his need for...

Russian musicians have left an indelible mark on 20th-century music. From composers to musicians, the Russian 'school' is admired universally. This book contains essays on the following great Russian musicians:...

"It is [a] fully illuminated story that Richard Taruskin, in the path-breaking essays collected here, unfolds around Modest Musorgsky, Russia's greatest national composer.... [Taruskin's] tour de force comes with a...