Music

If you've never delved into Eric Clapton's contributions to other artist's recordings, then this is a handy guide to help the reader find his way into such a lengthy and successful second career. If his own albums are the main story, then these recordings run alongside: an alternative history of one of rock's most prolific musicians

In the 1990s, there was only one real punk rock band still standing. Rancid. Other so-called punk acts had bent the term so much they were unrecognisable as punk or had become a caricature of the expression. Rancid On Track describes their nine studio albums, track by track, and covers compilations, stand-alone singles, splits and rarities.

The definitive account of The Stone Roses, one of Britain's most influential bands and who defined a generation, by music journalist Simon Spence.

The hidden history of the women who dared to write music in a man's world

Classic, rare and unseen photographs illustrate this compact history of this enduringly popular band up to the modern day.

The story of the composition, first performances and cultural afterlife of one of the best-loved and most widely performed works in the entire history of music.

Without the Sex Pistols there would be no punk rock, and without Steve Jones there would be no Sex Pistols.

It was Steve who formed Kutie Jones and his Sex Pistols, the band that eventually went on to become the Sex Pistols, with his schoolmate Paul Cook and who was its original leader. As the world ...

A personal journey in search of the soul legend James Brown by National Book Award-winning novelist James McBride

Dans les coulisses du film événement sur Queen et Freddie Mercury A l'occasion de la sortie de Bohemian Rhapsody ce livre retrace l'histoire extraordinaire du groupe et de son leader en plongeant le lecteur dans les coulisses de la création du film. Avec tous les détails sur le casting, les décors ...

An unofficial and unauthorized account of the rise of the Beatles and how they changed the world of music.

As the handsome (and much-married) leader of a series of big bands and small groups in the 1930s and 1940s, clarinetist Artie Shaw achieved measures of fame and fortune that temporarily eclipsed those of his great rival, Benny Goodman.

A guide to pop and rock music and the records associated with them. It offers a range of information on various sorts of musical styles, musicians and countries - the information you need to know about the entire world of pop and rock.

A rollercoaster new history for the 50th anniversary of the 'Summer of Love', from a music business veteran who was actually there.

Bob Dylan's groundbreaking work and epochal impact on the art and music scene is encapsulated completely in this book, including coverage of his Nobel Prize for Literature awarded in 2016, making it an essential insight for music and culture fans of all ages.

Tells the story of Beethoven's life and works, highlighting some of the most important events by the inclusion of facsimile memorabilia, much of it only available for viewing in museums around Europe. This book looks at the stories behind the music and celebrates the man who, at one point, became the most famous man in Vienna.

Written for aspiring, younger musicians, Terry Burrows's guide explains how guitars work before leading the reader through a series of exercises based upon specially commissioned colour photographs of hand and finger positions.

Sell-out tours in packed stadiums, records going platinum on preorders alone, three-hour long concerts night after night, girls, booze, drugs...Led Zeppelin did it all.

A lively history of the gangster in American film-- soon to be a major television documentary on the Starz/Encore network

COUNTRY FRIED SOUL ADVENTURES IN DIRTY SOUTH HIP-HOP

A fetching account of the singer-songwriter revolution covers a wide range of artists, from Gram Parsons and Kris Kristofferson to Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams, discussing the influence of the 1960s as well as more recent returns to American "roots" music.