Music

An exclusive look into the life of the most successful British musician most people have never heard of - this is Steven Wilson as he has never been seen before.

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

The truth behind Freddie Mercury's complex romantic relationships.

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.

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 ...

Box set containing hardback fully illustrated book with many photographs of the band and facsimiles of memorabilia from early days to splitting up along with text presented in an engaging way.

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.

In his critically acclaimed book, In the Country of Country, Nicholas Dawidoff travels to the origins of country music and talks to the musicians who created this original American art form.