Music

Described as the Irish John Peel, Dave Fanning has been a major player in the Irish and global music scene for over 30 years. In this compelling memoir, RTE Radio...

From Sunday Times bestselling author Lesley-Ann JonesOn 12 July 1962, the Rollin' Stones performed their first-ever gig at London's Marquee jazz club. Down the line, a 'g' was added, a...

'An adventurer, an entrepreneur, a buccaneer, a visionary' - BONOAs the founder of Island Records, fabled music producer Chris Blackwell has discovered and worked with some of the most important...

'The Definitive Biography' - PETE PAPHIDES The world is full of Bee Gees fans. Yet, for a band of such renown, little is known about Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb.Weren't...

Chosen as one of the Best Architecture and Design books Summer 2022 by the Financial Times. Why British record store carrier bags are graphic design icons: While they've never carried...

At more than 120 bpm, electronic music sets the tempo on dancefloors around the globe. Accompanying the exhibition Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers, this book offers an insight...

This important study in ethnomusicology is an attempt by the author -- a musician who has become a social anthropologist -- to compare his experiences of music-making in different cultures....

For 30 years, "Guitar World" magazine has served as North America's leading publication for rock guitarists - and with more than 325 issues under its belt, the world's best-selling guitar...

No musical entity has been more closely associated with EGuitar WorldE magazine over the years than Edward Van Halen a the man who in the late seventies and early eighties...

A beautiful collaboration between Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch and illustrator Pamela Tait: a unique visual reinterpretation of Murdoch's favourite Belle and Sebastian songs. From the imagined lives of...

Tony Allen is the autobiography of legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, the rhythmic engine of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat. Conversational, inviting, and packed with telling anecdotes, Allen's memoir is based on...

London. Wham! Pop, glitz and glamour. And two girls with stars in their eyes.Our friendship began one windy day in 1982, outside Finsbury Park tube. It was an instant like...

Claude Debussy was the father of the modern era in classical music. His innovations liberated Stravinsky Schoenberg and Bartik to write their iconoclastic works and his harmonic inventions are still...

'This book will delight both New Order-ites and general rock readers' MojoA ROLLICKING, NO-HOLDS-BARRED ACCOUNT OF NEW ORDER'S ENTIRE HISTORY. Two acclaimed albums and an upcoming US tour - Joy...

Tony Bacon's definitive guide to Gibson's most famous guitar moves into its latest and most complete version yet with this new and thoroughly revised edition. Now with 16 more pages...

'Terrific... Very funny' GuardianWhat if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display?THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWe all have a random collection of the...

'It wasn't me. I didn't do it. And I'll never do it again!' says Brian Johnson of The Lives of Brian. That AC/DC's legendary front man got to do it...

'An incredible photographer and good friend' -RINGO STARR The definitive collection of the breathtaking Beatles photographs of Terry O'Neill.Iconic photographer Terry O'Neill worked with the Beatles across five decades, capturing...

More than three decades since U2 formed, as teenagers in Dublin, they are still one of the world's biggest and best-loved groups. This book looks at all the various haunts...

With a foreword by Paul McCartney'It's semi-devotional -- a really special place' Florence Welch'There are certain things that are mythical. Abbey Road is mythical' Nile RodgersMany people will recognise the...

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'Brilliant. The unwritten Bowie book that needed writing' CAITLIN MORAN'Splendid. Provides plenty of evidence of Bowie's restless, rummaging intelligence, and his pleasure in the fact...

Paul McCartney's songwriting output as a member of the Beatles, mainly with his co-writer John Lennon, has been exhaustively documented over the years. Now, taking 50 key songs from his...

Blue Note Records-co-founded in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff-celebrates seventy-five years dedicated to recording the greatest musicians in jazz history. One hundred of the musicians who defined the...

An intimate, revealing portrait of Frank Sinatra-from the man closest to the famous singer during the last decade of his life.More than a hundred books have been written about legendary...

The only 100% fully OFFICIAL Annual. Forget the rest, this is THE One Direction Annual of the year! Written in collaboration with the boys, this is the only annual to...

Join the world's hottest pop star on his rollercoaster ride to superstardom...plus FREE wall poster, just for you! His debut album has already gone platinum. He's sung for the President...

The final word on music's greatest legend, in which Philip Norman reveals a John Lennon the world has never seen. With ground-breaking insight into the pain, beauty and frustration that...

From Neighbours to the chart-topping music career, from Joseph to the appearance on I'm A Celebrity that sealed our affection, Jason Donovan has captured the hearts of his adopted country...

The living embodiment of The Beatles, a musical juggernaut without parallel, Paul McCartney is undoubtedly the senior figure in pop music today. In this authoritative biography, journalist and acclaimed author...

120 million records sold. The world's biggest selling album of the twenty-first century. Countless awards and accolades. Adele has captured the hearts of millions and this intimate biography tells the...

New York City in the 1970s was an urban nightmare: destitute, dirty, and dangerous. As the country collectively turned its back on the Big Apple, two musical vigilantes rose out...

The question of control for Black women is a costly one. From 1986 onwards, the trajectory of Janet Jackson's career can be summed up in her desire for control. Control...

The Eighties were about big ideas writ large - new money, new style, gender fluidity, gay pride, attritional politics, the 'special relationship', nuclear fear, AIDS, cocaine, ecstasy, tabloid royalty, the...

Prior to his tragic death in 2010, Ronnie James Dio had been writing his autobiography, looking back on the remarkable life that led him from his hometown in upstate New...

'An alternately funny and moving book about the most important art form on Planet Earth. Destined to become a classic (pun intended)' Jarvis CockerMusic critic and writer Paul Morley weaves...

The Bloomsbury Companion to Dance Studies brings together leading international dance scholars in this single collection to provide a vivid picture of the state of contemporary dance research. The book...

One autumn evening, not long after ending a stint as a pop music critic, Eric Siblin attended a recital of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites - and fell deeply in...