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The biography of George Clinton, one of music's most fascinating, colourful and innovative characters, featuring a new cover and foreword by critic Miles Marshall Lewis. The most comprehensive history of...

An entertaining, definitive and in-depth study of prog rock, with a new cover and a foreword by Steve Hackett (Genesis). Progressive rock, a genre formed out of a creative surge...

Unveiling for the first time the extraordinary history of contemporary Black youth culture, Spirit Behind The Lens blends personal memoir and photographs from one of hip-hop's most enigmatic photographers, Eddie...

A Rough Trade Book of the Year'Excellent, detailed [. . .] Hip-hop writer SH Fernando Jr benefits from an insider's understanding of the milieu and provides generous context.' Kitty Empire,...

Prayer at Taize is almost entirely sung. Over the course of the year,numerous different musical forms are used, including hymns, psalms,long or short responses and litanies sung a capella or...

For many of us who suffer from depression or anxiety, the simple act of endurance, of having to appear 'normal', is a daunting, painful and heroic task. Getting out of...

Over half a century since they exploded inevitably onto New York's underground music and art scenes, the legacy and mythology of The Velvet Underground continues to resonate and grow, as...

'Whatever I did, at least I meant it . . .' Gary MooreWhite Knuckles chronicles the personal and professional journey of one of rock's most influential musicians: Gary Moore.Born in...

A SUNDAY TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023#2 UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023A RESIDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023In 1979, 2 Tone exploded into the national consciousness as...

Everyone has heard the songs from The Sound of Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein. The stage show was a roaring success in New York and London, and the much-loved feature...

The Sonic Youth frontman takes us from a 1960s childhood rock 'n' roll epiphany, through the subversive world of 1970s punk blasting forth from New York City, to traversing the...

For Swifties of all ages, I Love Taylor Swift is now updated for the Tortured Poets era with fun coloring pages and new journaling prompts inspired by Taylor's life and...

Spanning a thousand years of music from Gregorian chant to works by contemporary composers such as Judith Weir and Wolfgang Rihm, The Rough Guide to Classical Music forms an indispensable...

Fleetwood Mac have had a chart-topping career that spans over fifty years and includes some of the biggest-selling albums and greatest hits of the 20th and 21st centuries. But the...

In this completely revised and much enlarged edition of his Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music , Michael Kennedy includes some 11,000 entries on musical subjects of all kinds: composers, performers...

This book contains the complete lyrics to 200 rap songs, with a history and overview of this musical form. Once dismissed as a fashionable music form, rap is a vital...

Is this the right book for me?This book is an essential companion for any aspiring songwriter, and is ideal for those with no formal musical education. Covering every genre of...

The story of rock lives in Lynn Goldsmith's photographs. After coming of age in the Midwest in the tumultuous 1960s, she crashed the music scene in New York and emerged...

In this riveting inside account of his life in rock-and-roll band Aerosmith, Joe Perry opens up for the first time to tell the story of his wild, unbridled life as...

The Beatles have been at the top for fifty years, their music remains exciting, their influence is still huge, their acclaim and achievements cannot be surpassed. But who really were...

Girls Aloud are the most successful UK girl band. Since winning ITV's Popstars: The Rivals in 2002, Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah have come a very long way indeed....

Number One Sunday Times Best Seller. For the first time Cheryl tells her full story, her way. Revealing the truth behind the headlines, this is the only official autobiography, giving...

Radiohead are not like other bands. For over three decades they have charted a singular course. As their music has become more beautiful, more strange and more uncompromising, the band...

From the author of KYLIE CONFIDENTIAL, comes the first ever in-depth biography of one of Britain's biggest pop icons This first full length major biography of one of pop's biggest...

'An absolutely masterly work' Stephen Fry Alex Ross, renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and...

Christine McVie - born Christine Perfect - was the quintessentially English rock star, as both the backbone and the beating heart of Fleetwood Mac.Straddling the band's incarnations to achieve global...

This title is published to coincide with Barbra Streisand's 70th birthday on 24th April 2012. Barbra Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two...

This title lets you take an extraordinary journey through the coolest hard rock album covers from 1965-90: vinyl's "golden age." Martin Popoff - the world's most renowned heavy metal journalist...

Every Valley is a glittering narrative history of intertwined lives that tells the story behind one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, Handel's Messiah.'A delicious history of music,...

What if you had the chance to tell your hero just how much they meant to you?If Nick Drake came to my houseand knocked upon the doorI'm sure I'd be...

Everyone can hum this haunting Irish ballad that inevitably brings a tear to the eye. The most requested Irish song, it has been recorded by a variety of performers ranging...

Imagine you've made it. You and your friends have hit the big time in music and you're going to be a star. But then, quite suddenly, it's over. Your best...