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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,...

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...

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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...

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...

'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...

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...

I was the Fool-king of Soho and the number-one slag in the Groucho Club, the second drunkest member of the world's drunkest band. This was no disaster, though. It was...

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...

In February 2005, Edwyn Collins suffered two devastating brain haemorrhages. He should have died. Doctors advised that if he did survive, there would be little of him left. If that...

In The Doors Unhinged, New York Times bestselling author and legendary Doors drummer John Densmore offers a powerful exploration of the 'greed gene' - that part of the human psyche...

More than just a list of what contributions were worth the studio hours, "1001 Albums" is packed with insights into why each album is significant, the key tracks, the circumstances...

For nearly a decade Dear Guitar Hero a where everyday fans get a chance to ask their hero a question a has remained one of EGuitar WorldE magazine's most popular...

Armed with a bottle of Milk Thistle and unshakeable optimism, Nick Valentine has spent most of his adult life in fifth gear, betting on a Royal Flush while covertly holding...

'This is pop history told from a delightfully original perspective.' Daily MailWith entries for every day of the year, ranging from mini-essays to pithy and engaging sentences, Don't Stop the...

We live in a pop age gone loco for retro and crazy for commemoration. Band re-formations and reunion tours, expanded reissues of classic albums and outtake-crammed box sets, remakes and...

For 5 years after they'd swapped sought-after apprenticeships for life on the dole, brothers William and Jim Reid sat up till the early hours in the front room of their...

Step into the tumultuous world of music stardom with this collection of obituaries from The Times. From the rock'n'roll pioneers of the 1950s, to the pop superstars of the 21st...

Including over 500 composers and discussing in depth the music of 350 of them, this dictionary is arranged by country, from Argentina and Austria to the Ukraine and the USA....

The last word on Sid Vicious - the world's most iconic punk figure.The old school register for Soho Parish Primary school has a note in the margin recording that five-year-old...

Pressure Drop chronicles reggae's most tumultuous and influential decade. Beginning in 1970 and unfolding both in Britain and Jamaica, reggae flourished against a backdrop of political upheaval, gang warfare, Black...

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...

'A fully realised portrait of a complex man: spiritual but peevish, brilliantly talented, but for ever shadowed by the Lennon/McCartney axis' The Times, Book of the Year From the author...

"Taylor Swift: Rise of An Icon" is a captivating hardback book that delves deep into the life and career of one of the most iconic figures in contemporary music. Through...

Celebrate the incredible career of pop music's biggest star in this sparkling biography.We're all living in the Taylor Swift Era. Since her 2006 debut album she's sold more than 200...

"My favorite thing in life is writing about life, specifically the parts of life concerning love. Because, as far as I'm concerned,love is absolutely everything"When this book was first published...