Composers, musicians, bands & groups

Stranger Than Kindness [9781838852245]

Stranger Than Kindness is a journey in images and words into the creative world of musician, storyteller and cultural icon Nick Cave. This highly col…

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Why Dylan Matters [9780008245498]

'The coolest class on campus' - New York Times When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan in 2016, the literary world was up in arm…

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George Michael: Without Prejudice: 1968 - 2016 [9781786064561]

'I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important' - George Mi…

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Bruce Springsteen: The Stories Behind the Songs [9781787391215]

Packed full of insightful stories from Springsteen's long career, Bruce Springsteen: The Stories Behind the Songs takes a detailed look at each and ev…

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Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times [9780571348558]

A landmark biography of the Polish composer by one of the world's leading authorities on Chopin and his time. Based on ten years of research and a va…

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Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar [9780571350858]

Over eight decades, Ravi Shankar was India's greatest cultural ambassador who took Indian classical music to the world's leading concert halls and fes…

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Life in Technicolor: A Celebration of Coldplay [9781787391093]

In September 1998, a completely unknown band from London performed in the corner of a cafe in Manchester to an audience of fewer than ten people. One …

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The Little Book of Prince [9781787393745]

The Little Book of Prince is filled with quotations by one of the most innovative artists in history. A perfect companion for fans everywhere, this co…

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On Connection [9780571354023]

Staggering talent Kae Tempest's first work of non-fiction: a meditation on the power of creative connection 'Powerful and merciful.' Ali Smith 'Te…

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Wagnerism: How a Composer Shaped the Modern World [9780007319053]

A study of Wagner's sprawling influence on literature, the arts, intellectual life, and politics. For better or worse, Wagner is the most widely infl…

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Beastie Boys [9780847868384]

When they met for the first time in Los Angeles in 1993, the Beastie Boys and Spike Jonze were rising stars of their respective fields - the golden ag…

The Eighth: Mahler and the World in 1910 [9780571234943]

The Eighth Symphony was going to be different from anything Mahler had ever done before. The intensely personal dramas of his earlier symphonies were …

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To Hell and Back: My Life in Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers, in the Words of the Last Man Standing [9781493051694]

There have been many books written about Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, but only by people who weren't there. Walter Lure was-from the band's …

John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band [9780500023433]

Described by Lennon as 'the best thing I've ever done', and widely regarded by critics as his best solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band was releas…

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BBC Proms 2020: Festival Guide [9781912114054]

The BBC Proms is the world's biggest and longest-running classical music festival and one of the jewels in the crown for the BBC. It is one of the str…

Instrumental [9781782113393]

James Rhodes' passion for music has been his absolute lifeline. It has been the thread that has held him together through a life that has encompassed …

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The Beatles : The Authorised Biography [9780091930516]

There's only one book that ever truly got inside the Beatles and this is it. The landmark, worldwide bestseller that has grown with the Beatles ever s…

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The Beatles: Album by Album [9781787393134]

This informative work tells the story of the famous Liverpool musicians, from the band's earliest days in Hamburg and Liverpool to the split in 1970. …

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The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities [9780571341269]

In January 1969, before the world heard a note of their music, The MC5 was on the cover of Rolling Stone. The missing link between free jazz and punk …

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The Nobel Lecture [9781471172182]

On October 13, 2016, it was announced that Bob Dylan had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, recognizing his countless contributions to music…

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