Composers, musicians, bands & groups

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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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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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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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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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 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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BBC Proms 2019: Festival Guide [9781912114030]

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…

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Mad, Bad and Dangerous: The Book of Drummers' Tales [9781844549849]

Never have so many famous drummers been gathered together in one place! Drummer and writer Spike Webb has spent more than three years meeting fellow …

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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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David Bowie: Changes [9781780978536]

David Bowie was the international figure all starry-eyed hopefuls aspired to when setting out on a path to fame and fortune in the music industry - wh…

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Dylan's Autobiography of a Vocation: A Reading of the Lyrics 1965-1967 [9781501352010]

Many critics have interpreted Bob Dylan's lyrics, especially those composed during the middle to late 1960s, in the contexts of their relation to Amer…

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Gabriel Faurae [9780714839325]

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) is one of the best French composers of his era. His artistic independence served to inspire many of the next generation of F…

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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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Justin Bieber Confidential [9781780975412]

Welcome to the world of Justin Bieber. No ordinary teenager. Since being discovered on YouTube at the age of 15 by talent scout Scooter Braun, this Ca…

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Steely Dan: Reelin' in the Years [9781787600638]

Reelin' In The Years is the acclaimed biography of Steely Dan, now updated to include details of Walter Becker passing and Donald Fagen's continued to…

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The Story of the Streets [9780552165389]

'This book is going to try and get as close as possible to the full story of what informed the noise of The Streets. Obviously that's something I shou…

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5 Seconds of Summer Live & Loud [9781780977256]

In 2011, 5SOS almost broke the internet with their mega YouTube successes. Since then they have become one of the world's most famous bands with album…

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Abba: The Treasures [9781780974941]

We all know - and love - ABBA. Everyone has a copy of Abba Gold (the second most popular album of all time in the UK.) Publishers and booksellers have…

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AC/DC - Early Years [9781906191245]

AC/DC formed in 1973 but it wasn't until the latter half o 1974 that Scottish born singer Robert Belford Scott joined the fold and subsequently helped…

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