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Absolutely on Music - Conversations

A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and the forme...

The Rap Year Book - The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed

The Rap Year Book takes readers on a journey that begins in 1979, widely regarded as the moment rap as a genre became recognized as part ...

How Music Works

David Byrne is a Scottish-born Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and co-founder of Talking Heads. He has been the recipient of many awards, inc...

Rave

Irvine Welsh, 'poet laureate of the chemical generation', exposes the seamy underbelly of rave's utopian dream. Lloyd, our permanently pi...

The Lyrics - 1956 to the Present

The Sunday Times bestseller and Waterstones Book of the Year, now in paperback `Paul McCartney says this is as close as he will get to an...

Goth: A History

GOTH is an entertaining and engaging historical memoir of the genre of Goth music and culture, exploring creative giants like The Cure, S...

Queen: All the Songs - The Story Behind Every Track

Originally published by Editions E/P/A--Hachette Livre, 2019.

Biblical - Rob Halford's Heavy Metal Scriptures

Rob Halford's A-to-Z of Rock and Metal sees Rob to run his lively eye over all facets of the music and metal world. It's a lively encyclo...

Louder Than Hell - The Definitive Oral History of Metal

Louder Than Hell is the definitive oral history of heavy metal, crafted from more than four hundred interviews with icons of the genre fr...

The Penguin Jazz Guide - The History of the Music in the 1000 Best Albums

Richard Cook and Brian Morton's Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in 1001 Best Albums is an indispensible guide to the recordi...

The Story of Music

For many of us, music is an intrinsic part of everyday life, and yet the history of its development and evolution still appears bewilderi...

A Pure Solar World - Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism

Sun Ra said he came from Saturn. Known on earth for his inventive music and extravagant stage shows, he pioneered free-form improvisation...

BTS - Dynamite - The Story of the Superstars of K-Pop

Jazz on a Winter's Night + CD - 11 Christmas classics for jazz piano

Jazz on a Winter's Night is a Christmas piano album of stylish arrangements. Favourite Christmas classics receive the complete jazz treat...

Rhymefinder - Reimfinder - Das Reimlexikon. Mehr als 10000 englische Begriffe zum Nachschlagen! Mit deutscher Übersetzung! Geordnet nach Endsilben!

Das genial einfache Reimlexikon (Englisch - Deutsch). Songwriter aufgepasst - Mit diesem Reimfinder machen Sie sich Ihren Reim auf jeden ...

The Little Book of Taylor Swift - Words to Shake It Off

Wisdom and wit from the creative genius who gave us the Little Black Dress and Chanel No. 5.

Don't Eat the Yellow Snow - Advice by musicians

When times are particularly difficult, and you are likely to slip into despair, some of the greatest pop songs can provide genuine comfor...

The Musical Human - A History of Life on Earth – A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'

A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Full of delightful nuggets' Guardian online 'Entertaining, informative and philosphical ... An essential read...

All the Songs - The Story Behind Every Beatles Release

Musical historians Phillippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon delve deep into the history and musical origins of every Beatles album, rec...

Dust & Grooves - Adventures in Record Collecting

A photographic look into the world of vinyl record collectors-including Questlove-in the most intimate of environments-their record rooms...

Wagnerism - Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music

¿An absolutely masterly work¿ Stephen Fry Alex Ross, renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richa...

3 Shades of Blue - Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

"From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the pinnacle of American culture in 1959,...

Prince and the Parade and Sign O' The Times Era Studio Sessions - 1985 and 1986

"[W]ill command the rapt attention of casual fans and scholars alike." Booklist, Starred Review From Prince's superstardom to studio secl...

Hip Hop Raised Me®

In Hip Hop Raised Me.®, updated for 2018, DJ Semtex examines the crucial role of hip-hop in society today, and reflects on the huge influ...

The Complete Classical Music Guide

John Burrows, OBE (foreword writer) is a concert promoter and organizer who has worked with many of the world's leading orchestras and ar...

Power Plays - The Projection of Hard and Soft Power in Sport

In der Politik ist Machtausübung meist auf 'harte' und 'weiche' Methoden beschränkt. Im Bereich des Sports lassen sich ebensolche Mechani...

This Woman's Work - Essays on Music

This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinéad Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn...

Women's Leadership in Music - Modes, Legacies, Alliances

Various modes of women's contemporary cultural, social and political leadership can be found in music. Informed by different histories an...

Times & Sounds - Germany's Journey from Jazz and Pop to Krautrock and Beyond

This book is a journey ¿ a ride through the depths of Germany¿s modern musical roots: At the beginning of the 1970s, experimental and pro...

Sally - Englisch ab Klasse 3 - Ausgaben Bayern und 2014 - 4. Schuljahr - Wortschatzheft - 5 Stück im Paket

Grundlagenwissen passend zum Pupil's Book trainieren geht jetzt ganz einfach mit der GrundschulTrainer-App. Kinder werden spielerisch übe...

Sally - Englisch ab Klasse 3 - Ausgaben Bayern und 2014 - 3. Schuljahr - Wortschatzheft - 5 Stück im Paket

Grundlagenwissen passend zum Pupil's Book trainieren geht jetzt ganz einfach mit der GrundschulTrainer-App. Kinder werden spielerisch übe...

Abbey Road - The Inside Story of the World's Most Famous Recording Studio (with a foreword by Paul McCartney)

Abbey Road studios has partnered with music journalist David Hepworth to write the story of Abbey Road as never told before. Featuring in...

Song - A History in 12 Parts

Choosing twelve illustrative songs, John Potter offers a personal tour of the vibrant tradition of song, from John Dowland's "Flow My Tea...

The Jazz Singers - The Ultimate Guide

JAZZ SINGERS: THE TOP 500

Hércules en el Mato Grosso

Music Is History

Music Is History combines Questlove's deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past fifty years.

Carols for Choirs 5 - Fifty Christmas Carols

for SATB, accompanied and unaccompaniedCarols for Choirs 5 continues the tradition of its predecessors by providing a complete resource f...

Sing, Memory - The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Saved the Music of the Nazi Camps

On a cold October night in 1942, SS guards at Sachsenhausen violently disbanded a rehearsal of a secret Jewish choir led by conductor Ros...

How To Make It in the New Music Business - Practical Tips on Building a Loyal Following and Making a Living as a Musician

When How to Make It in the New Music Business hit shelves in 2016, it instantly became the go-to resource for musicians eager to make a l...

Gabba Gabba Hey - A Conversation With the Ramones

For the first time, you can read the Ramones' comments about their own history in this intimate series of interviews with the legendary b...

Composers Who Changed History

This intricate visual celebration of the world's most celebrated composers tells the fascinating stories of their lives and works. Whethe...

Adrian Rollini - The Life and Music of a Jazz Rambler

Adrian Rollini (1903-1956), an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, played the bass saxophone, piano, vibraphone, and an array of other i...

Hymns for Public Worship

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. T...

The Little Book of Eurovision - The glitz, the hits, and the Russian grannies

Everything you want to know about the fabulousness that is Eurovision!

M_Dokumente - Mania D., Malaria!, Matador

Das Buchprojekt »M_Dokumente« nimmt die explizit weibliche Sichtweise der All Female Bands Mania D., Malaria! und Matador auf die Westber...

Blood in the Tracks - The Minnesota Musicians behind Dylan's Masterpiece

"The story of the Minneapolis musicians who were unexpectedly summoned to re-record half of the songs on Bob Dylan's most acclaimed album...

The War on Music - Reclaiming the Twentieth Century

In a book of reconciliation and remembrance, John Mauceri uses a lifetime of experience to answer the question "Why, seventy-five years a...

This Is What It Sounds Like - What the Music You Love Says About You

Legendary record producer-turned-brain scientist explains why you fall in love with music. 'Extraordinary insights about music, emotion a...

Taboo Tunes - A History of Banned Bands & Censored Songs

TABOO TUNES A HISTORY OF BANNED BANDS & CENSORED SONGS

Accidental Revolution - The Story of Grunge

Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Hole and Alice in Chains are the names that come to mind when we talk about grunge. But never before has there been a...

The Jazz Method for Trumpet - The Modern Way to Play the Trumpet

Diese Schulen sind vollständige Kurse für Spieler jedes Alters, die Schüler von ihrem ersten Ton bis zu den "Klassikern" anleiten, zusamm...

Cosmic Price Guide - to original Krautrock records

An A-Z guide to rare and collectable KRAUTROCK records. 448 pages of essential KRAUTROCK collecting data covering label numbers, current ...

Kick Out the Jams - Jibes, Barbs, Tributes, and Rallying Cries from 35 Years of Music Writing

Selected writings on three decades of music from one of the most influential critics of his generation.

Rumours of Glory - A Memoir

Award-winning songwriter and pioneering guitarist Bruce Cockburn has been shaped by politics, protest, romance, and spiritual discovery. ...

Nothing But the Blues - The Music and the Musicians. Mit einem Vorwort von B.B. King. Autorisierte amerikanische Sonderausgabe

«Der Blues wird immer präsent sein, zu manchen Zeiten populärer als zu anderen Zeiten, aber er wird immer hier sein!» - JOHN LEE HOOKER L...

SHE BOP: The Definitive History of Women in Popular Music - Revised and Updated 25th Anniversary Edition. Englische Originalausgabe/Original English Edition.

"It will make you want to form a band, it will make you angry, it will make you laugh, and it will educate you." - Gina Birch Drawing on ...

Nightingales in Berlin - Searching for the Perfect Sound

A celebrated figure in myth, song, and story, the nightingale has captivated the imagination for millennia, its complex song evoking a pr...

Kleines Buch zu Goethes Iphigenie auf Tauris - Zum Lesen - Zum Spielen

Als Student im German Department der Universität Kapstadt lernte der Autor Goethes »Iphigenie auf Tauris« kennen. Damals verursachte ihm ...

Rideshare by Robert - Every Ride's a Short Story

Rideshare by Robert, Every Rides a Short Story, is a collection of journalistic short-story essays describing an amazingly wild, life-tra...

Musical Lives and Times Examined - Keynotes and Clippings, 2006-2019

"Musicology's all-time happiest warrior leaves us with an omnibus collection that balances history and historiography, past and present, ...