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Musicals - The Definitive Illustrated Story

Come along backstage and peek inside the spectacular and sometimes scandalous world of musical theatre. See the world's most-loved musica...

Music by the Numbers - From Pythagoras to Schoenberg

"A fascinating investigation of the relationship between math and music--what they have in common, how they differ, and how each has info...

Fleetwood Mac Everywhere - The Music and the Musicians. Autorisierte englische Originalausgabe

The great British-American-male-female-old-new-blues-rockballad band: Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie N...

The Silver Beatles - A Story of Struggle, Luck and Genius: The Beatles before they became the Beatles

A story of struggle, luck and genius: the Beatles before they became the Beatles Marco Crescenzi, an expert about everything concerning t...

Krautrock

Krautrock is not a music genre. Krautrock is a way of life. Its sonic diversity and global reach belie the common culture from where it e...

Neue Deutsche Welle

Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW), or "German New Wave," was made extraordinarily popular in the 1970s and 1980s by the likes of Nena's "99 Luftb...

'70s Teen Pop

Teen pop is a sub-genre of popular music marketed to tweens and teens. Its melodic yearning and veneer of sincerity appeal to an emerging...

Metallica All the Songs

The latest in the bestselling All the Songs series, this is the most in-depth exploration of Metallica's songs ever written. The latest b...

All the Leaves Are Brown - How the Mamas & the Papas Came Together and Broke Apart

Few songs have captured the contradictions and ambiguities of the 1960s as memorably as "California Dreamin',? the iconic folk music sing...

Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano's Bella Ciao

Bella Ciao is the album that kick-started the Italian folk revival in the mid-1960s, made by Il Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano, a group of res...

Holding the Note - Writing On Music

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and editor of The New Yorker writes on some of the essential musicians of our time.

Negatives - A Photographic Archive of Emo (1996-2006)

"Through rare and never-before-seen photographs, Amy Fleisher Madden, founder of Fiddler Records, thoughtfully and lovingly put together ...

Supreme Sirens - Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Music

A stunning photography book that explores the power, rebellion, and resilience held within the voices of trailblazing Black female musicians

Love and Let Die - Bond, the Beatles and the British Psyche

The Beatles are the biggest band there has ever been. James Bond is the single most successful movie character of all time. They are also...

Rumours of Glory - A Memoir

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

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...

Representing Australian Aboriginal Music and Dance 1930-1970

The Little Guide to Jimmy Buffett - Growing Older But Not Up

A celebration of the man and his relaxed lifestyle, drawing on many humorous and meaningful quotes from Jimmy himself, as well as his ban...

It's How You Flip It - Multiple Perspectives on Hip-Hop and Music Education

The cultural practices of hip-hop have been among people's favorite forms of popular culture for decades. Due to this popularity, rap, br...

Finding My Voice - A Story of Strength, Self-Belief and S Club

The inspirational first book from S Club legend Rachel Stevens

The Genesis and Early History of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II - Volume I: Genesis, Compilation, Revisions

Despite the well-known fact that some pieces of Bach's WTC II existed in early forms, there has been no thorough discussion to date as to...

Listen - The Stages and Studios That Shaped American Music

An extraordinary archive of the most iconic sites on the American musical landscape. Prompted by the closing of New York’s famed CBGB, Rh...

Rebel Musix - Scribe on a Vibe

The best writing from Vivien Goldman, the trailblazing, radical, feminist music writer

Finding My Voice - A story of strength, self-belief and S Club

The inspirational first book from S Club legend Rachel Stevens

Schoenberg on Form

Remixing the Hip Hop Narrative - Between Local Expressions and Global Connections

Although hip hop is now a well-established global music genre and cultural form, its history and current impact have not yet been suffici...

Rebel With a Cause - The Black CEO Who Made Hits and History

The must-read memoir from Darcus Beese - the UK's first black record company CEO and one of the greatest A&Rs of his generation.

Songs about Women

Songs about Women by Romanos the Melodist contains eighteen works related to the liturgical calendar that feature important female charac...

A Critical Study of the Performance Style, Writing, and Directing of Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929)

Die Deutsche Opernsängerin Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929) ist heute noch dafür berühmt, das italienische Bel Canto, wie auch das deutsche Repe...

Fucked Up + Photocopied - Instant Art of the Punk Rock Movement: 20th Anniversary Edition

Raw, brazen and totally intense, Fucked Up + Photocopied is a collection of frenetic flyers produced for the American punk scene between ...

The Ultimate Book of Blues Guitar Legends - The Players and Guitars That Shaped the Music

The Ultimate Book of Blues Guitar Legends features 150+ blues guitarists from prewar to today, featuring artist photography and an author...

There Was Nothing You Could Do - Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." and the End of the Heartland

"A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen's iconic album, Born in the U.S.A.--a record that both chronicled and foreshadowed ...

A New Philosophy of Opera

Visionary director Yuval Sharon has been celebrated as one of the world's most innovative opera impresarios, yet he has never adhered to ...

Life's Too Short - A Memoir

"Raised by a single mother in Charleston, South Carolina, Darius Rucker founded Hootie & the Blowfish with three classmates at the Univer...

Judas Priest - Album by Album

In Judas Priest: Album by Album, leading metal author Martin Popoff leads a cast of notable metal musicians and journalists in dissecting...

Smile - The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Brian Wilson

The story of the Brian Wilson's legendary SMiLE album from Beach Boys authority David Leaf. This is the first book to tell the full story...

The Silver Snarling Trumpet - The Birth of the Grateful Dead--The Lost Manuscript of Robert Hunter

Discovered at last, the legendary lost manuscript of Grateful Dead co-founder and primary lyricist Robert Hunter, written in the early 19...

The Beatles a Hard Day's Night & More

The Beatles A Hard Day's Night & More covers the Beatles first film and its related soundtrack albums from the British, American and Cana...

Guns N' Roses - The Life and Times of a Rock N' Roll Band

The complete, incredible story of one of the hardest-rocking bands in music history - 40th anniversary edition.

Even More Piano Trios for Young Players - Book & CD

The purpose of this book is to give beginning musicians the opportunity to play together. Elementary piano players have few opportunities...

Iron Maiden - Album by Album, Updated Edition

Iron Maiden is a compendium of in-depth, entertaining, and profusely illustrated conversations about all seventeen of the legendary metal...

The Year That Made the Musical - 1924 and the Glamour of Musical Theatre

"The musicals playing in 1924 were a stunning combination of the old and the new. William Everett reveals, in this compelling new book, a...

The Beatles in America - The Stories, the Scene, the Memories

This is the definitive, fully illustrated account of the Beatles concerts and controversies, and of how the United States dominated their...

Speaking Words of Wisdom - The Beatles and Religion

A collection of essays by scholars of religion, music, philosophy, and culture exploring the Beatles' relationship to religion.

Street-Level Superstar - A Year With Lawrence

But what is the cost of a dream?In 1979, Lawrence formed Felt, who released ten albums and ten singles in ten years before splitting up. ...

Nsync 30th Anniversary Celebration - We Want You Back!

NSYNC 30th Anniversary Celebration is the definitive illustrated tribute to one of the most prolific and iconic groups in pop music today.

100% Unofficial Taylor Swift Annual 2025

It's me, hi ... your essential unofficial guide to Taylor Swift!

Springsteen - Album by Album

The definitive illustrated book on "The Boss"--now in an updated edition to celebrate his 75th birthday! Renowned for his passionate song...

The EU Song Book

The EU's motto ""United in Diversity"" manifests itself in this song book, which presents in a total of 164 songs a wide collection of ge...

How Sondheim Can Change Your Life

Orpheus in the Underworld - Essays on Music and Its Mediation

Delves into Theodor W. Adorno's lesser-known musical career and successful music criticism. Theodor W. Adorno is recognized as one of the...

Searching for Dexys Midnight Runners

it was everything. Nige Tassell, author of the Penderyn Prize-shortlisted Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids? employs his skills of detect...

Music with Stanley Cavell in Mind

"Music with Stanley Cavell in Mind provides a first-of-its-kind intervention by leading philosophers and scholars of music into an intell...

The Most Interesting Man in the World

The Godfather of New York City hardcore and founding member of Agnostic Front invites you into his lower east side pad to regale you with...

The Secret Public - How LGBTQ Performers Shaped Popular Culture (1955-1979)

A monumental history of the LGBTQ influence on popular culture, from the award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Jon Savage

Ron Edwards and the Fight for Australian Tradition

Ron Edwards (1930--2008) had a passion for recording and safeguarding for future generations Australia's unique folk heritage. In 1950, a...

Off the Ground - Paul McCartney in the 1990s

A sympathetic but clear-eyed exploration of Paul McCartney's work in the 1990s, arguably his most important since the rise of the Beatles...

Bangtan Remixed - A Critical Bts Reader

Bangtan Remixed delves into the cultural impact of celebrated K-Pop boy band BTS, exploring their history, aesthetics, fan culture, and c...

Autonomy - Portrait of a Buzzcock

From bass player to lead guitarist, singer and last remaining founding member, Steve Diggle has been the driving force keeping Buzzcocks ...

Now You're One of Us - The Incredible Story of Redd Kross

Now You're One of Us is the definitive statement about Redd Kross, an in-depth and riveting tale told in the voices of the talented and t...