I am Brian Wilson: The Genius Behind the Beach Boys by Brian Wilson
45.00 AUD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
They say there are no second acts in American lives, and third acts are almost unheard of. That's part of what makes Brian Wilson's story so astonishing. As co-founder member of the Beach Boys in the 1960s, Wilson created some of the most groundbreaking and timeless popular music ever recorded. With int ...Show more
At the Birth of Bowie - Life with the Man Who Became a Legend by Phil Lancaster
24.99 AUD
Category: Music
It is 1965, and Swinging London is coming into its prime years. Amid the color and chaos is a boy sporting drainpipe jeans, an immaculately tailored sports coat and a half-inch wide tie. A devoted fan of The Who, he looks the part in his pristine mod gear. As the lead singer of the Lower Third, his tale ...Show more
Heavy - How Metal Changes the Way We See the World by Dan Franklin
26.57 AUD
Category: Music
'A weighty discussion of metal, for both passionate fans and neophytes' Guardian'Heavy opens an ornate portal into a murky subculture, illuminating the marginalia as well as the big beasts' Sunday TimesWhat exactly is heavy metal music? How deep do its roots go? Long established as an undeniable force i ...Show more
This Rare Spirit - A Life of Charlotte Mew by Julia Copus
49.99 AUD
Category: Music | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
The first comprehensive biography of this undervalued writer, who was considered 'far and away the best living woman poet' in her day. The British poet Charlotte Mew (1869-1928) was regarded as one of the best poets of her age by fellow writers, including Virginia Woolf, Siegfried Sasson, Walter de la ...Show more
It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him by Justin Tinsley
39.99 AUD
Category: Music
The Notorious B.I.G. was one of the most charismatic and talented artists of the 1990s. Born Christopher Wallace and raised in Clinton Hill/Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, Biggie lived an almost archetypal rap life: young trouble, drug dealing, guns, prison, a giant hit record, the wealth and international supersta ...Show more
Kerrang! Living Loud: Four Decades on the Frontline of Rock, Metal, Punk, and Alternative Music by Kerrang!; Nick Ruskell
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Category: Music
Relive the greatest moments in the last 40 years of hardcore, punk, metal and rock with this incredible book by Kerrang!, alternative music's most trusted publicationCelebrate 40 years of Kerrang! with this year-by-year review of the greatest artists and moments in metal and alternative music.Kerrang! h ...Show more
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Country Music - Life Lessons on Love, Heartbreak, and More from America's Favorite Songs by Stella Barnes; Bob Delevante (Illustrator)
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Category: Music
Everything I Need To Know I Learned From Country Music is a Nashville tribute perfect for any country music lover from Stella Barnes, featuring illustrations by Bob Delevante. You can always count on country music! Take it from your favorite country artists! Whether you're nursing a beer and a broken ...Show more
Coltrane - The Story of a Sound by Ben Ratliff
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Category: Music | Series: Faber Greatest Hits Ser.
A new edition as part of the Faber Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in new and exciting directions for the twenty-first century. No other jazz musician has proved so inspirational and so fascinating as Coltrane. Ben Ratliff, jazz critic for the New York Times, has written the fi ...Show more
Faster Than A Cannonball: 1995 and All That by Dylan Jones
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Category: Music
Decades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was the year of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA (Tracey Emin's tent), peak New Lad (when Nick Hornby published High Fidelity, when James Brown's Loaded magazine detonated the publishing industry, and when pubs were finally allowed to st ...Show more
The Life of Music: New Adventures in the Western Classical Tradition by Nicholas Kenyon
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Category: Music
Nicholas Kenyon explores the enduring appeal of the classical canon at a moment when we can access all music--across time and cultures"Nicholas Kenyon is an amiable and enthusiastic guide to a thousand years of classical music."--Neil Fisher, The Times"A wonderfully engaging survey. . . . It is what eve ...Show more
Transformer: A Story of Glitter, Glam Rock & Loving Lou Reed by Simon Doonan
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Category: Music
"Simon Doonan’s hilarious cultural commentary meets Lou Reed’s poetic rock gravitas. Warhol, Bowie, electroshock, conflict, surprises, sequins— this book is truly a walk on the wild side, with my very favorite humorist as our guide!"—Ariel Levy, bestselling author of The Rules Do Not Apply and Female C ...Show more
Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music by Ted Gioia
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Category: Music
The blues grew out of the plantations and prisons, the swampy marshes and fertile cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta. With original research and keen insight, Ted Gioia - the author of a landmark study of West Coast jazz and the critically acclaimed "The History of Jazz" - brings to life the stirrin ...Show more