Mirror in the Sky - The Life and Music of Stevie Nicks by Simon Morrison
40.95 AUD
Category: Music
A stunning musical biography of Stevie Nicks that paints a portrait of an artist, not a caricature of a superstar. Diva, heroine, icon, and--to the most devoted--a goddess. Stevie Nicks resonates across generations, singing of spellcasters and dreamsmiths, stars of the silver screen, Joan of Arc, her gr ...Show more
Britney Spears's Blackout by Natasha Lasky
19.99 AUD
Category: Music
Britney Spears barely survived 2007. She divorced her husband, lost custody of her kids, went to rehab, shaved her head and assaulted a paparazzo. In the midst of her public breakdown, she managed to record an album, Blackout. Critics thought it spelled the end for Britney Spears' career. But Blackout ...Show more
ABBA at 50 by CARL MAGNUS PALM
75.00 AUD
Category: Music
An illustrated celebration of ABBA, from childhood through the Voyage album. Emerging victorious from Eurovision in 1974 with winning tune "Waterloo," ABBA catapulted to fame and captured hearts across the world with their melodic and ever-so catchy pop songs. Formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fält ...Show more
Dangerous Rhythms - Jazz and the Underworld by T. j. English
75.00 AUD
Category: Music
From T. J. English, the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, comes the epic, scintillating narrative of the interconnected worlds of jazz and organized crime in 20th century America. "[A] brilliant and courageous book." --Dr. Cornel West Dangerous Rhythms tells the symbiotic story of ...Show more
Organic Music Societies by Lawrence Kumpf; Rita Knox (Editor); Pandit Pran Nath (Editor); Magnus Nygren (Editor) et al
39.99 AUD
Category: Music
Archival documents and new writings on the intermedia collaborations of avant-garde jazz trumpeter Don Cherry and textile artist Moki Cherry. Don Cherry and Moki Karlsson met in Sweden in the late '60s. They married and began to perform together, dubbing their mix of communal art, social and environme ...Show more
Cokemachineglow: Writing Around Music 2005-2015 by Clayton Purdom (Editor)
32.99 AUD
Category: Music
In that sweet spot online before streaming and social media, people discovered music on blogs and webzines. None are more missed than cokemachineglow - founded in 2002, it grew to encompass a motley crew of brilliant, idiosyncratic writers and draw an intense readership of music fans. These critics have ...Show more
The Captain's Apprentice: Ralph Vaughan Williams and the Story of a Folk Song by Caroline Davison
42.99 AUD
Category: Music
A beautifully written exploration of the world of Edwardian folk music, and its influence on the composer Ralph Vaughan WilliamsIn January 1905 the young Vaughan Williams, not yet one of England's most famous composers, visited King's Lynn, Norfolk, to find folk songs 'from the mouths of the singers'. H ...Show more
The Double Life of Bob Dylan: Vol. 1 - A Restless Hungry Feeling, 1941-1966 by Clinton Heylin
45.00 AUD
Category: Music
The definitive biography of one contemporary culture's most iconic and mysterious figures - musical revolutionary, Nobel Prize-winner, chart-topping recording artist. 'The definitive, scrupulously researched biography of a life steeped in mystery' Observer. The definitive biography of one contemporary ...Show more
Ever Fallen in Love - The Lost Buzzcocks Tapes by Pete Shelley; Louie Shelley (As told to)
24.99 AUD
Category: Music
Newly discovered recordings of a music legend in his own remarkable words: punk, Buzzcocks and the inspiration behind some of greatest songs ever written.***A ROUGH TRADE UK BOOK OF THE YEARA LOUDER THAN WAR BOOK OF THE YEAR"Fascinating"- MOJO"As close as anyone was ever going to get to really understan ...Show more
Exit Stage Left: The curious afterlife of pop stars by Nick Duerden
24.99 AUD
Category: Music
**INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE MONTH** **GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY** **FINANCIAL TIMES 'BEST SUMMER BOOKS 2022' PICK** .'Incredibly moving.' - Guardian ... 'Entertaining.' - Telegraph 'Most books about pop stars focus on the way we turn average human beings into demi-gods. In writing a book about how they h ...Show more
From the Streets of Shaolin: The Wu-Tang Saga by S.H Fernando Jr.
32.99 AUD
Category: Music
This is the definitive biography of rap supergroup and cultural icons, Wu-Tang Clan (WTC). Heralded as one of the most influential groups in modern music-hip hop or otherwise-WTC created a rap dynasty on the strength of seven gold and platinum albums that launched the careers of such famous rappers as R ...Show more
The Number Ones - Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music by Tom Breihan
79.99 AUD
Category: Music
Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of game-changing #1 singles from the Billboard Hot 100.When Tom Breihan launched his Stereogum column in early 2018, "The Number Ones"--a space in which he has been writing about every #1 hit in the ...Show more