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No Woman No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley

by Rita Marley

Bob Marley was one of the greatest musicians of our time. While much has been written about him, here is a unique, intimate, and honest portrayal written by his wife Rita, who talks about their strugglesboth...


Hope's Boy

by Charles R. Cross

This is the first in-depth biography of the troubled genius Kurt Cobain. Based on exclusive access to Cobains unpublished diaries, more than 400 interviews, four years of research, and a wealth of documentation,...


A   History of Russian Music - Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of the Russian School of Composers, with a Survey of Their Lives and a Descri

by , M. Montagu-Nathan

M. Montagu-Nathan takes an in-depth look and the history of Russian music, and a special look at the rise and progress of the Russian School of Composers. Contents include: Introduction; Part 1- The Pre-nationalists....


Louis Applebaum: A Passion for Culture

by Walter Pitman

Canadian composer Louis Applebaum devoted his life to the cultural awakening of Canada.


Unknown Pleasures

by Peter Hook

Joy Division changed the face of music. Godfathers of alternative rock, they reinvented music in the post-punk era, creating a new sound—dark, hypnotic, and intense—that would influence U2, Morrissey, R.E.M.,...


Portrait of Johnny

by Gene Lees

An intimate biography of the great songwriter, this is also a deeply affectionate memoir by one of Johnny Mercer's best friends.

"Moon River," "Laura," “Skylark,” ”That Old Black Magic,” “One for My...


Roadshow: Landscape with Drums: A Concert Tour by Motorcycle

by Neil Peart

For thirty years, drummer, author, and songwriter Neil Peart had wanted to write a book about “the biggest journey of all in my restless existence: the life of a touring musician.” Finally, the right time,...


Decoded

by Jay-Z

Expanded edition of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller features 16 pages of new material, including 3 new songs decoded.

 

Decoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that...


98% Funky Stuff: My Life in Music

by Maceo Parker

Maceo Parker’s signature style became the lynchpin of James Brown's band when he and his brother Melvin joined the Hardest Working Man in Show Business in 1964. That style helped define Brown’s brand of...


Bruce Springsteen, Cultural Studies, and the Runaway American Dream

by Womack & Zolten

By assembling a host of essays that engage in interdisciplinary commentary regarding one of Western culture's most enduring artistic and socially radicalizing phenomena, this book offers a cohesive, intellectual,...


The Life and Twelve-Note Music of Nikos Skalkottas

by Mantzourani

Eva Mantzourani provides a comprehensive study of this fascinating yet under-researched composer. The book comprises a critical biography, an exploration of Skalkottas's twelve-note compositional processes and...


Prince: The Making of a Pop Music Phenomenon

by Hawkins & Niblock

This much-needed interdisciplinary analysis is the first of its kind to examine critically Prince's popular music, performances, sounds, lyrics and the plethora of accompanying visual material such as album...


Schubert's Fingerprints: Studies in the Instrumental Works: Studies in the Instrumental Works

by Wollenberg

As Robert Schumann put it, 'Only few works are as clearly stamped with their author's imprint as his'. This book explores Schubert's stylistic traits in a series of chapters each discussing an individual 'fingerprint'...


Changing the System: The Music of Christian Wolff

by Chase & Thomas

Christian Wolff is a composer who has followed a distinctive path often at the centre of avant-garde activity working alongside figures such as John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and Cornelius Cardew. In a career...


Mark E. Smith and The Fall: Art, Music and Politics

by Goddard & Halligan

This volume offers a comprehensive range of approaches to the work of Mark E. Smith and his band The Fall in relation to music, art and politics. Mark E. Smith remains one of the most divisive and idiosyncratic...


Warrior, Courtier, Singer: Giulio Cesare Brancaccio and the Performance of Identity in the Late Renaissance

by Wistreich

Giulio Cesare Brancaccio was a Neapolitan nobleman with long practical experience of military life. He was also a virtuoso bass singer whose performances were praised by both Tasso and Guarini. Richard Wistreich...


Jerry Goldsmith. Music Scoring for American Movies

by Mauricio Dupuis

This essay represents the first organic study about Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004), emblematic American film composer in the second half of the 20th century. Goldsmith was also a brilliant conductor. He conducted...


The Deadly Snakes: Real Rock and Roll Tonight

by J.B. Staniforth

The Deadly Snakes: Real Rock and Roll Tonight charts the rise and gentle fall of Canada's greatest band. Unwilling to bow to industry demands, the Deadly Snakes instead made records they were proud of and played...


Bruce Springsteen FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Boss

by John D. Luerssen

(FAQ). Long before he sold 120 million albums globally in a career that has endured artistically and commercially like no other performer's in the rock era, Bruce Springsteen was a working-class New Jersey kid...


Jake Hanna: The Rhythm and Wit of a Swinging Jazz Drummer

by Maria Judge

(Meredith Music Resource). This colorful memoir of the great jazz drummer and witty storyteller recounts his life story and career through tributes, recollections and anecdotes many of them his own hilarious...