Arts / Music

Nicki Minaj: An Unauthorized Biography

by Belmont and Belcourt and Be Biographies

With so many different sides of her personality coming out in each new track, it's hard to figure out just who Nicki Minaj really is. But like any other story, it sometimes helps to look back at the beginning...

Whitney Houston: An Unauthorized Biography

by Belmont and Belcourt and Be Biographies

She still wondered, "Am I good enough? Am I pretty enough? Will they like me?" It was the burden that made her great and the part that caused her to stumble in the end. If you could hear me, no I would tell...

Mountain Music Fills the Air: Banjos and Dulcimers: The Foxfire Americana Libray (11)

by Inc. Foxfire Fund

Banjos and dulcimers have always been an essential part of Appalachian music, shared and enjoyed throughout the generations. Here, musicians share the history of the instruments and show how they are constructed,...

The Justin Bieber Quiz Book

by Chris Cowlin

Are you Justin Bieber's number one fan? Have you charted the Canadian teenager's meteoric rise to fame from YouTube discovery to global megastar? Do you think you know everything there is to know about the worldwide...

The Joy of Classical Music: A Guide for You and Your Family

by Joan Kennedy

Who’s Afraid of Classical Music?

For years Joan Kennedy, at home, on the campaign trail, and in concert, has shared her love of classical music with adults and children. Now she uses her experience as a teacher...

Songs in the Key of My Life: A Memoir

by Ferentz Lafargue

“Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.” —Stevie Wonder, “Sir Duke”

In 2003, young professor Ferentz LaFargue traveled to Paris, where his fiancée, Tricia, declared she...

The Complete Idiot's Mini Guide to Music Theory Must-Know Terms

by Michael Miller

You have a passion for making beautiful music, but when it comes to understanding and speaking the musical language, you need a little help. The Complete Idiot's Mini Guide to Music Theory Must-Know Terms compiles...

The Power of Sound

by Kenneth Stanley Jr.

The Power of Sound, written by Kenneth Stanley, is a book that will make you consider how God may be trying to get your attention. With all the busy-ness going on in your life, it recurrently becomes harder...

Stretching Exercises for Guitarists

by Gareth Evans

Stretching Exercises for Guitarists is a compact guide that can be used as part of a healthy and productive practice regime. All 30 exercises are demonstrated with over 40 professionally hand-drawn illustrations...

Chords for Guitar

by Gareth Evans

Moveable chord shapes based on the C A G E D system. A reference of over 200 unique shapes for just over 60 different chord types from basic majors and minors to extended chords, altered chords and inversions....

Armida & Amadis & Roland: Three Opera Librettos

by Philippe Quinault & Frank J. Morlock Author

In these three librettos, Philippe Quinault turns from classical opera to medieval legends--Renaud and Armida, Amadis and Oriana, and Angelica and Roland--exploring the tensions between love and glory. As usual,...

Green Day

by Alan Cross

Alan Cross is the preeminent chronicler of popular music.

Here he looks at Green Day from their founding through 2006.

This ebook is adapted from the audiobook.

Radiohead

by Alan Cross

Alan Cross is the preeminent chronicler of popular music.

Here he provides a history of the slow-building rock band Radiohead.

This look at "one of the biggest, most important and most revered bands in the world"...

Tool

by Alan Cross

Alan Cross is the preeminent chronicler of popular music.

Here he provides a history of the mysterious and eccentric rock band Tool.

This look at "a band that stays so deep in the shadows that they could walk...

The Killers

by Alan Cross

Alan Cross is the preeminent chronicler of popular music.

Here he provides a history of Las Vegas rock band The Killers.

This look at "one of the biggest new bands of the new century" is adapted from the audiobook....

Linkin Park

by Alan Cross

Alan Cross is the preeminent chronicler of popular music.

Here he provides a history of nu metal band Linkin Park.

This look at "the best-selling American rock band of the 20th century" is adapted from the audiobook....

The White Stripes

by Alan Cross

Alan Cross is the preeminent chronicler of popular music.

Here he provides a history of Jack White and The White Stripes.

This look at the band "with just two people, and not a bass player in sight" is adapted...

Oasis

by Alan Cross

Alan Cross is the preeminent chronicler of popular music.

Here he provides a history of Liam and Noel Gallagher and Oasis.

This look at the "arrogant, irrational, vindictive, sometimes violent and occasionally...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers

by Alan Cross

Alan Cross is the preeminent chronicler of popular music.

Here he looks at the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their founding through 2008.

This snapshot of "the right band with the right sound at the right time"...

Coldplay

by Alan Cross

Alan Cross is the preeminent chronicler of popular music.

Here he provides a history of Chris Martin and Coldplay.

This look at the "rock band that doesn’t rock in the traditional sense" is adapted from the...