'Nobody owes us anything, but the Simple Minds story has been too condensed. After Live Aid and 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' there hasn't been quite the credit for those first few records. I think th..
A legendary record-producer-turned-brain-scientist explains why you love the music you do in an antidote to the Spotify algorithm doldrums
'Extraordinary insights about music, emotion and the br..
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn Pelly, Rachel Kushner, Juliana Huxtable, Leslie Jamison, Liz P..
More than 40 stories from the glory days of rock'n'roll, featuring Lou Reed, Elton John, Sting and The Clash.
Allan Jones brings stories - many previously unpublished - from the golden days of mu..
A raucous yet reflective look back at the evolution of the music press and the passionate rock and pop journalists who defined the music of the 20th century.
Totally Wired is the definitive stor..
The first and only estate-authorised biography of the legendary rapper and an essential reevaluation of his legacy, fully illustrated with momentos, clothing, handwritten poetry, lyrics, musings and m..
First published in 2010, expanded in 2017, and now available in a sleek paper-over-board format, Ultimate Star Guitars is the first illustrated history of iconic guitars and their owners-featuring mor..
An outstanding anthology in which notable musicians, artists, scientists, thinkers, poets, and more- from Gustavo Dudamel and Carrie Mae Weems to Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Paul Muldoon-explore the influ..
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With consultant editor Tony Visconti.
David Bowie's story has never been told quite like this.
Tracing the star's encounters with fellow icons throughout his life..
Since the release of her debut album Whatever's For Us in 1972, Joan Armatrading has, across a fifty-year career, traversed styles and genres to create a monumental body of work. Acknowledged as the f..
June 2024 will mark the 60th anniversary of the Beatles historic - and hysterical - visit to Australasia. The importance of the tour remains deeply significant, not only in the memories of baby boomer..
How the radical music of the 1960s was birthed amid unprecedented upheaval and systemic repression.
Seventy years since the radical music of the 1960s first hit the airwaves, the anthems of the e..
Without Beethoven, music as we know it wouldn't exist. Who was this titan of world culture?
Through 100 recordings, Lebrecht brings to life the composer as we've never seen him before. Unruly,..
Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose. Through her poetry, her songs, her unapologetic vocal power, and her very presence as a woman fron..
Singing makes you feel good. Everyone who sings in a community choir or just in the shower knows this, and relishes the sense of liberation, connection and sheer joy that singing can bring.
In th..
'A really great book.' - Bruce Springsteen
With a foreword by Billy Bragg. Few artists have captured the American experience of their time as wholly as folk legend Woody Guthrie. Singer, songwrit..
The art of music-making has existed for thousands of years. This fascinating book begins with a history of music-making, posing the questions What is music? and What is a musical instrument? . A visua..
What makes us fall in love with a song? What makes us want to write our own songs? Do songs help? Do songs help us live better lives? And do the lives we live help us write better songs? Following pub..
'Stanley is both a fine writer and an impassioned celebrant of pop in all its mongrel, misfit glory.'STUART MACONIE, THE TIMESThere have been many books on pop music but none have attempted to chart i..
An insightful biography of one of the world's greatest musicians, Bob Dylan, by bestselling author Paul Morley.
As one of the world's greatest musicians, Bob Dylan has enriched the American song..