Music

Tells the story of Beethoven's life and works, highlighting some of the most important events by the inclusion of facsimile memorabilia, much of it only available for viewing in museums around Europe. This book looks at the stories behind the music and celebrates the man who, at one point, became the most famous man in Vienna.

Written for aspiring, younger musicians, Terry Burrows's guide explains how guitars work before leading the reader through a series of exercises based upon specially commissioned colour photographs of hand and finger positions.

Sell-out tours in packed stadiums, records going platinum on preorders alone, three-hour long concerts night after night, girls, booze, drugs...Led Zeppelin did it all.

Tells the story of the amazing journey of four talented young Englishmen on the path to rock 'n' roll glory. Includes photos and facsimile memorabilia.

A lively history of the gangster in American film-- soon to be a major television documentary on the Starz/Encore network

COUNTRY FRIED SOUL ADVENTURES IN DIRTY SOUTH HIP-HOP

A fetching account of the singer-songwriter revolution covers a wide range of artists, from Gram Parsons and Kris Kristofferson to Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams, discussing the influence of the 1960s as well as more recent returns to American "roots" music.

In his critically acclaimed book, In the Country of Country, Nicholas Dawidoff travels to the origins of country music and talks to the musicians who created this original American art form.

This tell-all dives into the boys' pre-fame history, early hometown success, their discovery on YouTube and how they are using social media to stay connected to their fans (like their 3 million+ Twitter followers!). Fans will also find details on the band's world tours and their relationship with friends ...

Celebrates the great eras of music and performance, mixing fact and anecdote, personalities and stylistic development with hundreds of illustrations, while key historical dates set the operas in context. This work also contains a reference section including biographies, a timeline, list of opera house openings and premieres, and more.

His unique and intimate history of a nation celebrates the British countryside as a living, working, and occasionally rancorous environment - rather than an unaffected idyll - that forged a nation's musical personality.

Jimi Hendrix was very probably the greatest solo rock artist of all time. With a deceptively theatrical sexuality, he wrought a molten and massive body of sound, which left his contemporaries sounding small, monochrome and tinny by comparison, a body of sound which is still awe-inspiring today.

Music played an important role for soldiers in World War One and this book contains a selection of the popular song series postcards.

Stunning full-color harback book celebrating the live and music of George Michael.

A new, personal look at the genesis of a music legend by the drummer in Bowie's first band.

(Book). The Lives in Music series meshes biography with discography. This debut title profiles the legendary King of Blues, B.B. King. An opening essay charts his life from childhood in the Mississippi Delta up to his first studio session. The author then takes an inside look at his distinguished career, ...

A study of the impact of Cuban music on Senegalese music and modernity

The definitive account of the first rise and fall of Boy George and Culture Club and British pop music in the 1980s. NEW EXPANDED EDITION | WITH A FOREWORD BY NEIL TENNANT | FEAUTURING A BONUS CHAPTER ON DURAN DURAN AND A NEW AFTERWORD.

The full story of Nirvana, their key concerts and all their recordings

This book contains fascinating facts about memorable hits from Sixties artists, hard-to-find tracks alongside many hidden gems. This is a comprehensive collection that music fans and hardened Sixties collectors will cherish.