The Birth of Loud - Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll by Ian S. Port
$26.99 AUD
Category: Music Books
"A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history" (The New York Times Book Review), this one-of-a-kind narrative masterfully recreates the rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar's amplified sound--Leo Fender and Les Paul--and their intense competition to convince rock ...Show more
The Butterfly Effect - How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America by Marcus J Moore
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music Books | Reading Level: near fine
'Kendrick Lamar understands and employs blues, jazz, and soul in his music, which makes it startling. His work is more than merely brilliant; it is magic' Toni Morrison 'Lamar is a man living on a real and metaphorical peak, with one eye trained on the heavens, the other searching for stories in the val ...Show more
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
$22.99 AUD
Category: Music Books | Reading Level: near fine
The international Number One bestseller.Over a million copies sold in the English language.Published in 23 foreign languages.'A heartfelt memoir . . . there is a fearlessness to his prose, a willingness to engage with his past, that chimes with his songwriter's desire to give voice to the people around ...Show more
Miles and Me: Miles Davis the Man, the Musician, and Friendship by Quincy Troupe
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music Books
Poet, activist, and journalist Troupe's candid account of his friendship with Miles Davis--a revealing portrait of a great musician and an engrossing chronicle of the author's own artistic and personal growth.back.
Janis - Her Life and Music by Holly George-Warren
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music Books | Reading Level: very good
It's been said Janis Joplin was second only to Bob Dylan as the 'creator-recorder-embodiment of her generation's mythology'. But how did a middle-class girl from Texas become a '60s countercultural icon? Janis' parents doted on her and promoted her early talent for art. But the arrival of a brother shat ...Show more
The Age of Bowie: How David Bowie Made a World of Difference by Paul Morley
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music Books
Respected arts commentator Paul Morley, one of the team who curated the highly successful retrospective exhibition for the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, David Bowie Is . . . constructs the definitive story of Bowie that explores how he worked, played, aged, structured his ideas, invented the f ...Show more
Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon
$22.99 AUD
Category: Music Books
In Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story. She writes frankly about her route from girl to woman and pioneering icon within the music and art scene of New York City in the 1980s and '90s as well as marriage, motherhood, and in ...Show more
Prince by Matt Thorne
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music Books
Legendarily reticent, perverse and misleading, Prince is one of the few remaining 80s superstars who still, perhaps, remains unexplained. Now a firm fixture in the pop canon, where such classics as 'Purple Rain', 'Sign o' the Times' and 'Parade' regularly feature in Best Ever Album polls, Prince is stil ...Show more
Jimmy Page by Chris Salewicz
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music Books
An in-depth biography of Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page by the acclaimed biographer of Bob Marley and Joe Strummer, based upon the author's extensive research and interviewsThe original enigmatic rock star, Jimmy Page is a mass of contradictions. A towering presence in the guitar world and one of ...Show more
Jeff Buckley: His Own Voice: The Official Journals, Objects, and Ephemera by Mary Guibert, David Browne
$49.99 AUD
Category: Music Books
The official biography of late singer Jeff Buckley. Includes never before seen hand written journals and diaries. In 1994, an artist named Jeff Buckley released 'Grace', his debut album. Hailed immediately by the likes of Bono, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant, as a singer, guitarist, and writer of a genera ...Show more
The NME Music Quiz Book by Rob Dimery
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music Books
Put your music knowledge to the test with this entertaining and informative quiz book. Rediscover your favorite music and memories, from punk to EDM, the Red Hot Chili Peppers to the Rolling Stones, pop videos to iconic festival headliners, with questions crossing multiple genres and decades. Sourced di ...Show more
Motown - The Sound of Young America by Adam White, Barney Ales
$55.00 AUD
Category: Music Books
In this first official visual history of the label, new research, a dazzling array of images, and unprecedented access to the archives of the makers and stars of Motown lend new insight to the legend. In addition to extensive specially commissioned photography of treasures extracted from the Motown arch ...Show more