Respect - The Life of Aretha Franklin by David Ritz
$14.99 AUD
Category: REM Music Books
The definitive biography of the Queen of Soul from acclaimed music writer David Ritz. Aretha Franklin began life as the golden daughter of a progressive and promiscuous Baptist preacher. Raised without her mother, she was a gospel prodigy who gave birth to two sons in her teens and left them and her nat ...Show more
A Natural History of the Piano by ISACOFF STUART
$14.95 AUD
Category: REM Music Books
A beautifully illustrated, engrossing celebration of the piano, and the composers and performers who have made it their own. Stuart Isacoff - pianist, critic and teacher - explores the history and evolution of the piano: how its sound provides the basis for emotional expression and individual style, why ...Show more
Chuck D presents This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History by Chuck D
$14.95 AUD
Category: REM Music Books | Reading Level: near fine
In the more than 40 years since the days of DJ Kool Herc and "Rapper's Delight," hip-hop and rap have become a billion-pound worldwide cultural phenomenon that reaches well beyond music, into fashion, movies, art and politics. Yet there is no definitive history of the genre - until now. This massive com ...Show more
The Doors : A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years by Greil Marcus
$11.95 AUD
Category: REM Music Books | Reading Level: General Adult
The best critic of popular culture in America considers the attraction of the Doors, which has endured despite the band's short life, sampling the lasting songs and legendary performances that made Jim Morrison and his band rock 'n' roll legends. A fan from the moment the Doors' first album took over KM ...Show more
Detours by Tim Rogers
$12.95 AUD
$24.99 (48% off)
Category: REM Music Books
'Of all the utterances delivered to me by strangers, my least favourite after "We can no longer legally serve you" would have to be, "Well, that isn't very rock'n'roll."'Tim Rogers of You Am I has always been a complicated man: a hard-drinking musician with the soul of a poet; a flamboyant flâneur; a ra ...Show more
The Music that Maton made by Andrew McUtchen, Jeff Jenkins, Barry Divola
$19.99 AUD
$75.00 (73% off)
Category: REM Music Books
From a small backyard workshop on the outskirts of Melbourne, Maton Guitars has grown into a truly inspiring Australian success story. In 1946, Bill May crafted a guitar in his Melbourne garage that he wanted the world to hear and to play. In a matter of years, it was in the hands of Elvis Presley on ...Show more
Guitar Aficionado: The Collections by Guitar Aficionado
$39.95 AUD
Category: REM Music Books
In this spectacular full-colour deluxe volume, Guitar Aficionado magazine - today's preeminent luxury guitar publication - presents the world's most epic guitars and the people who own them. Inside is an exclusive look into the incredible collections of the worlds most illustrious players, including Eri ...Show more
Petty - The Biography by Warren Zanes
$14.95 AUD
Category: REM Music Books
*One of "Rolling Stone"'s 10 Best Music Books of 2015* An exhilarating and intimate account of the life of music legend Tom Petty, by an accomplished writer and musician who toured with Petty No one other than Warren Zanes, rocker and writer and friend, could author a book about Tom Petty that is as hon ...Show more
The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums by Will Friedwald
$15.95 AUD
Category: REM Music Books
The author of the magisterial A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers now approaches the great singers and their greatest work in an innovative and revelatory way: through considering their finest albums, which is the format in which this music was most resonantly organized and presented ...Show more
Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015 by Patti Smith
$14.95 AUD
Category: REM Music Books
To honor the fortieth anniversary of her seminal album Horses, a revised and updated version of the iconic artist's collected lyrics.This extraordinary collection from "rock and roll's poet laureate" is a testimony to the fierce passion and uncompromising originality of Patti Smith's music and writing. ...Show more
The World Atlas of Musical Instruments by Bozhidar Abrashev
$39.99 AUD
Category: REM Music Books
Throughout human history, music has accompanied us in times of joy and in times of sorrow. This comprehensive encyclopedia is not only a reference work on musical instruments suitable for experts; it also explains the effects and expressive powers of the musical arts. The authors present the various met ...Show more