Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups

Alice Herz-Sommer, 1903-2014 The pianist Alice Herz-Sommer survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp, attended Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem,...

A colourful and concise telling of the fascinating story behind Richard Wagner's extraordinary masterpiece, Ring of the Nibelung.The Ring is one of...

To celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the legendary Motörhead, Z2 has gathered some of the greatest living musicians (Ozzy Osbourne, Lars U...

What if you had the chance to tell your hero just how much they meant to you?If Nick Drake came to my houseand knocked upon the doorIm sure Id be m...

In her own unmistakeable voice, Kate Ceberano takes us on a very personal journey from her suburban childhood, her immersion in the Melbourne club ...

__________________________ 'Fascinating ... Haste paints a portrait of a woman who was born to triumph, not surrender' - Harpers Bazaar 'Written ...

Legendary leader of Parliament and Funkadelic, George Clinton is unique in pop music - and his story is like nothing you've ever heard before. Grow...

Originally published in 1936, as a second edition in 1948 and as an enlarged and third edition in 1982, Karl Geiringers biography of Brahms is gene...

The human body is the primary instrument of war, yet those waging war often confront soldiers' bodies in a detached or merely intellectual way. In ...

Meinrad Schütter is one of the most intriguing of recent Swiss composers. His music offers a highly personal synthesis of 20th-century European mod...

A breathtakingly candid memoir by Joanna JoJo Levesque, the chart-topping, multi-platinum recording artist behind hits like Leave (Get Out), Too Li...

Originally published in 1924, and authored by a renowned pianist and musicologist, this book is a comprehensive study of the history and evolution ...

Kasey Chambers Just Dont Be a D**khead and Other Profound Things Ive Learnt is a whirlwind of great stories, rock-solid life lessons and Kasey Cham...

Mike Dixon has been involved in the British music industry for over 40 years and has been Musical Director for more than twenty West End production...

In this intimate and open account nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir youve ever read Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of ...

In this intimate and open account nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir youve ever read Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of ...

The Godfather of New York City hardcore and founding member of Agnostic Front invites you into his lower east side pad to regale you with tales fro...

When Miranda Sawyer interviewed Liam Gallagher in 1994, his gag wishing Damon Albarn would die of AIDS became front-page news all over the world. T...

When Miranda Sawyer interviewed Noel Gallagher in 1995, his gag wishing Damon Albarn would die of AIDS became front-page news. This fascinating pop...

Drawn from NPR Musics acclaimed, groundbreaking series Turning the Tables, the definitive book on the vital role of Women in Musicfrom Beyoncé to O...

A breathtakingly candid memoir by Joanna JoJo Levesque, the chart-topping, multi-platinum recording artist behind hits like 'Leave (Get Out),' 'Too...

This title is updated to include the release of their fifth studio album The Resistance and their 2009/2010 world tour. Out of This World is the de...

In his nearly forty-year career, Johann Scheibe became Leipzig's most renowned organ builder and one of the late Baroque's masters of the craft. Jo...

Women performers played a vital role in the development of American and transatlantic entertainment, celebrity culture, and gender ideology. Sara E...

Parsing the works of the experimental music pioneer Robert Wannamaker's monumental two-volume study explores the influential music and ideas of Ame...