Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups

From 1969 to 1971, as the United States convulsed with political upheaval and transformative social movements, no band was bigger than Creedence Cl...

'A charmingly modest tale of a long brush with stardom, with all its pleasures and frustrations' Kirkus'A captivating and intimate window into the ...

A reflection on the idea of the composer in the medieval period, including a study of the individuals and groups active in the creation of medieval...

Shortly before his second birthday, Allison Moorer's son, John Henry, stopped using the twenty-seven words he had learned. John Henry's diagnosis o...

Porcupine Tree began in 1987 as a solo project for Steven Wilson but became a four-piece band when Steven was later joined by Richard Barbieri, Col...

Sometimes acclaimed as Scotland's finest-ever singer-songwriter, Gerry Rafferty was born in 1947. After developing a passion for several genres of ...

In 1998, the future of the Red Hot Chili Peppers seemed extremely uncertain. Once considered alternative rocks hottest act on the back of their tri...

Vincenzo Bellini on Stage and Screen, 19352020 offers nine case studies of the history of Vincenzo Bellinis operas on stage, on screen, and in soun...

In Please Please Tell Me Now, bestselling rock biographer Stephen Davis tells the story of Duran Duran, the quintessential band of the 1980s. Their...

Get a completely new look at guitar legend Eddie Van Halen with this groundbreaking oral history, composed of more than fifty hours of interviews w...

In 1921, insurance executive Charles Ives sent out copies of a piano sonata to two hundred strangers. Laden with dissonant chords, complex rhythm, ...

Although David Bowie has famously characterized himself as a leper messiah, a more appropriate moniker might be rock god: someone whose influence ...

Roy Massey is one of the most influential organists and choir trainers of the past 50 years. In this fascinating memoir, Roy takes us from his begi...

Which Song is the Best and Why? Read it and see! Organized by rank, from 1 to 100, this illustrated celebration of the best songs by the boys who r...

Monumental biography of one of the major musicians of the twentieth century. Revised edition: Adolf Busch (1891-1952) was an all-round musician an...

The Hollywood careers of Aaron Copland and Hanns Eisler brought the composers and their high art sensibility into direct conflict with the premier ...

Having designed Roxy Music as an haute couture suit hand-stitched of punk and progressive music, Bryan Ferry redesigned it. He made Roxy Music ever...

The Hollywood careers of Aaron Copland and Hanns Eisler brought the composers and their high art sensibility into direct conflict with the premier ...

This annotated bibliography uncovers the wealth of resources available on the life and music of John Cage, one of the most influential and fascinat...

'Goth can plausibly claim to be the near-definitive word on the subject' - GuardianGoth is an entertaining and evocative personal history of Goth m...

Scholars devoted to analysis of Richard Wagner's operas and music-dramas have long noted his numerous comparisons between their characters and plot...

Scholars of Richard Wagner's works have long noted his numerous comparisons between their characters and plots in his letters, essays, and recorded...

This Element offers a critical analysis of the history of Elliott Carter's String Quartet No. 1 and the composer's rise to public acclaim, not thro...

This Element offers a critical analysis of the history of Elliott Carter's String Quartet No. 1 and the composer's rise to public acclaim, not thro...

Micheal O Suilleabhain: A life in music, is a collection of essays and reflections around the musical life of Micheal O Suilleabhain. With contribu...

Explores the heroic life and revolutionary music of the pioneering German saxophonist, and the radical social and political convictions that inform...

Writing about yourself is a funny businessBut in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages,...

Die Berliner Neidhart-Handschrift R (mgf 1062 [Niederösterreich, ca. 1280]) enthält zehn Lieder, zu denen am Blattrand Strophen nachgetragen sind. ...

This is Taylor as the ultimate icon of our times. This perfect fan book delves into her success story, her music and how empowering a role model sh...

A must-have for every New Kids fan, this beautifully designed volume traces 40 years of the groundbreaking boy band through photos, interviews, and...

When Shelly Powers was 7, she told her mother that she'd marry Elvis Presley when she grew up. She did - though he was an impersonator, a tribute a...

A new biography of which paints the most well-rounded and factually accurate portrait of the composer to date Ralph Vaughan Williams ranks among t...

A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos. Theres no parallel to Taylor Swift in history: a ...

A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos. Theres no parallel to Taylor Swift in history: a ...

In the '80s, the Birmingham, England, band Duran Duran became closely associated with new wave, an idiosyncratic genre that dominated the decade's ...

This is a brilliant exploration of Radiohead's game-changing album, looking at its place in the career of The World's Best Band with ten years of h...