Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups

Part memoir, part social history, Revolutionary Spirit is the poignant, often hilarious story of a cult Liverpool musician s scenic route to fame a...

This unique book reveals a fascinating and little known part of Lancashire''s history. Digging deep into the archives of newspapers from the late 1...

Im just a cosmic yob, I suppose.I change every day. Im not outrageous. Im David Bowie.Im an instant star. Just add water and stir.Genre-hopping, ge...

A tell-all biography of the epic in-fighting of the Grateful Dead in the years following band leader Jerry Garcia's death in 1995The Grateful Dead ...

'Brilliant biography of an undersung late-blooming treasure . . . subtly profound as well as wickedly entertaining, this biography does its subject...

Wilcopedia is a comprehensive guide to the music of the preeminent American rock band of the twenty-first century. It offers a thorough appraisal o...

Celebrate Freddie Mercury in the next iteration of Steve Wides Icons A to Z series. Follow Freddie, born Farrokh Bulsara, as he harnesses hyperdont...

In seventeenth century Italy, overcrowding, violent political uprising, and plague led an astonishing number of abandoned and orphaned children to ...

The ultimate collection of stunning photographs documenting the career of one of the worlds greatest superstarsThere has never been or will there e...

Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, The Thin White Duke: David Bowie had an extraordinary talent for reinvention. But at the beginning of his career, he ...

'How refreshing, to read a book about music written for a music lover and not a musicologist. In clear, lucid, entertaining prose, Jane Glover make...

Malcolm Forsyth (19362011) was a musical legend: a much-loved composer, performer, teacher, and mentor. Reflections on Malcolm Forsyth presents a c...

While she once made headlines with her hedonistic lifestyle, part of Nicks'' irresistible appeal is her youthful vulnerability and mystical aura, m...

Shooting at the Moon celebrates the music and lyrics of Kevin Ayers, one of the great bohemian voices of British music. Kevin Ayers was an English ...

'A delight to read' Philip Pullman'Essential reading ... a genuine landmark publication' Tom ServiceA BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'The music of th...

A collection of wildly inventive portraits of musician Tom Waits, the result of a 30-year collaboration with photographer and illustrator Matt Ma...

Told in the first person, Pretending To See The Future is an oral history of OMD, mixing hundreds of fan anecdotes with memories from the band, the...

Jim Cregan's career as a rock guitarist, songwriter and producer has spanned over fifty years, touring and recording albums with stars such as Elto...

Fifty years ago this spring, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash released their first album as a group; Crosby, Stills & Nash became ...

A Life In Vision is a photographic journey of one of the most admired and respected rock vocalists of all time - Ronnie James Dio. This beautiful c...

The SUNDAY TIMES Top Ten Bestseller#1 Book of the Year, UNCUT#1 Book of the Year, ROUGH TRADEBook of the Year, MOJOOver the course of two albums an...