Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups

Often compared to David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Doc Neeson was hailed as a 'messianic rock god'.He was thumping, pumping, sweaty hard rock. He comma...

'Just be yourself, there is no one better.' From her girl squad to the Swifties to the world at large, Taylor's the BFF of the pop music world. As ...

The first full biography of the fearless and brilliant Maria Yudina, a legendary pianist who was central to Russian intellectual life   Playing wit...

The Sunday Times bestsellerA Daily Telegraph Music Memoir of the YearGrowing up in Liverpool in the 1960s and '70s, when skinheads, football violen...

Knowing Britten is a vivid and insightful account of Steuart Bedford's long association with both Britten the man and his music - 2021 Book of the ...

When Hereford group Silence teamed up with songwriter Ian Hunter in 1969 to form a group that aimed to be a cross between Bob Dylan, the Rolling St...

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''I will always believe in the strength we have as women.'' As the queen of pop music since the glory days of Destiny''s Child to her incredible so...

Going Through Changes is a photographic journey of Sabbath during the halcyon days of the seventies. Throughout a long and sometimes turbulent care...

In 1967, a 20-year-old David Jones decided to change his name to avoid confusion with the lead singer of the Monkees. He decided on 'Bowie'. By thi...

From late Victorian times to the end of the First World War, Hubert Parry was an outstanding figure in the musical world: a great composer, musical...

Michael Nesmith''s eclectic, electric life spans his star-making role on The Monkees, his invention of the music video, and his critical contributi...

Philip Glass has, almost single-handedly, crafted the dominant sound of late-twentieth-century classical music. Yet in Words Without Music, his cri...

The Grateful Dead--the band known for extensive touring and putting on shows that are not just concerts but events. The band known for spawning a s...

This is a comprehensive biography of a brilliant musician who forever shaped the course of ska, reggae, and popular music worldwide, only to tak...

This is the first book about the life of jazz pianist and composer Stan Tracey CBE (1926-2013). Drawn largely from his personal diaries and some of...

What happens when getting played on Radio 1 isn't the goal anymore? What if music is really just about music?A few years ago, Little Fish were sign...

In this volume author John Corcelli reveals Zappa's roots as a musician from his diverse influences to his personal life. We also learn more abou...

Are you ready to rock? The Overstreet Guide to Collecting Concert Posters is the latest how to book in Gemstone Publishings series for new and expe...

Dave van ronk (1936-2002) was not only one of the founding figures of the 1960s folk music revival he was a pioneer of modern acoustic blues, a fin...

Perry Como put aside his career as a barber to become one of the top American crooners of the 20th century and also one of the first multimedia ...

I think the best way to start when somebody says something can t be done, just look at them and say: why not? Frank Zappa, Los Angeles, 1990. Co ...

Sunday Times Bestseller''I can''t rewrite history; all I can do is be honest and wear my heart on my sleeve. It''s really the only way I know. I wa...

Chairman at the Board is an intimate, funny, and absorbing look at the music business by an insider who has recorded a host of the greatest musical...

Dottie Dodgion is a jazz drummer who played with the best.  A survivor, she lived an entire lifetime before she was seventeen. Undeterred by hardsh...

A new memoir from internationally renowned musician Liona Boyd. Few peoples lives are as romantic and adventurous as Liona Boyds has been. She has ...

Everyone loved The Hollies. They were the 'group's group'. Never confrontational or rebellious, always smartly suited, always smiling. The band had...