Music: Styles & Genres

'Before there was Star Wars before there was Close Encounters there was The Man Who Fell To Earth. advertising tag line for 1981 reissue of the fil...

For the past 50 years, the covers of Rolling Stone have depicted the icons of popular culturefrom John Lennon, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Madon...

The Beach Boys: All The Songs is a detailed look at the recorded output of this most unique and influential popular music group. From the 1962 debu...

Its hard to think of a solo female recording artist who has been as revered or as reviled over the course of her career as Tori Amos. Amy Gentry ar...

Vogue has always been on the cutting edge of popular culture, and Vogue x Music shows us why. Whether theyre contemporary stars or classic idols, w...

The very first full biography of The Association, one of the most successful bands to come out of the mid-1960s US folk-rock boom, with some of the...

For 40 years Bruce Springsteen has been making music on his way to becoming an icon, the conscience of rock 'n' roll, and one of the greatest li...

A hit television show about a fictitious rock band, The Monkees (1966-1968) earned two Emmys-Best Comedy Series and Best Director. Capitalizing on ...

Since her late-1990s debut as a member of the R&B trio Destiny's Child, Beyonce Knowles has garnered both praise and criticism. While some c...

When Elvis Presley first showed up at Sam Phillips's Memphis-based Sun Records studio, he was a shy teenager in search of a sound. Phillips invited...

As an artist, David Bowie is widely considered a chameleon, shedding one persona to create a new one and thus staying popular, relevant and compell...

AC/DC have reigned over rock'n'roll for almost four decades. Their signature power chord rock was the sonic standard bearer of the genre they pione...

The self-proclaimed Hottest Band in the Land, KISS is one of the most popular groups in the history of rock, having sold more than 100 million albu...

The convergence of rock music, counterculture politics and avant-garde aesthetics in the late 1960s underscored the careers of the Beatles, Frank Z...

From the early days of singing in front of his school pals to being hailed by superstar Pharrell Williams as the kid who will change pop music, Con...

Never have so many famous drummers been gathered together in one place! Drummer and writer Spike Webb has spent more than three years meeting fell...

The intimate and long-awaited memoir of guitar legend Carlos Santana.In 1967 at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium, a young guitarist played a bli...

Many of the architects of rock and roll in the 1950s including Elvis Presley Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard were Southerners who were roote...

The death of Amy Winehouse at the age of 27 was a tragedy.She was one of the brightest music stars in years -a brilliant, original song writer with...

The intimate - and surprising - autobiography of Britain's most adored band Prepare to meet the real McFly In 2003, Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Har...

Music writer Womack delivers a fascinating, in-depth look at the creation of Abbey Road, the Beatles' penultimate album released 50 years ago.... W...

In her intimate memoir, More Myself, Alicia Keys shares her quest for truth: about herself, her past, and her shift from sacrificing her spirit to ...

'The truest measure of the man we have thus far' - Mojo'Affectionate, impeccably researched biography' - Mail on Sunday'Head and shoulders above th...

Discover the remarkably honest and captivating story of one of the world's greatest ever singing talents, Sir Tom Jones 'Brilliantly told' SUNDAY T...

The inside story of The Cure'Beautifully realised' Irish TimesComing of age in Thatcher's Britain in the late 70s and early 80s was really tough, e...

A GUARDIAN AND INDEPENDENT BEST MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR At last an expert classicist gets to grips wi...

In the majority of mainstream writing and discussions on music, women appear purely in relation to men as muses, groupies or fangirls, with our own...

Robert Plant is one of the few genuine living rock legends. Frontman of Led Zeppelin, musical innovator and seller of millions of records...

A breathtaking, never-before-seen glimpse into life on tour with David Bowie, by the late singer''s official tour photographerIn 1983 David Bowie s...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES, GRAMMY-NOMINATED BESTSELLERA SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, ROLLING STONE, AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR A panoramic ...

A thoughtfully curated and gloriously illustrated retrospective of the bands studio releases, Queen, comes just in time for the 45th anniversary of...

The amazing life of Madness frontman and national treasure, SuggsSuggs is one of pop music's most enduring and likeable figures. Written with the a...

The definitive history of Pink Floyd, one of the world's great bands, by founder member Nick Mason.One of the most fascinating rock bands ever, Pin...

The Jesus and Mary Chains swooning debut Psychocandy seared through the underground and through the pop charts, shifting the role of noise within p...