Composers & Musicians 14

When a proud mum posted a video of her 12-year-old son singing on YouTube in 2007, she knew her family and friends would love it. But what Patricia Mallette could not have predicted was that, six y……続きを見る

Ben Sidran: A Life in the Music is much more than a musician's memoir; it's a picaresque story about a personal quest, the search for meaning at the beginning of a new millennium. Sidran delves into……続きを見る

Like Jimmie Rodgers Woody Guthrie Robert Johnson and Hank Williams Townes Van Zandt was the embodiment of that mythic American figure the troubled troubadour. A Deeper Blue traces Van Zandts backgro……続きを見る

From the Author's Preface: "I believe that in his greatest music Beethoven was primarily concerned to express his personal vision of life. This vision was, of course, the product of his character an……続きを見る

Dictionnaire Beatles Par leurs propos, par leurs extravagances musicales, ces quatre garçons bravent les codes en vigueur. Les Beatles se font l'écho de la contre-culture de leur temps mais ils en r……続きを見る

The acclaimed, bestselling rock-and-roll biographer delivers the first complete, unexpurgated history of the world’s greatest band. The saga of the Rolling Stones is the central epic in rock mytholo……続きを見る

IS THE 27 CLUB JUST A MYTH? (No). Is it a "curse?" (No). But The 27 Club is not what you think. It's more than the deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and ……続きを見る

In his life and in his music, Cole Porter was the topーthe pinnacle of wit and sophistication. From the 1910s through the ‘50s, from Yale pep rallies through the Broadway triumphs of Anything Goes a……続きを見る

An engrossing and intimate portrait of the Oklahoma-based psychedelic pop band the Flaming Lips, cult heroes to millions of indie-rock fans. In July 2002, the Flaming Lips released an ambitious albu……続きを見る

NOW AN ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY, Winter Journey Set amid the growing tyranny of Germany's Third Reich, here is the riveting and emotional tale of Günther Goldschmidt and Rosemarie Gumpert, two courageo……続きを見る

You Really Got Me is Nick Hasted’s illuminating biography of The Kinks, drawing on years of in-depth interviews with Ray and Dave Davies and shedding new light on a turbulent 30-year career scarred ……続きを見る

Michael Bublé is an international singing sensation. Since his debut in 2003, he has sold 18 million albums, won numerous awards (including a Grammy), reached the top 10 in the UK charts with his fi……続きを見る

Adeles has taken both the music industry and music fans alike by storm. She sings from the soul and personal experience allowing her to touch the human emotion. She’s not just a powerful voice, but ……続きを見る

The best-selling biography to the life and mood-swings of the one and only Modfather. Through his work with The Jam, The Style Council and ultimately as a solo artist, Weller has remained one of our……続きを見る

Question: At what age did she learn to play the guitar? Answer: Thirteen The inspiration for her musical career came at an early age. She had already begun taking singing lessons at 9, and by 13 sh……続きを見る

Fame Fortune and Monsters is a quick-read biography of Lady Gaga one of today's most famous and outlandish celebrities. The book takes us through the history of Gaga from her school years right up t……続きを見る

Read the full, enthralling story of the 20-something London girl who took the music world by storm. This fully updated paperback edition of the bestselling biography, Someone Like Adele, also now in……続きを見る

Whenever you hear the prevalent wailing blues harmonica in commercials, film soundtracks or at a blues club, you are experiencing the legacy of the master harmonica player, Little Walter. Immensely ……続きを見る

When Mississippi John Hurt (1892-1966) was "rediscovered" by blues revivalists in 1963, his musicianship and recordings transformed popular notions of prewar country blues. At seventy-one he moved t……続きを見る

Buck Owens was the top-selling country act of the 1960s, with 21 number-one hits and 35 consecutive top-ten hits, a total surpassed only by the Beatles. Inventor of the Bakersfield sound, he was hug……続きを見る

When LA musicians Russell and Ron Mael moved to Britain in 1973, they hit the pop world as Sparks and looked like oddballs, even in the context of the glam rock movement that made them welcome. Soon……続きを見る

Before his untimely death in 1982, Lester Bangs was inarguably the most influential critic of rock and roll. Writing in hyper-intelligent Benzedrine prose that calls to mind Jack Kerouac and Hunter ……続きを見る

Are you the world's biggest Miley Cyrus fan? Or do you want to know everything there is to know about the ex Hannah Montana actress who is now a global superstar?If so, then this is the book for you……続きを見る

Although Gustav Mahler was a famous conductor in Vienna and New York, the music that he wrote was condemned during his lifetime and for many years after his death in 1911. “Pages of dreary emptiness……続きを見る

"Fans of Arnold's mellow music will appreciate the intensely detailed record of his private life and public career. Others may find the vivid picture of country music's early decades (the many small……続きを見る

As the girlfriend of Fleetwood Mac's singer and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, Carol Ann Harris was the consummate insider. She was there when Rumours, the fastest-selling album in history, hurtled t……続きを見る

Born and raised in Port McNicoll, John Arpin discovered his musical talents early: at the age of four he could pick out tunes on the piano that he had heard on the radio; by ten, he had been identif……続きを見る

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 a mighty voice and great personal charm. Amy was ……続きを見る

Four pep pills, a Sunday tabloid, two celebrated rock stars and a court case. Butterfly on a Wheel: The Rolling Stones Great Drugs Bust documents how these ingredients came to form a huge slice of B……続きを見る

Edward "Kid" Ory (1886-1973) was a trombonist, composer, recording artist, and early New Orleans jazz band leader. Creole Trombone tells his story from birth on a rural sugar cane plantation in a Fr……続きを見る