Jimmy Page by Chris Salewicz
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music
An in-depth biography of Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page by the acclaimed biographer of Bob Marley and Joe Strummer, based upon the author's extensive research and interviewsThe original enigmatic rock star, Jimmy Page is a mass of contradictions. A towering presence in the guitar world and one of ...Show more
Just Kids by Patti Smith
$22.99 AUD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD In Just Kids, Patti Smith's first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seve ...Show more
Led Zeppelin IV (33 1/3) by Erik Davis
$19.95 AUD
Category: Music | Series: 33 1/3
In this wickedly entertaining and thoroughly informed homage to one of rock music s towering pinnacles, Erik Davis investigates the magic black or otherwise that surrounds this album. Carefully peeling the layers from each song, Davis reveals their dark and often mystical roots and leaves the reader to ...Show more
Viva Coldplay: A Biography by Martin Roach
$29.95 AUD
Category: Music
Author Martin Roach reveals how the band members met, played their early gigs, financed their own early EPs and how, with four hit albums under their belt; they still continue to maintain a tight degree of control over their output. Featuring insights into Coldplay's professional insecurities and anxie ...Show more
Book of Rhymes - The Poetics of Hip Hop by Adam Bradley
$32.50 AUD
Category: Music
If asked to list the greatest innovators of modern American poetry, few of us would think to include Jay-Z or Eminem in their number. And yet hip hop is the source of some of the most exciting developments in verse today. The media uproar in response to its controversial lyrical content has obscured hip ...Show more
Piano 300 - Celebrating Three Centuries of People and Pianos by Cynthia Adams Hoover; Patrick Rucker; Edwin M. Good
$24.99 AUD
$35.95 (30% off)
Category: Music | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
The piano is where art, craftsmanship, musicianship, design and technology meet to form one of the most beloved and popular musical instruments of our times. The exhibition Piano 300 at the Smithsonian's International Gallery in Washington D.C. in 2000 and 2001 presented the astonishing 300-year history ...Show more
She Begat This - 20 Years of the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Joan Morgan
$35.00 AUD
Category: Music
Celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the acclaimed and influential debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill with this eye-opening and moving exploration of Lauryn Hill and her remarkable artistic legacy. Released in 1998, Lauryn Hill's first solo album is often cited by music critics as one of ...Show more
Roger Daltry - Thanks a Lot, Mr Kibblewhite - My Story by Roger Daltrey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
Roger Daltrey is the voice of a generation.That generation was the first to rebel, to step out of the shadows of the Second World War ... to invent the concept of the teenager.This is the story from his birth at the height of the Blitz, through tempestuous school days to his expulsion, age 15, for vario ...Show more
How to Play Guitar: Acoustic and Electric - Learn to Play Like a Rock Hero by Total Guitar magazine
$39.99 AUD
Category: Music | Series: Y Ser.
Why play air guitar when this step-by-step guide will make you a REAL guitar hero? Rock it out with one of the world's most popular instruments: the guitar. Featuring hundreds of diagrams and exercises, this practical and very contemporary guide teaches you how to play, read music, and even write songs ...Show more
The Awfully Big Adventure - Michael Jackson in the Afterlife by Paul Morley
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music
A haunting, tragic exploration of Michael Jackson's life, repackaged for the tenth anniversary of the singer's death. Michael Jackson died on June 25 2009 in Los Angeles, from of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication (according to Wikipedia). The one-time King of Pop was preparing for one last ...Show more
The Beatles A to Z by Steve Wide; Babeth Lafon (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Music | Series: A\to Z Icons Ser.
An illustrated A to Z celebrating the unparalleled impact of the cultural phenomenon that was the Beatles--the greatest band of all time. This book looks at the life, art, collaborations, films, friendships, and fun surrounding the Fab Four--all in a brilliantly illustrated A to Z format. From their ...Show more
How Music Works by David Byrne
$29.99 AUD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
How Music Works is David Byrne’s buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime thinking about. Drawing on his work over the years with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and myriad collaborators--along with journeys to Wagnerian opera houses, African villages, and anywhere music exists--Byrne shows ho ...Show more