For the Love of Music: A Conductor's Guide to the Art of Listening by John Mauceri
30.00 NZD
Category: Music
Why do so many of us listen to classical music, and how can you get the most from listening to it?In this unpretentious and instructive book, internationally celebrated conductor and teacher John Mauceri brings to bear his lifetime of experience and profound knowledge. A protégé of Leonard Bernstein and ...Show more
The Double Life of Bob Dylan: Vol. 1 - A Restless Hungry Feeling, 1941-1966 by Clinton Heylin
50.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
The definitive biography of one contemporary culture's most iconic and mysterious figures - musical revolutionary, Nobel Prize-winner, chart-topping recording artist. 'The definitive, scrupulously researched biography of a life steeped in mystery' Observer. The definitive biography of one contemporary ...Show more
Goodbye Russia: Rachmaninoff in Exile by Fiona Maddocks
55.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
The moving story of Rachmaninoff's years in exile and the composition of his last great work, against a cataclysmic backdrop of two world wars and personal tragedy.
Queen Uncovered: Unseen photographs, rarities and insights from life with a rock 'n' roll band by Peter Hince
70.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Packed with images and ephemera from Queen's head roadie, covering life on the road and in the studio, backstage and on-stage, relaxing at parties, filming iconic music videos and much more besides.
Rememberings by Sinead O'Connor
26.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
An intimate and revelatory memoir from the iconic, acclaimed singer-songwriterSinead O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Her landmark recording of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U made her a global icon. She outraged millions when she tore up a photograph of ...Show more
The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah" by Alan Light
35.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Praised as a “thoughtful and illuminating” (The New York Times) work of music journalism, this is the unforgettable, fascinating, and unexpected account of one of the most performed and beloved songs in pop history — Leonard Cohen’s heartrending “Hallelujah.” When Leonard Cohen first wrote and recorded ...Show more
The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera by Matthew Aucoin
40.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
From its beginning, opera has been an impossible art. Its first practitioners, in seventeenth-century Florence, set themselves the unreachable goal of reproducing the wonders of ancient Greek drama, which no one can be sure was sung in the first place. Opera's greatest artists have striven to fuse multi ...Show more
A Cellarful of Noise: With a new introduction by Craig Brown by Brian Epstein
25.00 NZD
Category: Music
The iconic life story of Brian Epstein, the 'Fifth Beatle', in his own words - and inevitably the story of the making of the Beatles. Featuring a new introduction by Craig Brown (One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time). Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison may have fronted the ...Show more
Bowie at 75 by Martin Popoff
110.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
A unique and beautifully produced celebration of the iconic and beloved rock star, Bowie at 75 examines David Bowie's extraordinary life through the lens of 75 significant career achievements and life events.Hendrix, Joplin, Mercury...few rock artists garner as much adulation after passing as they did i ...Show more
Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
40.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his truth. Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to battling body image and struggling with familial strife, Pageboy is a love letter to the power of being seen. With this evocative an ...Show more
The Double Life of Bob Dylan Volume 2: 1966-2021: 'Far away from Myself' by Clinton Heylin
85.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
The second volume of Clinton Heylin's magisterial biography takes us from Dylan's 1966 motorcycle accident to the present day. We meet a man who is determined to confound expectations; yet whatever he does only seems to confirm his iconic status to fans and critics alike.There are peaks and troughs. Lo ...Show more
David Bowie: Changes - A Life in Pictures 1947-2016 by Chris Welch
45.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
David Bowie: Changes \b0 is a celebration of the international figure all starry-eyed hopefuls aspired to be when setting out on a path to fame and fortune in the music industry - whether they know it or not. Through more than 150 stellar photos, it tells the story of an artist the likes of which we'd n ...Show more