Travelling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell by Ann Powers
37.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Celebrated music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of the legendary Joni Mitchell One of the most celebrated artists of her generation, Joni Mitchell has inspired countless musicians and authors, while never stopping still herself. In Traveling, Ann Powers seeks to understand the paradox o ...Show more
The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison's Legacy Goes on Trial by John Densmore
40.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
In The Doors Unhinged, New York Times bestselling author and legendary Doors drummer John Densmore offers a powerful exploration of the 'greed gene' - that part of the human psyche that propels us toward the accumulation of more and more wealth, even at the expense of our principles, friendships, and th ...Show more
Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius by Harry Freedman
25.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
'Leonard Cohen taught us that even in the midst of darkness there is light, in the midst of hatred there is love, with our dying breath we can still sing Hallelujah.' - The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks 'Among the finest volumes on Cohen's life and lyrics ... An exploration which would have intrigued ...Show more
My My! - ABBA Through the Ages by Giles Smith
40.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography | Reading Level: near fine
On the fiftieth anniversary of Waterloo – the song, not the battle - one super-fan sits down to listen to the ABBA Gold album from start to finish, looking back over the half-century he has spent in the company of ABBA’s music, and attempting to unlock the secrets of its hold on him – and on all of us. ...Show more
Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave, Sean O'Hagan
40.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
"Created from more than forty hours of intimate conversations with the journalist Seán O’Hagan, this is a profoundly thoughtful exploration, in Cave’s own words, of what really drives his life and creativity. The book examines questions of belief, art, music, freedom, grief and love. It draws candidly o ...Show more
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Bruce Springsteen: Wisdom from the Music and Musings of an American Dreamer by Trevor Courneen
38.00 NZD
Category: Gift
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Bruce Springsteen is an eye-popping collection of stunning photos and insightful lessons inspired by Springsteen's life and musical legacy. For decades, the Boss has imbued his work with great depths of feeling and authenticity, speaking his truth to millions of ...Show more
Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones by Dolly Parton
95.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
A beautifully illustrated celebration of Dolly Parton's iconic sense of style through entertaining personal stories and 450 full-color photographs, including exclusive images from her private costume archive. In Behind the Seams My Life in Rhinestones, global superstar Dolly Parton shares, for the firs ...Show more
I Was There: Dispatches from a Life in Rock and Roll by Alan Edwards
39.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
I Was There: Dispatches from a Life in Rock and Roll is a memoir by Alan Edwards, the godfather of modern music PR, whose stellar list of clients has ranged over the years from the Rolling Stones to the Spice Girls via the Stranglers, Blondie, Prince, Britney Spears, Robbie Williams, Amy Winehouse and, ...Show more
Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall by Hugh Fielder
65.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall is a comprehensive history of the legendary band featuring photos, album covers, and posters as well as insight into their iconic songs and albums.
Woody Guthrie: A Life by Joe Klein
40.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
The classic biography of the hugely influential American folk singer who inspired a generation of songwriters, including Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. With a foreword by Billy Bragg. Few artists have captured the American experience of their time as wholly as folk legend Woody Guthrie. Singer, son ...Show more
Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces by Laura Tunbridge
26.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
A major new biography published for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, offering a fresh, human portrayal "Illuminating. . . . Tunbridge's pithy A Life in Nine Pieces is different and welcome: a biography presented through the focus of nine different compositions."--Fiona Maddocks, The Guardian" ...Show more
Needles and Plastic - Flying Nun Records 1981–1988 by Matthew Goody
70.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography | Reading Level: very good
A richly illustrated Flying Nun discography – all the records from ‘Tally Ho!’ to Bird-Dog. Founded in 1981 by Roger Shepherd, Flying Nun Records unleashed an extraordinary wave of New Zealand music on listeners in Aotearoa and around the world – from The Clean to the Headless Chickens, Look Blue Go Pur ...Show more