Johnny Cash: The Life in Lyrics: The official, fully illustrated celebration of the Man in Black by Mark Stielper, Johnny Carter Cash, Johnny Cash
100.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
This book marks the first time Johnny Cash's 60 years of songwriting have been collected anywhere. Cash is one of the most beloved and influential country-music stars of all time, having composed more than 600 songs and perhaps best known for blending country, rock, blues, and gospel in his music, usher ...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
The Art of the Straight Line: My Tai Chi by Lou Reed; Laurie Anderson (Editor)
65.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The Art of the Straight Line captures the energy of Lou Reed's worlds of Tai Chi, music, and meditation. It was edited by his wife, the artist Laurie Anderson, with Stephan Berwick, Bob Currie, and Scott Richman. Lou Reed was a musician, singer, songwriter, poet, and founding member of the legendary ro ...Show more
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kelefa Sanneh
33.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
A comprehensive and celebratory journey through the history of popular music, from the former New York Times music critic.
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 | Series: At 75 Ser.
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
Into Your Arms: Nick Cave's Songs Reimagined by Mark Smith, Neil A. White, Kirsten Krauth
38.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
This stunning follow up to Minds Went Walking- Paul Kelly's Songs Reimagined features Christos Tsiolkas, Cate Kennedy and Andy Griffiths. From an automaton of Nick Cave, to a man who can't keep his blood out of the food he is preparing; from a vengeful Uber driver to a spinner of souls; and from a boy ...Show more
Re-Make/Re-Model - The Art School Roots of Roxy Music by Michael Bracewell
25.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography | Series: Faber Greatest Hits Ser.
A new edition as part of the Faber Social Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in new and exciting directions for the twenty-first century. Re-make/Re-model tells the extraordinary and largely unknown story of the individuals and circumstances that would lead over a period of almost ...Show more
Kids Guide to Learning the Ukulele - 25 Songs to Learn and Play for Kids by Emily Arrow
30.00 NZD
Category: Music - Instruments
The benefits of music are monumental Ukuleles are the perfect first instrument for kids to learn to play, and this book will show them why and how. Filled with basic instructions for holding positions, tuning, basic chords, and more, children will then learn and practice 24 songs, games, and activities. ...Show more
Why Dylan Matters by Richard F. Thomas
27.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
A GUARDIAN AND INDEPENDENT BEST MUSIC BOOK OF 2017. 'At last an expert classicist gets to grips with Bob Dylan' Mary Beard 'Thomas's elegant, charming book offers something for everyone - not just the super-fans' IndependentWhen the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan, the literary world ...Show more
Music and How it Works: The Complete Guide for Kids
30.00 NZD
Category: Music
Take a visual journey through the world of music and learn the science behind it too. Budding music fans will love discovering musical geniuses of every era, from Mozart and classical music to Bowie and pop, as well as finding out how music is created and what links it all together. The book explains ho ...Show more