Music by Andrew Zuckerman
$70.00 AUD
Category: Composers
Music is Andrew Zuckerman's latest masterpiece, an extraordinary sequel to the highly acclaimed Wisdom. For this new, ambitious project, he now turns his unique perspective to music. Sixty eminent individuals - artists, composers, producers and performers from rock, rap, dance, soul, RB, country, classi ...Show more
Vinyl Dreams: How the 1970s Changed Music by Tony Wellington
$39.99 AUD
Category: Composers
A scintillating journey through the seventies and the extraordinary music it gave rise to — including the new concept of sound that defines music today.After the dense miasma of the sixties, the seventies hit like a hangover. Idealism took a pounding as cynicism began to pervade western culture. Stagfla ...Show more
Why AC/DC Matters by Anthony Bozza
$27.99 AUD
Category: Composers | Reading Level: very good
go on record as saying the²re the greatest rock & roll band of all time. They didnt write emotional lyrics. They didnt play emotional songs. The emotion is all in that groove. And that groove is timeless." <p> -- legendary record producer Rick Rubin <p> Even though AC/DC has sold more th ...Show more
Being John Lennon by Ray Connolly
$22.99 AUD
Category: Composers
John Lennon was a rock star, a school clown, a writer, a wit, an iconoclast, a sometime peace activist and finally an eccentric millionaire. He was also a Beatle - his plain-speaking and impudent rejection of authority catching, and eloquently articulating, the group's moment in history. Chronicling a ...Show more
So This is Permanence - Joy Division Lyrics and Notebooks by Ian Curtis; Jon Savage (Editor); Deborah Curtis (Introduction by)
$49.99 AUD
Category: Composers
So This Is Permanence presents the intensely personal writings of one of the most enigmatic and influential songwriters and performers of the late twentieth century, Joy Division's Ian Curtis. The fact of the band's relatively few releases belies the power and enduring fascination its music holds, e ...Show more
Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994 by David Hepworth
$22.99 AUD
Category: Composers
The age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, has passed. Like the cowboy, the idea of the rock star lives on in our imaginations.What did we see in them? Swagger. Recklessness. Sexual charisma. Damn-the-torpedoes self-belief. A certain way of carrying themselves. Good hair. Interesting shoes. T ...Show more
Sinatra: The Photographs by Andrew Howick
$60.00 AUD
Category: Composers
Few male stars in any medium have had an impact on our visual culture like Frank Sinatra, whose centennial falls on December 12, 2015. Of his generation, only John F. Kennedy comes to mind. Like many of the greatest singers, he possessed an aura of sexuality, vulnerability, intensity and charm, and all ...Show more
David Bowie Black Book by Barry Miles
$34.99 AUD
Category: Composers
Now available once again after being out of print for several years, the David Bowie Black Book remains one of the most elegant books about the iconic superstar ever to have been published. Art directed by acclaimed graphic designer Pierce Marchbank and with text written by former NME journalist and cul ...Show more
Ricochet: David Bowie 1983 - An Intimate Portrait by Denis O'Regan; Anon
$69.99 AUD
Category: Composers
A breathtaking, never-before-seen glimpse into life on tour with David Bowie, by the late singer's official tour photographer In 1983 David Bowie set out on the Serious Moonlight Tour, his biggest ever. On the road with him was his official photographer, Denis O'Regan. Few artists and photographers have ...Show more
Ed Sheeran by Sean Smith
$19.99 AUD
Category: Composers | Reading Level: 3
Ed Sheeran is a true inspiration. His moving and uplifting songs forge a lasting connection with the millions of people around the world who love him and his music. He was the thirteen-year-old guitarist in a school rock band when he decided to become a singer-songwriter, even though he could barely hol ...Show more
Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph by Jan Swafford
$160.00 AUD
Category: Composers
Jan Swafford s biographies of Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life. His magnificent new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven peels away layers of legend to get to the living, breathing human being who composed ...Show more