Dave Brubeck: a Life in Time by Philip Clark
$28.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography
WINNER OF THE PRESTO JAZZ BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 An articulate, scrupulously researched account based on first-hand information, this book presents Brubeck's contribution to music with the critical insight that it deserves - ***** BBC Music Magazine This is the writing about jazz that we've been waiting ...Show more
David Bowie All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track by Benoit Clerc
$90.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Series: All the Songs Ser.
A first-of-its-kind chronicle of David Bowie's career, spanning 50 years and 27 studio albums, David Bowie All the Songs tells the story of one of rock's all-time greatest artists -- album by album, and track by track.A lovingly thorough dissection of every album and every track ever released by David B ...Show more
David Bowie - Icon by Iconic Images (Editor)
$160.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
When David Bowie passed away on 10 January 2016, the world lost an icon. And yet, his legacy lives on. From his humble origins as a teen musician in the 1960s up until the very end, David Bowie's music, lyrics and provocative performances inspired not only his generation, but every generation th ...Show more
David Bowie Rainbowman: 1967-1980 by Jerome Soligny
$45.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography
"This is a book unlike any other, the definitive analysis of David's music, told in a quiet natural way, but with absolute authenticity, by the people's around him" - Hermione Farthingale "Jérôme Soligny is one of the best authorities in the world of David Bowie's career and life in general... His ne ...Show more
David Bowie Rainbowman - 1967-1980 by Jérôme Soligny; Jerome Soligny; Tony Visconti (Foreword by); Jonathan Barnbrook (Cover Design by)
$79.99 NZD
Category: Music Biography
The most authoritative work on the creation of Bowie's music ever published "This is a book unlike any other, the definitive analysis of David's music, told in a quiet natural way, but with absolute authenticity, by the people around him" - Hermione Farthingale "Jérôme Soligny is one of the best a ...Show more
Dolly Parton: in Her Own Words by Suzanne Sonnier (Editor)
$24.99 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Series: In Their Own Words Ser.
Get inside the head of one of the most beloved musicians of our time, a longtime country music phenomenon turned titan of industry and cultural icon: Dolly Parton. This collection of quotes has been carefully curated from Parton's numerous public statements--interviews, speeches, social media posts, ...Show more
Don't Dream It's Over: The remarkable life of Neil Finn by Jeff Apter
$38.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography
Don't Dream It's Over is the first biography to focus exclusively on Neil Finn, the man who wrote the timeless hits of Split Enz and Crowded House. In February 1980, 21-year-old Neil Mullane Finn wrote 'I Got You', which became the signature song, and the biggest hit, for the Kiwi band Split Enz, co-fo ...Show more
Fingers Crossed - How Music Saved Me from Success by Miki Berenyi
$45.88 NZD
Category: Music Biography
The extraordinary and searingly honest personal story of musician Miki Berenyi, revealing the highs and lows of navigating the madness of the '90s music industry.
How to Be a Rock Star by Shaun Ryder
$39.99 NZD
Category: Music Biography
As lead singer of Happy Mondays and Black Grape, Shaun Ryder was the Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of his generation. A true rebel, who formed and led not one but two seminal bands, he's had number-one albums, headlined Glastonbury, toured the world numerous times, taken every drug under the sun, been ...Show more
I am Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne
$29.99 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Reading Level: very good
People ask me how come I'm still alive, and I don't know what to say. When I was growing up, if you'd have put me up against a wall with the other kids from my street and asked me which one of us was gonna make it to the age of sixty, with five kids and four grandkids and houses in Buckinghamshire and C ...Show more
Icons of Rock: In Their Own Words by Jenny Boyd
$40.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography
There have been innumerable 'rock star' biographies and music histories before, but there is no book that presents the deepest, innermost thoughts from some of the industry's most legendary musicians on not only how they create, but what drives their creative process. Have you ever wondered how your ...Show more
John by Cynthia Lennon
$29.99 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Reading Level: very good
Cynthia and John Lennon's relationship spanned ten crucial years of the Beatles phenomenon. But as well as new insight into the Beatles years, Cynthia has a compelling personal story of marriage, motherhood and the man who was to become the most idolised and admired of all the Beatles. Cynthia is candid ...Show more