Chopin's Piano: In Search of the Instrument That Transformed Music (PB) by Paul Kildea
$28.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Series: Journey Through Romanticism | Reading Level: near fine
'Beguiling ... Limpidly written, effortlessly learned' William Boyd, TLS, Books of the Year In November 1838 Frédéric Chopin, George Sand and her two children sailed to Majorca to escape the Parisian winter. They settled in an abandoned monastery at Valldemossa in the mountains above Palma, where Chopin ...Show more
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
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
Exit Stage Left: The curious afterlife of pop stars by Nick Duerden
$38.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography
Nick Duerden has spent many years interviewing the most famous musicians on the planet. Without exception, they are at their most interesting when they've peaked, and when they are on their way down. In many ways, this is when these former idols are at their most heroic, too, because they reveal themsel ...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
Just Kids illustrated by Patti Smith
$65.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his ...Show more
K. D. Lang's Ingénue 33 1/3 by Joanna McNaney Stein
$25.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Series: 33 1/3 Ser.
Canadian performer k.d. lang broke new ground in the 1980s by blending the genres of punk and country, dubbed "cowpunk," with her band, the Reclines. Despite Grammy-award-winning recordings and frequent North American TV spots, mainstream country radio excluded lang from airplay due to her unconventiona ...Show more