Icons of Rock: In Their Own Words by Jenny Boyd
$36.99 AUD
Category: Music
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
World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music
An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Tweedy, sharing fifty songs that changed his life, the real-life experiences behind each one, as well as what he's learned about how music and life intertwine and enhance ea ...Show more
David Bowie and the Art of Music Video by Lisa Perrott (Series edited by); Carol Vernallis (Series edited by); Holly Rogers (Series edited by)
$44.99 AUD
Category: Music | Series: New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media Ser.
The first in-depth study of David Bowie's music videos across a sustained period takes on interweaving storyworlds of an iconic career. Remarkable for their capacity to conjure elaborate imagery, Bowie's videos provide fascinating exemplars of the artistry and remediation of music video. When their cons ...Show more
Chain's Toward the Blues 33 1/3 by Peter Beilharz; Jon Stratton (Series edited by); Jon Dale (Series edited by)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music | Series: 33 1/3 Oceania Ser.
Melbourne, 1971: radical counterculture, hippies, opposition to the Vietnam War and consumerism. The birth of Oz blues rock. Influenced by American blues after Robert Johnson, parallel to developments with Paul Butterfield, the Bluesbreakers and Canned Heat, Chain's music also developed in distinct ways ...Show more
Listen: On Music, Sound and Us by Michel Faber
$36.99 AUD
Category: Music
'I'm not here to change your mind about Dusty Springfield or Shostakovich or Tupac Shakur or synthpop. I'm here to change your mind about your mind.' There are countless books on music with much analysis given to musicians, bands, eras and/or genres. But rarely does a book delve into what's going on in ...Show more
A Pianists A-Z - A Piano Lovers Reader by Alfred Brendel; Michael Morley; Gottfried Wiegand (Illustrator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music
From one of the world's best-loved pianists, comes a hugely insightful and enjoyable book for all piano lovers.
Songs from the Kitchen Table: Lyrics and Stories by Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter
$59.99 AUD
Category: Music
The ultimate illustrated commemoration of iconic Australian musicians, Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter - including lyrics, stories, photographs and tributes. A year after he entered the Dreamtime, Archie Roach's spirit continues to soar, much like the wedge-tailed eagle - his totem animal from his mother' ...Show more
To Anyone Who Ever Asks The Life, Music and Mystery of Connie Converse by Howard Fishman
$34.99 AUD
Category: Music
The mysterious true story of Connie Converse, a New York musician who disappeared after making her one haunting album and was never seen again.When musician and New Yorker contributor Howard Fishman first heard Connie Converse's voice, he was convinced she could not be real. Her recordings were too out ...Show more
Stories I Might Regret Telling You by Martha Wainwright
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music
'With disarming candour and courage, Martha tells us of finding her own voice and peace as a working artist and mother. Her story is made more unique because of the remarkably gifted musical family she was born into' EMMYLOU HARRIS Born into music royalty, daughter of Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwrig ...Show more
Rememberings by Sinead O'Connor
$22.99 AUD
Category: Music
An intimate and revelatory memoir from the iconic, acclaimed singer-songwriterSinead O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Her landmark recording of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U made her a global icon. She outraged millions when she tore up a photograph of ...Show more
Mozart in Motion - His Work and His World in Pieces by Patrick Mackie
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music
Re-encounter the music of Mozart through the compositions that made him one of modernity's most important figures.
Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas - The Two Dylans by K. G. Miles; Jeff Towns
$37.99 AUD
Category: Music | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.