Tupac Shakur: The Authorised Biography by Staci Robinson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Music
The first and only estate-authorised biography of the legendary rapper and an essential reevaluation of his legacy, fully illustrated with momentos, clothing, handwritten poetry, lyrics, musings and more.There are legends, and then there is Tupac.Tupac Shakur became one of the greatest and most controve ...Show more
Mick Jagger by Philip Norman
$36.99 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: good-very good
A miracle of still-plentiful hair, raw sex-appeal, and strutting talent . The frontman of one of the most influential and controversial groups of all time. A musical genius with a career spanning over four decades. He is a testament to British glamour, the ultimate architect and demi-god of rock. Bestse ...Show more
Sam Phillips - The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll by Peter Guralnick
$39.99 NZD
Category: Music
Rock 'n' roll was born in rural Alabama, 1923, in the form of Sam Phillips, the youngest son of a large family living in a remote colony called the Lovelace Community. His father had a gift for farming, which was brought to an end by the Depression. His mother picked guitar and showed the kind of forbea ...Show more
Later ... with Jools Holland - 30 Years of Music, Magic and Mayhem by Jools Holland (Introduction by); Mark Cooper
$59.99 NZD
Category: Music
'You never knew what you were going to be confronted with when you went on Later...' Nick Cave'Later... is a voyage of discovery for us as well as the viewers' Dave GrohlDave Grohl and Alicia Keys loved it, Björk treasured it, Ed Sheeran's life was changed by it, Kano felt at home while Nick Cave was ho ...Show more
The Beloved Vision: Music in the Romantic Age by Stephen Walsh
$55.00 NZD
Category: Music
Everyone loves romantic music: the sweet melody of a Schubert song, the heroine dying for love in an Italian opera, the swooning orchestration of a Tchaikovsky symphony. But as Stephen Walsh - author of the highly praised Debussy: A Painter in Sound - points out in this intensely absorbing study, there ...Show more
Anatomy of 55 More Songs - The Oral History of 55 Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Soul by Marc Myers
$45.00 NZD
Category: Music
Fifty oral histories of iconic rock and R&B hits based on the popular Wall Street Journal column 'Anatomy of a Song'.
George Harrison: Behind the Locked Door by Graeme Thomson
$44.99 NZD
Category: Music
Explores Harrison's work both within and without the Beatles and at the same time examining in detail his private and public passions, from Eastern spiritualism to horticulture, from comedy to film-making, from fast cars to working with UNICEF. His career renaissance in the 80s with the Travelling Wilbu ...Show more
Axeman's Jazz by Ray Celestin
$19.99 NZD
Category: Music | Series: The\City Blues Quartet Ser.
New Orleans, 1919. As a dark serial killer - The Axeman - stalks the city, three individuals set out to unmask him ...Though every citizen of the 'Big Easy' thinks they know who could be behind the terrifying murders, Detective Lieutenant Michael Talbot, heading up the official investigation, is struggl ...Show more
Two Riders Were Approaching: The Life & Death of Jimi Hendrix by Mick Wall
$34.99 NZD
Category: Music
Jimmy was a down-at-heel guitarist in New York, relying on his latest lovers to support him while he tried to emulate his hero Bob Dylan. A black guy playing white rock music, he wanted to be all things to all people. But when Jimmy arrived in England and became Jimi, the cream of swinging London fell ...Show more
Janis - Her Life and Music by Holly George-Warren
$37.99 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
It's been said Janis Joplin was second only to Bob Dylan as the 'creator-recorder-embodiment of her generation's mythology'. But how did a middle-class girl from Texas become a '60s countercultural icon? Janis' parents doted on her and promoted her early talent for art. But the arrival of a brother shat ...Show more
Eric Clapton: The Autobiography by Eric Clapton
$29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Eric Clapton is far more than a rock star. Like Dylan and McCartney he is an icon and a living legend. He has sold tens of millions of records, played sell-out concerts all over the world and been central to the significant musical developments of his era. His guitar playing has seen him hailed as 'God' ...Show more
Starting at Zero - His Own Story by Jimi Hendrix
$24.99 NZD
Category: Music
It didn’t take long after Jimi Hendrix’s death for the artist to become a myth of music. He has been surrounded by a shroud of intrigue since he first came into the public eye, and the mystery has only grown with time. Much has been written and said about him by experts and fans and critics, some of it ...Show more