The first complete biography of singing legend Tony Bennett Among America's greatest entertainers such as Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Ray Charles, and Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett alone is still here and at the top of his game. For the first time, All the Things You Are tells the incredible story of Bennett's life and sixty... read more

Even after five decades in the spotlight, Bob Dylan remains as relevant as ever. He continues to sell out shows on a "never ending tour," and his 2009 album, Together Through Life, was both critically praised and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. His two previous albums, Modern Times and Love and Theft, reached plat... read more

A few days after his 19th birthday, rock and roll lover and bass player Mark Evans wandered into his local to check out the band - and his life would never be the same again. Two days later he was playing his first show as bass player with AC/DC; within a week he was on Countdown, rocking out next to wildman Bon Scott, who wa... read more

When Gustavo Dudamel ascended the podium at the Hollywood Bowl for his inaugural concert as conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, he captivated the hearts of his audience, just as he had the minds of music critics. In Changing Lives, the maestro's story becomes the entry point to El Sistema, the programme that nurtured h... read more

Edith Piaf was one of the most greatly loved singers of the twentieth century. From the start of her exceptional career in the 1930s, her waif-like form and heart-wrenching voice endeared her first to the French, then to audiences around the globe. As she moved from her youth singing in the streets to the glamour of the Paris... read more

The definitive biography of John Coltrane, and the first book to do justice to one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time. No other jazz musician has proved so inspirational and so fascinating as Coltrane. Ben Ratliff, jazz critic for the "New York Times", has written the first book to do justice to this great and contro... read more

This new edition of Howard Sounes' classic and definitive biography of Bob Dylan now offers a new chapter that brings Dylan's story fully up to date for his seventieth birthday. First published to international critical acclaim in 2001, it gives a complete picture of the man as well as of the artist and performer. Based ... read more

Motley Crue were formed in Los Angeles in 1981 and have since gone on to become one of America's biggest-selling and notorious heavy metal acts, with nine studio albums and over 80 million album sales. Acquiring huge success by the end of the 80s with their mixture of heavy metal and glam rock, singer Vince Neil's 'glam' look... read more

It was a simple idea, but it made James Last hugely successful. He came up with the idea of arranging chart hits in an accessible, big band style and found a massive audience for what turned into an astonishing series of records down the years. In a career stretching back decades, he has sold over 100 million albums with more... read more

Merle Haggard’s life is a cross between Jack Kerouac, James Dean and Billy the Kid, with a healthy dose of country music mixed in. Born in California in 1937, he was always the running kind, never satisfied sitting still. This ultimately got him into trouble: starting at age thirteen Haggard relates his storied history ... read more

From original Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler comes a tale of sex, drugs, excess, hairspray and and intense 20-year struggle with addiction.
Guns N' Roses is one of the world's most successful rock bands, with estimated sales of 90 million albums worldwide. Steven Adler is the original drummer, with an infamous past ... read more

This autobiographical portrait of Tom Waits takes shape through a selection of more than 50 interviews. Starting with the first interview - on KPFK-FM's "Folkscene" in 1973- Waits speaks out on a variety of topics and shares something truly unique with his readers. In a rap that is a synthesis of inflections - Louis Armstrong... read more

David Bowie is one of our greatest icons. This is the definitive biography.
David Bowie - famously described as rock's greatest chameleon - has lived an extraordinary life. From his early years in post-war, bombed out Brixton to a troubled later childhood in Bromley, to the decadent glamour of Ziggy Stardust to his cont... read more

Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone showcases the evolution of a writer through his work at the magazine that he helped to put on the map. Jann S.Wenner, Hunter Thompson's editor and friend for nearly thirty-five years, has chosen the pieces, including many never collected before. They show how Thompson's Rolling Stone writin... read more

Music-lovers love lists, and this Top 100 from Radio New Zealand's highly respected music guru Nick Bollinger will not disappoint. As his legions of fans know, Bollinger's taste is eclectic: he's as likely to give space to the Axemen as to Bic Runga. His choices come accompanied by some of the most entertaining writing about ... read more

Diagrams, graphs and pie charts pit lyrics against logic to shed fresh light on classics such as, 'Eternal Flame', 'Papa's Got a Brand New Bag', and 'Give Me All Your Loving'. Ingenious, inspired and utterly addictive - Venn diagrams have never looked so cool ...

Immediately upon publication in 1998, the Encyclopedia of Country Music became a much-loved reference source, prized for the wealth of information it contained on that most American of musical genres. Countless fans have used it as the source for answers to questions about everything from country's first commercially successf... read more

Ukulele Magic is the perfect tutor for children and for teachers. Rock to ragtime, bluegrass to swing, tango, calypso and the blues - they're all here in instantly accessible songs to play straight away ~ whether solo, with friends, or with the whole class. Fully supported by video tutorials and audio performances and bac... read more

The definitive biography, now updated to include the tragic death of Robin Gibb in May of this year. Most famous for having created the soundtrack to 'Saturday Night Fever', the ultimate disco movie, Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb have also written countless hits, both for themselves and others and this new edition contains a ... read more

Complete with full-colour, heyday-of-home-play-inspired art for each song and a lavishly produced hardcover carrying case (and, when necessary, ukulele notation), "Song Reader" is an experiment in what an album can be in the 21st century. Beautifully illustrated by Marcel Dzama, Leanne Shapton, Josh Cochran, Jessica Hische an... read more