From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Klara and the Sun and Never Let Me Go comes a gorgeously illustrated volume of ly......more
Dive into the musical universe of solo Ian Hunter songs like never before with Ian Hunter On Track. We unlock the secret......more
Towards the tail end of the 1980s, Neil Hannon: a talented singer/songwriter from Northern Ireland, formed his first lin......more
Released in 1969, Let it Bleed was The Rolling Stones’ eighth studio album (tenth in the USA). The second in a sequence ......more
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My Memories of John Hartford is a memoir about author Bob Carlin’s years working alongside singer, songwriter, banjoist,......more
My Memories of John Hartford is a memoir about author Bob Carlin’s years working alongside singer, songwriter, banjoist,......more
What does jazz have to do with human spirituality? In Thriving on a Riff, Presbyterian minister and jazz pianist Bill Ca......more
Venezuelan music has remained largely unnoticed in the academic English literature. Boasting a tremendous wealth of trad......more
On a Mission to Preserve Our Worship of the Divine Sacred Music and Liturgy After Vatican II recounts the important role......more
On a Mission to Preserve Our Worship of the Divine Sacred Music and Liturgy After Vatican II recounts the important role......more
In Making Value, Timothy D. Taylor examines how people’s conceptions of value inform and shape their production and cons......more
In Making Value, Timothy D. Taylor examines how people’s conceptions of value inform and shape their production and cons......more
Creative Concert Production and Entrepreneurship: Concert Dramaturgy and Project Development for the Performing Arts off......more
Creative Concert Production and Entrepreneurship: Concert Dramaturgy and Project Development for the Performing Arts off......more
Taking Mary Shelley’s novel as its point of departure, this collection of essays considers how her creation has not only......more
Finding the Beatexplores humankind’s ability, propensity, and enjoyment in finding the beat in live and recorded experie......more
Though The Velvet Underground were critically and commercially unsuccessful in their time, in ensuing decades they have ......more
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Michael Korda, the best-selling author of Hero and Alone, tells the story of the First World War not in any conventional......more
A passionate musician growing up in the war-torn streets of Kabul takes her forbidden talents abroad in this triumphant ......more
A passionate musician growing up in the war-torn streets of Kabul takes her forbidden talents abroad in this triumphant ......more
Margaret Brandman’s ’Contemporary Aural Course’ consists of audio files providing verbal instruction, musical examples, ......more
This book summarizes a decade of research on its topic, while each specific perspective either formed in advance, or aro......more
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award......more
Experience the extraordinary career of "The Boss" with this richly illustrated package featuring two gatefolds, exclusiv......more
An adventure story - with a difference. From sea to summit. Fully soundtracked. ’A breathtaking adventure of a truly ins......more
Authoritatively written and lavishly illustrated, Fender Stratocaster(R) 70 Years is the officially licensed anniversary......more
The Rolling Stones: Rare and Unseen - the must-have book for every Rolling Stones fan featuring containing many never-be......more
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Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016) has been called Finland’s most notable musical export after Sibelius. His prolific out......more
In 1973, a forty-year-old country musician named Willie Nelson, inspired by a failed music festival the year before, dec......more
Villa-Lobos and Modernism: The Apotheosis of Cannibal Music provides a new assessment of the Brazilian composer Heitor V......more
This unique collaboration between a musicologist and two pianists - all experts in Russian music - takes a fresh look at......more
Surveying the impact of Cuba’s economic crisis after the demise of the eastern socialist block, this book documents a re......more
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Living the Dream: Building a Sustainable Career in the Performing Arts offers an accessible guide to understanding one’s......more
Living the Dream: Building a Sustainable Career in the Performing Arts offers an accessible guide to understanding one’s......more
Madness and Distress in Music Education offers an in-depth exploration of mental health and emotional distress in the co......more
Madness and Distress in Music Education offers an in-depth exploration of mental health and emotional distress in the co......more
Exploring how music is used to portray the past in a variety of media, this book probes the relationship between history......more
This book explores the world of Nordic ritual folk music, including Viking reenactments, neopagan spiritualities, and cr......more
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Rush, the Canadian band, takes center stage in a captivating comic book biography. With record-breaking sales, chart-top......more
Composing for Silent Film offers insight, information, and techniques for contemporary composition, arrangement, and liv......more
"This book inspires us all to immerse ourselves in the vast potential of music and other creative arts to heal our wound......more
One of The New Yorker’s Best Books of the Year Named one of the Most Memorable Music Books of the Year by No Depression:......more
An oral history of The Beatles from never-before-seen interviews. All You Need Is Love is a groundbreaking oral history ......more
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The heartfelt memoir of Ray Raghunath Cappo, a legendary hardcore punk musician-turned-monk--and pioneer of the straight......more
My thirstiness is killing me . . . As gorgeous as your favorite album art and as irresistible as a catchy hook, a collec......more
Substantially revised and expanded edition that sheds new light on Stanford’s career as composer, conductor and teacher,......more
Small Hours is an intimate, unflinching biography of one of the great maverick artists. Though Martyn never had a hit si......more
The Music Man stands as one of the greatest achievements in American musical theatre, but few know about its rocky begin......more
An electroacoustic, olfactory, and textual project by artist Florian Hecker. Florian Hecker is an artist whose work is r......more
THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF THE THRIVING AND INFLUENTIAL ROCK SCENE IN CHAPEL HILL, WHICH GAVE THE WORLD ARTISTS LIKE BEN FOL......more
Examines John Coltrane’s "late period" and Miles Davis’s "Lost Quintet" through the prisms of digital architecture and e......more
Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author with a "lively, engaging, and often wise" (The New York T......more
"Imprisoned since age nineteen, Alim Braxton has spent more than a quarter century on North Carolina’s death row. During......more
"Imprisoned since age nineteen, Alim Braxton has spent more than a quarter century on North Carolina’s death row. During......more
A series of 16 stand-alone chapters revisit pop/rock history viewed through a prism of causality highlighting previously......more
Paul Thom argues that opera is a set of practices framed by the concepts of work, interpretation, performance, and art. ......more
Elevate your music production skills with expert help and confidently create unique melodies, soundscapes, and fully mas......more
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Challenging residual doubts about Vaughan Williams’s role and significance within twentieth-century music and culture, t......more
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It was 1980. Once adored by the public, disco had run its course and was gasping its final breath. The New Wave of Briti......more
Hi, my name is Owen Williams. Let me take you through a traumatic, thrilling, but sad journey of my childhood and how un......more
This volume documents the collaborations between famed fashion designer Nigo(R) and many recording artists (including Ph......more
Although philosophers have examined and commented on music for centuries, Martin Heidegger, one of the greatest philosop......more
Dive into the captivating world of music history with Dan Ouellette’s remarkable collection, The Landfill Chronicles: Un......more
Dive into the captivating world of music history with Dan Ouellette’s remarkable collection, The Landfill Chronicles: Un......more
This work is the result of research into a topic that is little discussed, the social role of the Catholic Church. What ......more
Weighted Down is the first biography of the legendary ’60s cult musician Skip Spence. As a member of era-defining bands ......more
Get on the vinyl train and learn about this captivating hobby Vinyl Record Collecting For Dummies teaches you how to sta......more
’There’s love in the music and people can relate to the love, regardless of whether you’re two years old or 92 years old......more
In 1964, fifteen-year-old Mike Frankel found himself among professional photojournalists covering a Beatles concert duri......more
Through a collection of extensive interviews with choral conductors, educators, singers, and professional leaders, this ......more
Through a collection of extensive interviews with choral conductors, educators, singers, and professional leaders, this ......more
Music as Agency: Diversities of Perspectives on Artistic Citizenship focuses on the concept, application, interpretation......more
The remarkable story of a hidden New Deal program that tried to change America and end the Great Depression using folk m......more
Grammy Award-nominated artist Kem shares his life in this "breathtaking" (Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times bestselling......more
K-POP cannot be stopped! Since its large-scale assault on the world stage a decade ago, K-POP has defied a cynical music......more
The Everly Brothers--aka Don and Phil to fans with an intimate appreciation for them--seemed to exist almost as an appar......more
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How jazz spurred a generational debate that reshaped American culture....more
’ABC’, as perfect as anything I’ve ever witnessed up until that point in my tiny little life. Three minutes of divine de......more