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A pioneering study of how American composer Aaron Copland helped shape the sound of the Hollywood film industry and introduced the moviegoing public to modern musical styles. One of the most influent …

Read & Burn is the first serious, in-depth appraisal of one of the most influential British bands to emerge during the punk era. If Wire were briefly a punk band, however, it was largely by historica …

Experience the extraordinary career of “The Boss” with this richly illustrated package featuring two gatefolds, exclusive pullout poster, 8′ × 10′ glossy, and a sturdy slipcase. Twenty-time Grammy wi …

Kirkus Reviews • Best Books of 2024 [Nonfiction] “I first met Jesse Ed Davis in the late ’80s. . . . [He was a] gentle yet intensely present giant who was a legend of an artist. . . . In Washita Love …

Beatles fans know the ’70s as a bitter time for Lennon and Mc Cartney. Prolific and public animosity demolished any hopes of reconciliation between the two, and the most influential band in the histo …

‘He wasn’t dead and gone to heaven. He was alive and still in Graceland. Cursed to live another year on god’s earth as Elvis Presley. The man from yesterday trapped in a today of tomorrows…’ As 1968 …

Long Promised Road: Carl Wilson, Soul Of The Beach Boys tells the story of the youngest of the three Wilson brothers, a consummate musician and singer and a natural peacemaker. Robbed of a normal chi …

Driven to the brink of madness by cocaine, overwork, marital strife, and a paranoid obsession with the occult, David Bowie fled Los Angeles in 1975 and ended up in Berlin, the divided city on the fro …

The Walker Brothers were the US counter-strike to the British invasion of the mid-60s. While The Beatles, the Stones and many others were busy colonising the US charts, three tall, handsome American …

Discover the riveting life journey of Ash Jackson, an award-winning musician who turned her pain into powerful music. From her childhood dreams of fame, struggles with self-esteem, and experiences of …