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‘This band has no past’ was the first line of the farcical biography printed on the inner sleeve of Cheap Trick’s first album, but the band, of course, did have a past—a past that straddles two very …

This biography of Minna Planer, Richard Wagner’s wife of 30 years, reveals her as a self-assured woman and artist who was vital to her husband’s creative life. When Richard Wagner first met Minna Pla …

Thomas Hardy, an English author, wrote a book titled Under the Greenwood Tree: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School. The Mellstock Parish Choir, a group of west gallery musicians, and one of their me …

A new and fascinating biography of the most outstanding composers in musical history, setting Debussy’s musical revolution in the context of his times. Lavishly illustrated throughout with artefacts, …

This  beautifully illustrated unofficial retrospective celebrates the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, and reflects on her life, music, and legacy.   Aretha Franklin’s voice was le …

There is neither in the music history nor in the history of art such a closed and contradictory composer and creator as Galina Ustvolskaya. The music of Galina Ustvolskaya (excepting commissioned wor …

‘ Relax Baby Be Cool is a trip into unraveling the mind and genius of one of the greatest artists of all time. Although Gainsbourg’s music has been discovered by new generations, his life has rarely …

Clinton Heylin’s biography No More Sad Refrains, draws on hours of interviews with Sandy’s closest friends and musical collaborators, access to her diaries and unreleased work, to produce a moving po …

Joy Division’s vocalist Ian Curtis tragically took his own life in 1980, leaving behind just two haunting albums and a depleted band that would famously evolve into New Order. Over twenty-five years …

Manchester’s Stone Roses woke up a stagnant late-Eighties music scene with an eponymous debut album of danceable rock that set the charts ablaze and remains a fixture in critics’ lists today. The UK …