Time's Echo The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance by Jeremy Eichler
$49.99 AUD
Category: Music
A stirring account of how music acts as a witness to history and a medium of cultural memory in the post-Holocaust world. When it comes to how societies commemorate their own distant dreams and catastrophes, we often think of books, archives, or memorials carved from stone. But in Time's Echo, Jeremy E ...Show more
The Fractured Self - Selected German Letters of the Australian-Born Violinist Alma Moodie, 1918-1943 by Diana K. Weekes (Translator); Kay Dreyfus (Editor)
$134.99 AUD
Category: Music
Alma Moodie's letters from 1918 to 1943 span two of the most tumultuous decades of modern German history. They document the responses of an individual professional musician to the vicissitudes of her public and private life: the challenges of post-war economic and political instability in the Weimar Rep ...Show more
Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground by Dylan Jones
$34.99 AUD
Category: Music
Dylan Jones's definitive oral history of The Velvet Underground draws on contributions from remaining members, contemporaneous musicians, critics, film-makers, and the generation of artists who emerged in their wake, to celebrate not only their impact but their legacy, which burns brighter than ever int ...Show more
Complete Illustrated Book of The Electric Guitar,The: A comprehensive guide to the electric guitar, with over 600 photographs, illustrations and exer by Terry Burrows & Ted Fuller
$39.95 AUD
Category: Music
This is a step-by-step guide to playing the electric guitar, shown in over 600 photographs, illustrations and exercises. It shows you how to master a range of diverse musical styles, such as funk and disco, heavy rock, indie rock, electric blues, country guitar, jazz, lounge and reggae. It includes a be ...Show more
Kurt Cobain: The Last Interview by Cobain, Kurt
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music | Series: The\Last Interview Ser.
Kurt Cobain burst into American consciousness with a vengeance with the release of Nevermind, an instant classic that defined a sound and a generation. As the lead singer and guitarist of Nirvana, he changed American music as few musicians ever have. His instantly identifiable raspy croon, his slash-and ...Show more
Moonage Daydream: The Life & Times of Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie
$89.99 AUD
Category: Music
‘The closest we’ll ever get to a straight up Bowie autobiography — but who’d ever want anything straight-up from Bowie?’ – Rolling Stone. In 2002, David Bowie and Mick Rock created Moonage Daydream, the defining document of the life and times of Ziggy Stardust. Twenty years later, it remains the closes ...Show more
What the Band Wore: Fashion & Music by ALICE HARRIS
$85.00 AUD
Category: Music | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
What the Band Wore by Alice Harris is an unprecedented collection of photographs that illustrates four decades of pop, rock, soul, disco, funk, punk, reggae, heavy metal, and hip hop fashion. Sparkling sequins, safety pins, and even suits from outer space are spotlighted in more than 80 images by acclai ...Show more
Ultimate Star Guitars: The Guitars That Rocked the World, Expanded Edition by Dave Hunter
$29.99 AUD
Category: Music
First published in 2010, Ultimate Star Guitars, the first illustrated history of iconic guitars and their owners, is now expanded to include 32 additional instruments.
Boy On Fire: The Young Nick Cave by Mark Mordue
$34.99 AUD
Category: Music
The bestselling, award-winning and critically acclaimed biography of the young Nick Cave, by award-winning writer, Mark Mordue. A beautiful, profound and poetic biography of the formative years of the dark prince of Australian rock 'n' roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave's creation story. This is a portrait ...Show more
Tina Turner: My Love Story (Official Autobiography) by Tina Turner
$22.99 AUD
Category: Music
_______________________'Astonishing, soul-baring - the must-read memoir by rock?s greatest survivor? DAILY MAIL***The full, dramatic story of one of the most remarkable women in music history, celebrating Tina Turner?s 60th year in the industry***'Unbearably poignant' THE TIMES, Book of the Week________ ...Show more
George Michael - A Life by James Gavin
$29.99 AUD
Category: Music
In George Michael: A Life, "Gavin's engrossing biography of the singer takes the measure of a gifted, tragic, and infuriating man" (New York Times Book Review). George Michael was an extravagantly gifted, openhearted soul singer whose work was both pained and smolderingly erotic. He was a songwriter ...Show more
The Life of a Song: The Stories Behind 100 of the World’s Best-Loved Songs by Jan Dalley, David Cheal
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music
Discover the stories behind the songs THE LIFE OF A SONG contains the stories of 100 songs exploring each song's biography and how they took on a new life following their release. Packed with intriguing factoids, these bite-sized essays will delight music fans and send you scurrying back to listen to th ...Show more