Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups books

""Examines the Hilltop Hoods' The Calling (2003), analysing the album, its impact on Australian hip-hop and the...  Read More >>

A meditation on faith, art, music, grief and much more - from cultural icon and bestselling author Nick Cave  Read More >>

The composer Percy Nightingale is bereft of ideas, until he gives a home to Bruno, a poor abandoned little cat....  Read More >>

The first biography of the composer Gérard Grisey shows how the artist's sensuality and rigor came together to form...  Read More >>

A biography of Ralph Vaughan Williams, published in collaboration with the Bard Music Festival. Ralph Vaughan...  Read More >>

A biography of Ralph Vaughan Williams, published in collaboration with the Bard Music Festival. Ralph Vaughan...  Read More >>

The extraordinary and searingly honest personal story of musician Miki Berenyi, revealing the highs and lows of...  Read More >>

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From the noted Hollywood biographer and author of The Contender comes this celebration of the great American love...  Read More >>

A compelling biography of virtuoso, baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams and how his life intersected with some of...  Read More >>

A multi-dimensional portrait of the influential music, prodigious life and tragic death of singer-songwriter Elliott...  Read More >>

Tales of adventure, misadventure, love and loss - this collection of non-fiction short stories from the Australian...  Read More >>

This book explores the relationship between The Beatles and their times, situating them in the changing class, gender...  Read More >>

Don't Dream It's Over is the first biography to focus exclusively on Neil Finn, the man who wrote the timeless hits...  Read More >>

The award-winning, much-loved memoir of renowned author and musician Anna Goldsworthy about her first steps towards...  Read More >>

This is the true story of a song. Don Feagin wrote the words and Barron Ryan wrote the music. But this wasn't...  Read More >>

An precedented, in-depth look at a crucial stage in Rod Stewart's career, recording for the Mercury label from 1969...  Read More >>

The organ is one of the oldest instruments in Western music, and its sound has inspired many of the greatest composers...  Read More >>

“the line between the devil’s teeth and that which cannot be repeat” is an epic tome that for the first time ever...  Read More >>

Accompanying more than thirty studio albums are the graphics thereof. Martin Popoff has provided a detailed timeline...  Read More >>

The Estate of Amy Winehouse will donate 100% of the advance and royalties it receives from the production and sale...  Read More >>

Bob Dylan is the magician who sprinkled poetic fairy dust on to the popular music of the early sixties and his songwriting...  Read More >>

Horslips: arguably the greatest band in Irish rock music history. This five-piece band produced truly special, unique...  Read More >>

Crosby, Holiday, Sinatra, Fitzgerald, Garland, and Streisand were the major interpreters of the American songbook,...  Read More >>

Crosby, Holiday, Sinatra, Fitzgerald, Garland, and Streisand were the major interpreters of the American songbook,...  Read More >>