John Mayall is an icon in the world of blues music and the Godfather of British blues. A pioneering musician, blues promoter and talent scout for o...

This book looks at the anatomy of a big band radio station with the broadcasters and the songwriters. Chapters cover the early dance bands of Paul ...

Poet, revolutionary, convict, movie star, Tupac Amaru Shakur was also the most popular and influential rapper in the world. It's been 20 years sinc...

This book brings together a wide range of contemporary explorations of Indigenous music and dance in the Torres Strait and the tropical regions of ...

Lumberman Larry Gorman was no respecter of borders -- nor of anything else, it seems. From the time he was a young man growing up on Prince Edward ...

Born to shell-shocked parents in shell-shocked London shortly after the end of World War II, Paul 'Sailor' Vernon came into his own during the 1960...

This book is a radical attempt to explain musical meaning as the complex fabric of tension and relaxation resulting from the courses of the individ...

By July of 1968, the British blues band The Yardbirds had played their last concert, leaving newcomer guitarist, Jimmy Page, with a manager, some c...

Ian Fraser Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015) – known to the world as Lemmy – was more than just the driving force of Motörhead. Renow...

For almost four decades, the name 'Bill Millar' has been synonymous with the very best in British music writing - from his pioneering books on the ...

Music psychology is the study of how humans experience and perceive music, and the impact this has on individuals, groups and communities. Engaging...

Music psychology is the study of how humans experience and perceive music, and the impact this has on individuals, groups and communities. Engaging...

Step inside the door of Log Cabin Pioneers as Wayne Erbsen takes you on a personal journey of finding and restoring a historic log cabin. By the ma...

This amazingly detailed blow-by-blow analysis of every recording Chuck Berry has ever made is now universally acknowledged as the standard referenc...

This is a fascinating and detailed look at the creation of the fourth biggest rock album of all time compiled by Robert Godwin author of "The Illus...

Reveals the story behind the making of Sgt. Pepper -- how the concept was realised, the stories behind each of the songs, detailed recording inform...

This is the first in-depth examination of U2's epochal fifth album, the record which catapulted the Irish band to the apex of the stadium rock worl...

Recording studios have personalities as varied as the artists who record in them. This unique book takes you on a tours eighteen one-of-a-kind reco...

Pete Maclaine has played with or alongside most of the rock n' roll greats over the past 50 years but he still rues the day he turned down John Len...

From the late 1950's, Mancunians have had a passion for creating and following great music. Be it live or via recordings, the city centre has been ...

Although it didn't originate there, Manchester was transformed by Punk Rock in a more thorough and long-lasting way than anywhere else in the worl...

This book can be used as an accompanying text for the collegiate marching band techniques course and to help build a successful marching band progr...

Dr Shinichi Suzuki, creator of "The Suzuki Method" is remembered in this important book for his extraordinary warmth, care, and sense of humour. Ev...

The compelling story of one of the foremost exponents of authentic rhythm & blues and rock 'n' roll in the world today. Michael Madden has been...

This portrait of jazz musicians Willie Ruff and Dwike Mitchell tells not just how these men became musicians but how they live their lives as music...

Rave Culture is relationship between music, ceremony and spirituality. Fondness for distant societies is in fact an explicit feature of rave discou...

Ian Wallis is a writer and promoter of authentic rock'n'roll music. His previous book, "American Rock'n'Roll: The UK Tours 1956-72", was published ...

An exciting new book from Marion Short about collectible sheet music, this second volume includes lots of new categories. Learn about the music tha...

Lyrically unique, Morrissey saw post-industrial Manchester differently. Where most recognised the derelict remains of a Victorian powerhouse, he sa...

History records Mozart as a man whose melodies seemed to have sprung from angels, reaching him faster than he could write them down. How did he man...

A tribute to one of the best-known and best-loved singers of the 1950s, 1960, 1970s and beyond. His legendary recordings of Lucky Old Sun, Mule Tra...

Music is an art form whose medium is sound organised in time. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and it...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the societal impacts, health benefits and new perspectives on music. Topics disc...

India is a country with a huge diversity in culture and language. Indian music is one of the oldest types of music and is rich in its content and v...

This book explores the transmission of copyrighted sound recordings to the public by over-the-air AM/FM radio stations which is an activity that im...