Music

Sami Yaffa is a bass guitar legend, an icon of the rock world, and an uncompromising walker of his own way, who rose to prominence as the bassist of the mythical Hanoi Rocks. A man of lights and shadows, and the embodiment of street credibility, Yaffa...

Self-described as a 'spotty, chubby, ginger teenager' with a love for Damien Rice and Nizlopi, Ed Sheeran was never an obvious bet to become a global superstar. And yet that's exactly what he's achieved, winning plenty of awards (and hearts) along the...

"A wild ride of a life... Oakenfold's story is extraordinary" - The Times Follow Paul Oakenfold - world-renowned DJ and dance music pioneer - as he tells his incredible story of a phenomenal career at the beating heart of dance.Paul's journey takes him...

Once known for successful pop records and a wardrobe of polyester jump suits, this is a reassessment of a band now cemented in their position as one of the all time great pop acts. ABBA were once reviled by most critics, but now bands like Bjorn Again...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316415293Author Jann S WennerFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 531gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 138mm *...

The long-awaited and wildly entertaining memoir of the star of stage and screen, the legendary Chita Rivera-three-time Tony Award-winner, Kennedy Centers honoree, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.She was born Dolores Conchita Figueroa...

Francis Davis's The History of the Blues is a ground-breaking rethinking of the blues that fearlessly examines how race relations have altered perceptions of the music. Tracing its origins from the Mississippi Delta to its amplification in Chicago...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781574670158Author Karl HellerFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Amadeus PressPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 758gDimensions(mm) 237mm *...

'Bowie, Cambo & All the Hype' traces the extraordinary and pivotal friendship between David Bowie and drummer John Cambridge, from the time when Bowie made his first major career breakthrough in 1969 to his death from cancer in 2016. John 'Cambo'...

Over the span of his illustrious five-decade career, George Benson has sold millions of records, performed for hundreds of millions of fans, and cut some of the most beloved jazz and soul tunes in music history. But the guitarist/vocalist is much more...

Sympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters is both a gonzo rush-capturing the bristling energy of the Rolling Stones and the times in which they lived-and a wide-eyed reflection on why the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World needed the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627310604Author Jon E. GrahamFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.

The National Book Award-winning author of Year of the Monkey, Just Kids, and M Train offers a rare, intimate account of her own creative process "Devotion is short enough to devour at one enjoyable sitting and thought-provoking enough to deserve...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593762995Author Sean YseultFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Soft Skull PressPublisher Soft Skull PressWeight(grams) 792g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913172145Author Susan MasinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Omnibus PressPublisher Omnibus Press

In Please Please Tell Me Now, bestselling rock biographer Stephen Davis tells the story of Duran Duran, the quintessential band of the 1980s. Their pretty boy looks made them the stars of fledgling MTV, but it was their brilliant musicianship that led to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143119395Author Rosanne CashFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

'Wonderful - such a terrific read. Brilliantly captures the passion, commitment, searing self-knowledge and dizzy happiness that comes with loving music. An enchanting book' STEPHEN FRY***Following a formative encounter with the British pop movie Slade...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613731789Author Jeff BurgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Chicago Review PressPublisher Chicago Review PressWeight(grams) 758gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Imagine a world with no John Lennon. Born 9 October 1940 in Liverpool, John Lennon was a walking, talking, quote machine. Every time he opened his mouth, genius fell out. To celebrate this simple, glorious truth, The Little Book of John Lennon is here to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374527006Author Arnold SteinhardtFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

The blazing rock opera of the greatest drummer of all-time, Jim Gordon, from the legendary Wrecking Crew to redefining rock on the Seventies’ biggest hits and outrageous tours, and ultimately to the most shocking crime in rock history—a story of musical...

Jim Cregan's career as a rock guitarist, songwriter and producer has spanned over fifty years, touring and recording albums with stars such as Elton John, Cat Stevens, Family, Willie Nelson, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Joe Cocker, The Gypsy Kings,...

A Monumental Gift for Music Lovers: A Deluxe Boxed Set of Philip Glass's Most Beloved and Personal Body of Work, Along with a Book of Appreciations from Notable Fellow Artists Philip Glass is one of the most influential artists of our time. In his long...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615252391Author Greg PratoFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Greg PratoPublisher Greg PratoWeight(grams) 512gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm

ELO (The Electric Light Orchestra) were devised by Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne of The Move as a fusion of rock and contemporary classical-style music, combining orchestral instruments, guitars, keyboards and drums in the same line-up. Their aim was to...

What do Motoerhead, Black Sabbath, Elvis Costello, Rush and Chumbawamba have in common? Kim Hawes, pioneering female tour manager. Through hard work, hard partying and hard times, Kim hurled a TV through the glass ceiling of the male-dominated music...

Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion reveals the ups and downs of the band's forty-year career. From their beginnings as teenagers jamming in a San Fernando Valley garage dubbed "The Hell Hole" to headlining major music festivals around the world,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909454309Author Attila The StockbrokerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Cherry Red RecordsPublisher Cherry Red RecordsWeight(grams) 614g

"Read and Burn" is the first serious, in-depth appraisal of Wire, 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 historical accident. Despite the fact that they had...

There has never been a band like Pearl Jam. The Seattle quintet has recorded eleven studio albums; sold some 85 million records; played over a thousand shows, in fifty countries; and had five different albums reach number one. But Pearl Jam's story is...

Insightful and entertaining, Becoming Beyonce: The Untold Story is the first authoritative biography of the most famous woman in the world today and a must-have for the 'Bey Hive'.She's adored by her millions of fans, writes and performs songs that move...

Insightful and entertaining, Becoming Beyonce: The Untold Story is the first authoritative biography of the most famous woman in the world today and a must-have for the 'Bey Hive'.She's adored by her millions of fans, writes and performs songs that move...

This is the first ever biography of a band which had two remarkable careers. Their amazing run of three-part harmony hits came to an end when Graham Nash left for the US to form Crosby, Stills & Nash. But a second run of success was kick-started with a...

Revelling in the off-beat and eccentric, Londoner Suggs takes us on a nostalgic adventure to explore the disappearing history of his extraordinary home town: from the sharp tailors of Saville Row to the sex traders of Bohemian Soho, by way of quaint and...

An intimate collection of fond memories, personal letters, good songs, and bad jokes from a true American legend."This is your old friend, Willie, sending a note to see how you're doing and to say I'm doing fine."In this series of short letters straight...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374538064Author David YaffeFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Sarah Crichton BooksPublisher Sarah Crichton BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 208mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250051349Author Mick WallFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint St. Martin's PressPublisher St. Martin's PressWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 239mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997205688Author Kevin HaskinsFormat HardbackImprint Cleopatra RecordsPublisher Cleopatra Records

Zhu Xiao-Mei was born to middle-class parents in post-war China, and her musical proficiency became clear at an early age. Taught to play the piano by her mother, she developed quickly into a prodigy, immersing herself in the work of classical masters...