Music

Always steered by Alex Paterson, The Orb were the mischief-making pioneers of the late 80s acid house revolution. Inventing "ambient house", they took it to the top of the charts, before continuing its idiosyncratic flight path through subsequent...

When Sam Cooke was shot dead in a cheap motel in Hollywood, he was one of America's most successful pop stars. He left a world in which he had been born poor and had become very rich from the success of such records as "You Send Me" and "A Wonderful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495060724Author Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationPage Count 117Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

'A compelling personal account of the dramas of a singular British band' Neil TennantThe trajectory of Suede - hailed in infancy as both 'The Best New Band in Britain' and 'effete southern wankers' - is recalled with moving candour by its frontman...

This book contains practice material for Options - the musicianship tests that are part of Music Medals. Options cover a range of skills, from improvising to sight-reading, and are a means of developing musical understanding and awareness. Designed as a...

'Brilliantly simple as an idea but also ambitious, Justin Lewis creates a glorious interlocking history ... of our pop culture with all its coincidences, connections and shared enjoyment.' We Are Cult 'The deliciously simple conceit pop facts from...

From warm up DJ at the birth of Acid House to global main stage headline artist today, Carl Cox continues to inspire and influence audiences and artists. Carl has been everything from a recording artist and producer to label owner, radio DJ and...

One of the world's most prolific bands is being broken down track by track, album by album-and you have tickets to the details, facts, and secrets in Led Zeppelin . Formed by the unlikely alliance of two ace London studio musicians and two bar-band...

Model answers for four practice papers from ABRSM's 2023 Music Theory exams for Grade 7 Key features: *Reviewsa selection of likely options where the answer can be expressed in a variety of ways *a single exemplar where a composition-style answer is...

This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 5 Violin syllabus for 2020-2023, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that...

ABRSM's official More Music Theory Sample Papers are additional resources for candidates preparing for our new online Music Theory exams. Providing more authentic practice material and a reliable guide as to what to expect in the exam. -Essential...

Now available in paperback, this fully illustrated volume traces the emergence of Welsh traditional music through the ages and is complemented throughout with more than 200 musical examples. Phyllis Kinney's Welsh Traditional Music covers the traditional...

Among the noise and clamour of the Britpop era, Blur co-founder Graham Coxon managed to carve out a niche to become one of the most innovative and respected guitarists of his generation - but it wasn't always easy.Graham grew up as an Army kid, moving...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540056566Author Hal Leonard CorpPage Count 264Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

In a career full of 'blond ambition', with controversy never far away, the music of Madonna has often been overshadowed, if not sorely overlooked. Across 14 albums, soundtracks and numerous greatest hits collections, the undisputed Queen of Pop has...

A superbly insightful and moving exploration of Wagner's last opera, by one of Britain's leading intellectuals Wagner's last music-drama tells the story of Parsifal, the 'pure fool, knowing through compassion', who has been called to rescue the Kingdom...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857361714Page Count 32Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 131g

Model answers for practice papers for ABRSM's Grade 2 Theory examsBook InformationISBN 9781786016010Author ABRSMPage Count 24Imprint Associated Board of the Royal Schools of MusicPublisher Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

Frank Bello, bassist with the legendary New York thrash metal band Anthrax since 1984, has sold over ten million albums, travelled the globe more times than he cares to count, and enthralled audiences from the world’s biggest stages. His long-awaited...

The definitive biography of Joe Strummer, released with a new epilogue to mark the 60th anniversary of his birth. Chris Salewicz was an intimate friend of Strummer's for over 25 years. Drawing on more than 300 interviews with family, friends...

This book brings together in one place selected exam pieces, scales and sight-reading to support ABRSM's Initial Grade Violin syllabus for 2020-2023. The pieces, three from each of Lists A, B and C, have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and...

Known for its detailed and authoritative approach, Smith & Wood's Employment Law provides a comprehensive yet accessible guide to employment law. Clear accounts of essential case law and legislation are complemented by insightful commentary and...

Jane Savidge is widely credited as being the main instigator of the Britpop music movement that swept the UK in the mid-1990s. Savidge was co-founder and head of legendary public relations company Savage and Best, the company that represented most of the...

With hundreds of interviews conducted over a 35-year span, this book is the most comprehensive history of television scoring to date. Music composed for television had, until recently, never been taken seriously by scholars or critics. Catchy TV...

In more than 2600 photographs, professional dancers (from such companies as the American Ballet Theatre and the Jaffrey Ballet) demonstrate in sequence every movement in the classical repertoire, from the most basic to the most advanced. Each photograph...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947784178Author Llexi LeonFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Heavy Metal MagazinePublisher Heavy Metal Magazine

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802778130Format HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Walker & CoPublisher Walker & CoWeight(grams) 869gDimensions(mm) 187mm * 154mm * 10mm

Ginger tells his story for the first time. It's often harrowing but outrageously honest as he journey's from war-torn south London to his adopted home in South Africa's beautiful Western Cape - where he has his own polo club. Along the way he tells of...

Forty years after Quadrophenia first hit the world's cinema screens, its influence on popular culture can still be felt today. Following Jimmy the Mod in his search for identity against the backdrop of the May Bank Holiday riots of the 1960s, the film -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785581564Author Mark WilderspinPage Count 152Imprint Rhinegold EducationPublisher Hal Leonard Europe Limited

Songs of Praise was first published in 1925, and is still an immensely popular hymnbook, particularly in schools. The compilation falls into two parts: Book 1 contains hymns grouped by subject and theme, together with a selection of verses, canticles and...

WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARD 2022 FOR NON-FICTION WINNER OF THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY STORYTELLING AWARD 2021 'Riveting, taking in prejudice as well as sacrifice. There are 4.30am starts, lost instruments, fractured wrists, all captured with...

Ian Hunter's Diary of a Rock `n' Roll Star, first published in 1974, is a fascinating diary of Mott the Hoople's 1972 US tour. It has received a litany of plaudits and been described as what "may well be the best rock book ever" and "an enduring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616777258Author Nancy FaberPage Count 24Imprint Faber Piano AdventuresPublisher Faber Piano Adventures

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940625263Author Miklos SzentkuthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Contra Mundum PressPublisher Contra Mundum PressWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm)...

Pianist Mike Garson was David Bowie's most frequent musician on record and onstage throughout Bowie's life. They played over a thousand shows together between 1972 and 2004 and Garson is featured on over 20 of Bowie's albums. EBowie's Piano ManE is the...

A SUNDAY TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZETHE BOOKSELLER'S Most Picked Book in General Non-Fiction Round Ups of 2017Peggy Seeger is one of folk music's most influential artists and songwriters. Born in New...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781490375946Author Lucia TimkovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Musician, novelist, poet, actor: Nick Cave (b. 1957) is a Renaissance man. His wide-ranging artistic output-always uncompromising, hypnotic, and intense-is defined by an extraordinary gift for storytelling. In Nick Cave: Mercy on Me, Reinhard Kleist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857368355Author Trinity College LondonPage Count 16Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 86g