Filter By
- Book
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
Making Beats by Joseph G. Schloss
RRP: £18.50£15.84Based on ten years of research among hip-hop producers, Making Beats was the first work of scholarship to explore the goals, methods, and values of a surprisingly insular community. Focusing on a variety of subjects-from hip-hop artists' pedagogical... -
Miles on Miles: Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis by Paul Maher
RRP: £16.95£12.70Gathering the 30 most vital Miles Davis interviews-on his music, his life, and his philosophy-this collection reveals the jazz icon as a complex and contradictory man, secretive at times but extraordinarily revealing at others. Miles was not only a... -
Heart Full of Soul: Keith Relf of the Yardbirds by David French 9781476680118
RRP: £21.99£17.97This is the first full-length biography of Keith Relf, frontman for the Yardbirds and one of the great tragic characters in rock history. Keith's moody vocals and harmonica helped to define the Yardbirds' sound on a string of innovative hit records in... -
Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond by Sandra B. Tooze 9781635767049
RRP: £27.99£17.86The first major biography of Levon Helm, the legendary drummer and singer of the Band. Through rigorous research and interviews with close friends and fellow musicians, author Sandra B. Tooze (Muddy Waters: The Mojo Man) has written an original,... -
Finding My Voice: Playing the fool, and other triumphs! by Jonathan Veira
RRP: £10.99£7.77For the last 25 years Jonathan Veira has been a star of the world of opera, handling a wide range of character parts as a comic baritone. A virtuoso musician and delightful raconteur, with skills on keyboard and guitar, he also tours with an extremely... -
Transforming Choral Singing: An Activist's Guide for Choir Directors by Charles W. Beale 9780197657782
RRP: £19.99£17.13Choral conductors and clinicians often focus on honing the technical and artistic elements of their choir's performance, but what is the true purpose of choral singing? Choral performances sound beautiful, but they also tell stories, "say something" to... -
The Complete Lyrics of P. G. Wodehouse by Barry Day 9780810849945
RRP: £105.00£86.87Although he wrote hundreds of songs and was a key figure in the birth of the American stage musical, P. G. Wodehouse's (1881-1975) long and influential career as a lyricist has been almost completely forgotten and unheralded - until now. Highly regarded... -
The Indispensable Composers: A Personal Guide by Anthony Tommasini
RRP: £18.99£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143111085Author Anthony TommasiniFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Bob Dylan's New York: A Historic Guide by Dick Weissman 9781438490861
RRP: £14.56£11.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438490861Author Dick WeissmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Excelsior EditionsPublisher State University of New York PressWeight(grams)... -
Racing in the Street: The Bruce Springsteen Reader by June Skinner Sawyers 9780142003541
RRP: £24.00£17.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142003541Author June Skinner SawyersFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 414gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest: Volume 1: 1950s and 1960s by Gordon Roxburgh
RRP: £16.99£14.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845830656Author Gordon RoxburghFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Telos Publishing LtdPublisher Telos Publishing Ltd -
W. A. Mozart: Don Giovanni by Julian Rushton 9780521296632
RRP: £19.99£17.13This book is a study of Mozart's Don Giovanni, his second opera to a libretto by da Ponte. Although it is one of the handful of best-known and most often performed operas of the last two hundred years, Don Giovanni is seldom given in an authentic form... -
Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier: The 48 Preludes and Fugues by Dr David Ledbetter 9780300178951
£36.60Bach's 'Well-tempered Clavier' (the 48 Preludes and Fugues) stands at the core of baroque keyboard music and has been a model and inspiration for performers and composers ever since it was written. This invaluable guide to the 96 pieces explains Bach's... -
101 Classical Themes For Viola by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation 9781495056321
RRP: £15.99£11.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495056321Author Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationPage Count 88Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation -
Summer Of Hamn: Hollowpointlessness Aiding Mass Nihilsm A 'Naphic Grovel' by Chuck D by Chuck D 9781636141527
RRP: £34.99£22.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636141527Author Chuck DFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S. -
We're Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America by Kevin Mattson
RRP: £23.49£17.44We remember the 1980s as the era of Ronald Reagan, a conservative decade populated by preppies and yuppies dancing to a soundtrack of electronic synth pop music (the "MTV generation"). But the decade also produced some of the most creative works of punk... -
Metal Music Manual: Producing, Engineering, Mixing, and Mastering Contemporary Heavy Music Mark Mynett 9781138809321
RRP: £71.99£59.77Metal Music Manual shows you the creative and technical processes involved in producing contemporary heavy music for maximum sonic impact. From pre-production to final mastered product, and fundamental concepts to advanced production techniques, this... -
Riffs & Meaning: Manic Street Preachers and Know Your Enemy by Stephen Lee Naish
RRP: £13.99£9.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909394568Author Stephen Lee NaishFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint HeadpressPublisher Headpress -
Ballades: Chopin Complete Works Vol. III by Frederic Chopin
RRP: £23.99£15.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540097187Author Frederic ChopinFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint PwmPublisher PwmWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 226mm * 10mm -
Brithop: The Politics of UK Rap in the New Century by Justin A. Williams 9780190656812
RRP: £23.49£19.04With ongoing debates on Scottish independence, immigration, Britain's place in the EU, multiculturalism, national identity and the specter of a past Empire complicating ethnically-defined notions of "Britishness," the Kingdom seems far from United. As a... -
The Mammoth Book of the Rolling Stones: An anthology of the best writing about the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world by Sean Egan 9781780336466
£17.02'The greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world!' This vainglorious introduction given to The Rolling Stones on stage by an excitable roadie was almost immediately accepted as a simple statement of fact. It was already evident that Mick Jagger, Keith... -
Bob Dylan: Writings 1968-2010 by Greil Marcus
RRP: £20.00£13.86Greil Marcus weaves individual moods and moments into a brilliant history of their changing times. The book begins in Berkeley in 1968, and ends with a piece on Dylan's show at the University of Minnesota on election night 2008. In between are moments... -
Panpipes & Ponchos: Musical Folklorization and the Rise of the Andean Conjunto Tradition in La Paz, Bolivia by Fernando Rios
RRP: £37.99£22.85Melodious panpipes and kena flutes. The shimmering strums of a charango. Poncho-clad musicians playing "El Condor Pasa" at subway stops or street corners while selling their recordings. These sounds and images no doubt come to mind for many "world music"... -
Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible & Fried: My Life as a Revolting Cock by Christopher John Connelly 9780966406559
RRP: £16.95£16.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780966406559Author Christopher John ConnellyFormat PaperbackImprint Shipwrecked IndustriesPublisher Shipwrecked IndustriesWeight(grams) 508g -
Guns n' Roses Use Your Illusion I and II by Eric Weisbard
RRP: £9.99£7.67It was the season of the blockbuster. Between August 12 and November 26 1991, a whole slew of acts released albums that were supposed to sell millions of copies in the run-up to Christmas. Metallica, Michael Jackson, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Garth Brooks, MC... -
Graham Bonnet: The Story Behind the Shades: The Authorised Illustrated Biography by Steve Wright 9780956143976
RRP: £18.99£14.01Graham Bonnet was born in Skegness in 1947 and had his first hit single with The Marbles in 1968, "Only One Woman" which reached Number 5 in the UK Singles Chart.....So runs Graham Bonnet's wikipedia entry. Of The Skyliners, The Peter Tomlinson Band, The... -
Alexis Ffrench - the Secret Piano: The Secret Piano by Alexis Ffrench 9780851626482
RRP: £14.99£14.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851626482Author Alexis FfrenchPage Count 48Imprint Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers LtdPublisher Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd -
Build A Rocket Boys! by Elbow 9780571536306
RRP: £15.99£14.10Build a Rocket Boys! is the fifth studio album by multi-award winning band Elbow, and follows the phenomenal success of The Seldom Seen Kid. This official album-matching songbook contains all the songs from the album including singles Lippy Kids and Neat... -
Birds of Fire: Jazz, Rock, Funk, and the Creation of Fusion by Kevin Fellezs
RRP: £22.99£20.01Birds of Fire brings overdue critical attention to fusion, a musical idiom that emerged as young musicians blended elements of jazz, rock, and funk in the late 1960s and 1970s. At the time, fusion was disparaged by jazz writers and ignored by rock... -
Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove by Ahmir Thompson
RRP: £13.99£10.32The World According to Questlove Mo' Meta Blues is a punch-drunk memoir in which Everyone's Favorite Questlove tells his own story while tackling some of the lates, the greats, the fakes, the philosophers, the heavyweights, and the true originals of the... -
Living with Music: Ralph Ellison's Jazz Writings by Ralph Ellison
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375760235Author Ralph EllisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
Jazz & Blues Encyclopedia: New & Expanded Edition Howard Mandel 9781787552791
RRP: £20.00£14.69The Definitive Jazz & Blues Encyclopedia, now fully updated from the illustrated edition, is the ultimate guide to two musical styles that have fundamentally influenced popular music. Divided into chapters, each covering a different era, the book traces... -
West Side Story: The Jets, the Sharks, and the Making of a Classic by Richard Barrios
RRP: £22.00£17.76A captivating full account of a vital, exciting, and turbulent cultural moment: the making of ground-breaking classic West Side Story (1961).A major hit on Broadway, on film West Side Story became immortal. Unforgettable songs, an urgent love story,... -
Fender: The Golden Age by Martin Kelly 9781788400091
RRP: £39.99£29.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorMartin Kelly is the joint MD of highly acclaimed British independent record label Heavenly Recordings home of the Magic Numbers, Doves and Cherry Ghost. Paul... -
Dumbarton Quintet by Joan Tower 9781480346031
RRP: £57.50£33.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480346031Author Joan TowerPage Count 96Imprint G Schirmer, IncorporatedPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation -
Politics as Sound: The Washington, DC, Hardcore Scene, 1978-1983 by Shayna Maskell
RRP: £19.99£17.54Uncompromising and innovative, hardcore punk in Washington, DC, birthed a new sound and nurtured a vibrant subculture aimed at a specific segment of the city's youth. Shayna L. Maskell explores DC's hardcore scene during its short but storied peak. Led... -
Hold Tight: Black Masculinity, Millennials and the Meaning of Grime Jeffrey Boakye 9781910312254
RRP: £9.99£6.86HOLD TIGHT is a book about being black, British and born after 1980. It's also about Grime.Celebrating over fifty key songs that make up Grime's DNA, Jeffrey Boakye explores the meaning of the music and why it has such resonance in the UK. Boakye also... -
Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music by Irwin Chusid 9781556523724
RRP: £19.99£12.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556523724Author Irwin ChusidFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint A Cappella BooksPublisher A Cappella BooksWeight(grams) 476g -
The Art of Songwriting by Andrew West
RRP: £23.99£20.94How do you turn songwriting talent into a professional career? This essential guide tackles that question, alongside many others, taking songwriters through all the developmental phases and commercial experiences along the way in order to inspire and... -
Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
RRP: £10.00£7.97Aida is, for most of us, the quintessence of Ancient Egypt but it is certainly not just for archaeologists. Michael Rose points out that it is really about patriotism - an issue of burning importance to Verdi and his contemporaries. Music critic William...