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As a distinguished scholar of Renaissance music, James Haar has had an abiding influence on how musicology is undertaken, owing in great measure to a substantial body of articles published over the past three decades. Collected here for the first time are representative pieces from those years, covering diverse themes of continuing interest to him

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A writer's odyssey walking the Bowie heartlands, peeling back the layers of understanding about his hero

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This is a book only Questlove could have written: a perceptive and personal reflection on the first half-century of hip-hop.

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Idiosyncratic.

Iconoclastic.

Acerbic.

Hilarious.

The influence of Tom Hibbert's music writing across print, radio, TV and podcasts is incomparable.

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A book about the last ten years of music, through five artists

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Studio Electrophonique tells the story of the Sheffield home studio that helped launch the careers of some of the biggest names in British pop: The Human League, Heaven 17, Pulp, ABC and more.

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(Paperback, Main - Classic Edition)

An essential masterpiece of jazz history by the renowned photographer and music historian, with a new foreword by Richard Williams.

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It's the late 1970s, and across Britain aggressive, young bands are forming. Independent labels are springing up to release their music. But this isn't the story of punk. Forget punk. Punk was a flash in the pan compared to this. This is the story of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, a musical movement that really did change the world.

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Feel Like Going Home brings to life the legendary musicians, songs, and labels of blues and early rock 'n' roll, capturing the drama on and off stage, the wrenching lyrics and the driving rhythms that changed performance, engagement and lives in America and around the world.

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Hip-hop legend, Grammy, Oscar and BAFTA award winner Questlove dives into half a century of the genre, from its birth, growing pains and maturity to its continuing reverberation around the world

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Explore jazz's evolution from New Orleans to global acclaim, celebrating legends like Armstrong, Ellington, and Fitzgerald. Rich in history, music, and vibrant personalities shaping this enduring genre.

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An intriguing oral history of the post-9/11 decline of the old-guard music industry and rebirth of the New York rock scene, led by a group of iconoclastic rock bands.

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From their first performances to the release of their bestselling Black Album and beyond, this lavishly illustrated books charts the career of Metallica, the world's most iconic heavy metal band.

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The lives, loves, adventures and trailblazing musical careers of four extraordinary women from a stunning debut biographer.

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A radical answer to Alex Ross' The Rest is Noise, Sound Within Sound fundamentally changes the way we think about classical music and the musicians who made it on a global scale.

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The definitive account of pop music in the mid-eighties, from Prince and Madonna to the underground hiphop, indie rock, and club scenes

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(Paperback)

It's the late 1970s, and across Britain aggressive, young bands are forming. Independent labels are springing up to release their music. But this isn't the story of punk. Forget punk. Punk was a flash in the pan compared to this. This is the story of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, a musical movement that really did change the world.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

This volume spans more than 500 remarkable records and is a journey into vinyl's extraordinary history. From rare and colorful editions, bold shapes, and bootleg X-ray vinyl of the USSR to daring designs that fashioned the identities of era-defining records and artists, this collection celebrates vinyl's artistic potential as a material form.

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Hip-hop legend, Grammy, Oscar and BAFTA award winner Questlove dives into half a century of the genre, from its birth, growing pains and maturity to its continuing reverberation around the world