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Pays tribute to those artists whose music has provided a soundtrack for the growing pains of three generations. This book is a gallery of 500 saints, sinners and martyrs of rock and pop history.

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Tells the story of jazz music and its personalities. This title presents the developments in the world of jazz, from the rise of modern big bands and the renaissance of the piano trio to the popular appeal of Jamie Cullum and HBO's television series Treme, set in New Orleans.

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The definitive biography of MF DOOM, charting the reclusive and revered hip-hop artist's life, career, and eventual immortality. Packed with behind-the-scenes content, for fans of hip-hop biographies like Dilla Time.

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In the personal story of internationally acclaimed drummer Yaya Diallo we see the power of music as a sacred, healing force in West African culture.

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Sure to strike a chord with guitarists and blues fans, this authoritative and photo-filled volume includes well over 100 of the genre's greatest players and performers from the prewar era to present.

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"A selection of over fifty interviews from the more than five hundred available. Here Waits delivers prose as crafted, poetic, potent, and haunting as the lyrics of his best songs."--Cover, p. 4.

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In an account based on more than 200 original interviews, historian Greg Renoff tells the untold story of Van Halen's 1970s ascent out of the backyards of Pasadena to international rock superstardom.

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A photographic portrait of Britpop, featuring the most iconic bands of the genre, with many never-before-seen images.

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WONDERLAND AVENUE is the careering autobiography of someone who wilfully, skilfully and enthusiastically abused all the cards that life dealt.

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Mixing memories with inspiration, the Wilco front man's disarming, beautiful, and inspiring book features over fifty songs that have changed his life and influenced his music.

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This is a fascinating record of the world's first and greatest supergroup. Here are images of The Beatles in both public and private moments. The authors followed the boys to work on the film, photographed them in their London homes and in their favourite clubs and hangouts in their hometown in Liverpool, including the Cavern Club

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A lavish book celebrating 50 years of Rolling Stone magazine--one of the most iconic and influential voices in American music and culture

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The official illustrated history of Blue Note, the most influential and important brand in jazz.

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Examines just what makes the songs so affecting, how they work together as a suite, and how lyrics, melody, and arrangements combine to create an unusually potent mix. This book blends musical and literary analysis of the songs themselves, biography (where appropriate) and recording information (where helpful).

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This book is a riveting investigation of what it means to love music and what it means to hate music, both of good taste and bad taste.

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The definitive book on the influence of LGBT performers on modern music: a Duckworth contemporary classic, beautifully repackaged for our 125th anniversary

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Festivals is a must-have guide to festival culture showcasing the world's best and most significant events

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What binds this series together, and what brings it to life, is that all of the authors - musicians, scholars, and writers - are deeply in love with the album they have chosen.

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In this remarkable and entertaining book, John Perry gets to the heart of Hendrix's unique talent, guiding the reader through each song on the album, writing about his live performances and talking to peers and contemporaries. Part of a new series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the last 40 years.