\nInterweaving discussion of the music he wrote for and about children with interviews with the boys whom Britten…

In 1959, the first Mini was produced on an assembly line at Cowley, near Oxford. Designed for austerity and efficiency, the…

Over the last five years, often when David Mitchell has been on holiday, the comedian Stewart Lee has been attempting to…

• Rok vydání 2015

Winner of the Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year, this book takes you on a tour to celebrate the absurd failures of the…

For hundreds of years, musicians, craftsmen, church officials, heads of state and philosophers fought heatedly against the…

• Rok vydání 2008

In 2008 Paul Robertson, the renowned violinist and leader of the Medici Quartet, suffered a ruptured aorta. During this…

No other jazz musician has proved so inspirational and so fascinating as Coltrane. Ben Ratliff, jazz critic for the New York…

\nPlacing Mahler within his world, The Eighth reassesses Mahler\'s work in the context of the prevailing thought of his age,…

How does music reflect the key moments in our lives? Fiona Maddocks selects 100 classical works from across nine centuries,…

\nWith The Sixteen, Christophers has succeeded in nurturing a choir of exceptional calibre, establishing a business model…

Taking in its sights Matthew Arnold's 'land of dreams', the collection explores the idealism and reality of a multicultural…

150 essential rules from the award-winning co-writer of Yes Minster and Yes Prime Minister, Hollywood movie director,…

Its atmosphere - slow, dark, meditative, luminous - became all-pervasive for a generation, and has remained the epitome of…

\nA groundbreaking music history book from BBC Radio 3 broadcaster Kate Molleson, which fundamentally changes the way we…

\n\'A classic of creative autobiography,\' Mick Imlah\n…

Dog and cat owners are becoming increasingly concerned about the safety of processed pet food and the possible side-effects…

As a 20-something college dropout Nick Kent's first five interviews as a young writer were with the MC5, Captain Beefheart,…

Schoenberg's music examples range from the entire development sections of classical symphonies to analyses of the harmonic…

This proved to be fertile ground for a generation of musicians who, from the 1960s onwards, would develop the experimental…

\nI never met Tony Wilson, but now I feel as though I knew him well - and I\'m sorry that I didn\'t.\'BRIAN ENO\'From…

• Rok vydání 2021

Rob Chapman's book is the first authoritative and exhaustively researched biography of Syd Barrett that fully celebrates his…

• Rok vydání 1991

From the record-breaking success of 1991's 'Black Album' to the band's reinvention with the Load/Reload albums; from the…

'A terrifying and unhappy book...' The GuardianThis astounding self-portrait covering the whole of Shostakovich's life…

Benjamin Britten was one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century. An indispensable source of fresh insights into…

Central to this was the power and presence of Albert Grossman - manager for Dylan, Janis Joplin, Richie Havens, The Band and…

Here, collected and edited for the first time, in trade and special editions, are his unforgettable lyrics with commentary…

\nAn exceptionally thought-provoking look at music and identity from one of the world\'s leading singers.\n…

• Čeština

SHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE 2017The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise is the extraordinary story, in her own…

• Rok vydání 2012

The SUNDAY TIMES Top Ten Bestseller#1 Book of the Year, UNCUT#1 Book of the Year, ROUGH TRADEBook of the Year, MOJOOver the…

\nThe volume\'s \'Intro\' charts these projects and the blurred origins of ritualised language, while its \'Outro\' offers…

In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere…

In The Dark Stuff Nick Kent profiles twenty-two of the most gifted and self-destructive talents in rock history. From Brian…

• Rok vydání 1976

\nThe diary and essays of Brian Eno republished twenty-five years on with a new introduction by the artist in a beautiful…

Who dreams of becoming a conductor? What does ittake to get there and stay in the game?…

Featuring over 50 song lyrics alongside never-before-seen insights from Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold, Wading in…

• Čeština

Billy Bragg is one of Britain's most distinctive and accomplished songwriters, whose work has articulated the passions, both…

33 Revolutions Per Minute tracks the turbulent relationship between popular music and politics, through 33 pivotal songs…

A year after Prince's death at the age of 57, acclaimed writer brilliantly anatomizes the star's dramatic career and an…

'To Richter (no first name necessary), warm greetings to the best pianist in the Soviet Union - indeed in the whole world.'…

Along with interviews, we get 'overviews': further reflections by Simon Reynolds on key icons and crucial scenes, including…

What emerges is a compelling portrait of the four musicians themselves, as well as a fresh insight into close-knit entourage…

\nLonglisted for the Penderyn Music Book PrizeEngland was once dubbed \'the land without music\', but in the early twentieth…

In smoky rooms above pubs, bare rooms with battered stools and beer-stained tables, an acoustic revolution took place in…

• Rok vydání 2023

\nThe must-read music book of the year: Bob Stanley\'s prequel to Yeah Yeah Yeah, Let\'s Do It is the only book that brings…

Eschewing the usual criteria of chart success or acknowledged influence, the Copendium - a collection of album reviews and…

\nA stunning new edition of Bob Stanley\'s much-loved, acclaimed and bestselling history of pop, Yeah Yeah Yeah.\n…

• Rok vydání 2019

Out of print for several years, a comprehensive volume of Lou Reed's lyrics with brand new introductions, now updated in a…