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Jonathan Bernstein

What Do You Do When You're Lonesome

"A superb biography of a singular life."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A Rolling Stone journalist presents the story of the late singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle.When Justin Townes Earle…

Stephanie Phillips

We Were Here

A long-overdue corrective to the history of rock 'n' roll and alternative music, repopulating it with the extraordinary Black artists and influential figures who steered its course, from an author, journa…

Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)

Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography Part 2

Charlotte Gunn

The Life, Style and Music of Charli XCX

In summer 2024, Charli XCX released BRAT. It defined the summer with songs like '360', 'Apple' and 'Von Dutch', but it was more than perfect pop - it was fashion, it was an attitude, it was a cultural phe…

John Worthen

Johannes Brahms

Reveals the passion, humor, and humanity of Brahms behind the myth.Johannes Brahms is often cast as repressed or emotionally distant. This nuanced biography by acclaimed biographer John Worthen reveals a …

Moon Unit Zappa

Earth to Moon

From Moon Unit Zappa, the daughter of musical visionary Frank Zappa, comes a memoir of growing up in her unconventional household in 1970s Los Angeles, coming of age in the Hollywood Hills in the 1980s as…

Dean van Nguyen

Words for My Comrades

Featured on NPR 's Books We Love 2025 'An astounding achievement' MARCUS J. MOORE 'Learned [and] compassionate' THE TIMES 'A must-read' IRISH TIMES Before his murder at twenty-five, Tupac Shakur rose to s…

Ann Powers

Traveling

*An ObserverBest New Biographies of 2024*?*Now in paperback!*Celebrated NPR music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of Joni Mitchell in a lyrical style as fascinating and ethereal as the song…

Martin Porter

Buzz Me In

The inside story of Record Plant studios - the real 'Hotel California' - that reveals how the greatest music of the seventies was recorded and why the artists checked out but rarely left.Strap yourself in…

Rodge Glass

As One

'An intimate and obsessive book, but one not only for the fans: this is a story about fresh starts and second chances and how to navigate them as an adult' Mariana Enriquez'Rodge has been absolutely brill…

Sandra B. Tooze

Buddy Guy

Featuring a foreword from blues and rock legend Eric ClaptonThe man who shaped the sound of modern rock---a sharecropper's son from Louisiana who became the musical North Star for generations of blues and…

Dylan Jones

Loaded

Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen whether it be the 1960s of the 2020s, The Velvet Underground represent ground zero. Crystallizing the idea of the bohemi…

Matthew (Edwin Erle Sparks P. . . Restall

On Elton John

A lively and imaginative exploration of the career and music of the Rocket Man Elton John is not only "still standing," he is a living superlative, the ultimate record-breaking, award-winning su…

George Clinton,

Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?: A Memoir

**ONE OF THE BEST MUSIC BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ROLLING STONE**The captivating memoir from "the emperor of intergalactic funk" (NPR) and most influential pop artists of our time---known for over fo…

Patti Smith

Year of the Monkey

Riveting, elegant, humorous-and illustrated by Smith's signature Polaroids-New York Times bestseller Year of the Monkey is a moving and original work, a touchstone for our turbulent times.Following a run …

Mark Kermode

Mark Kermode's Surround Sound

'Brims with enthusiasm and joyful insight' - Richard Ayoade 'Witty and wise . . . an entertaining and assorted history' - EmpireHow can a film score make you cheer, shiver, cry or punch the air? How do di…

Mark Kermode

Mark Kermode's Surround Sound

'Reveals the stories and the people behind your favourite film scores' - Nick de Semlyen, editor of Empire 'Brims with enthusiasm and joyful insight' - Richard AyoadeHow can a film score make you cheer, s…

Ashley Kahn

Days of Miracle and Wonder

The definitive story of the making and legacy of Paul Simon's GracelandIn 1984, Paul Simon was at a professional and personal crossroads. His marriage was failing, his career was in danger of declining an…

Peter Guralnick

Careless Love

By Peter Guralnick Hardcover, 767 pages, 13x20cm, 27 b/w-photographs