Joy Division + New Order: Decades by JOHN AIZLEWOOD
$59.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
There's no template for making it as a globally successful pop group. Some of the ingredients remain constant and beyond the music, there's a mix'n'match selection of premature death, drugs, drink, destroyed friendships, lukewarm solo projects and bungled finances. The saga of Joy Division and New Order ...Show more
Freddie Mercury: A Legendary Voice by Ernesto Assante
$75.00 AUD
Category: Entertainment
An intimate story of a great front man and his band, who sparked waves in the music industry and changed the way people viewed rock music.A singer, songwriter, an inimitable performer: Freddie Mercury left his mark on the popular culture of the last 50 years, and his music has influenced different gener ...Show more
Wendy Carlos Switched-On Bach 33 1/3 by Roshanak Kheshti
$19.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment | Series: 33 1/3 Ser.
So much, popular and scholarly, has been written about the synthesizer, Bob Moog and his brand-name instrument, and even Wendy Carlos, the musician who made this instrument famous. No one, however, has examined the importance of spy technology, the Cold War and Carlos's gender to this critically importa ...Show more
Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz
$55.00 AUD
Category: Entertainment
"I see my story as a suite of songs that have a magical connection. I never understood that connection until I sat down to write. It was then that the magic started to flow."Let Love Rule is a work of deep reflection. Lenny Kravitz looks back at his life with candor, self-scrutiny, and humor. "My life i ...Show more
Just Kids by Patti Smith
$22.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment | Reading Level: very good
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD In Just Kids, Patti Smith's first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seve ...Show more
How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly
$39.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Paul Kelly is a uniquely gifted storyteller. For thirty years he has written songs of uncommon directness about everything from love and land rights to cricket and cooking. 'Before Too Long', 'To Her Door', 'Leaps And Bounds', 'Don't Start Me Talking', 'Dumb Things', 'From Little Things Big Things Grow' ...Show more
The Memory of Music by Andrew Ford
$32.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Composer and broadcaster Andrew Ford tells his life story through the lens of music - what it is, why it means so much to us and how it works in our lives. From his early childhood in the Beatles-crazy Liverpool of the 1960s to his evolving work as a composer, choral conductor, concert promoter, critic, ...Show more
J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World Movie Magic Volume 1: Extraordinary People and Fascinating Places by Jody Revenson
$39.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment | Series: J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World
Featuring all eight Harry Potter movies and the upcoming movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, this magical book is the ultimate insider's guide to the films from J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World for young fans. From the gilded halls of Gringotts and Hogwarts to the New York City of Fantastic Bea ...Show more
Inner Song: A Biography of Margaret Sutherland by Jillian Graham
$50.00 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Margaret Sutherland was one of the most innovative and influential Australian composers. In the first half of the twentieth century, her desire to be both serious composer and mother was atypical, and she faced significant challenges - public and private. Jillian Graham is a freelance writer, editor an ...Show more
Listen: On Music, Sound and Us by Michel Faber
$36.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
'I'm not here to change your mind about Dusty Springfield or Shostakovich or Tupac Shakur or synthpop. I'm here to change your mind about your mind.' There are countless books on music with much analysis given to musicians, bands, eras and/or genres. But rarely does a book delve into what's going on in ...Show more
House of Music by Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason
$22.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
'Riveting, taking in prejudice as well as sacrifice. There are 4.30am starts, lost instruments, fractured wrists, all captured with vivid flourishes. A paean to camaraderie.' ObserverSeven brothers and sisters. All of them classically trained musicians. One was Young Musician of the Year and performed f ...Show more