Smart Blonde: The Life of Dolly Parton by Stephen Miller
$24.99 NZD
Category: Music
In this revised edition of his definitive biography of Dolly Parton, Stephen Miller has updated his original book on the superstar. Going behind the larger-than-life image to discover what makes Dolly tick, Miller gets to the core of a remarkable woman from a poor East Tennessee background who made it i ...Show more
Definitive Opera Encyclopedia by Stanley Sadie
$59.99 NZD
Category: Music | Series: Definitive Encyclopedias
Updated and expanded version of the classic reference work, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Opera, this new text edition examines the history and development of opera, from its roots in the theatrical choral dances of Ancient Greece, through the sublime compositions of Handel and Mozart and on to the gr ...Show more
Conversations with McCartney by Paul Du Noyer
$39.99 NZD
Category: Music
In June 1989, Paul Du Noyer was contacted by Paul McCartney's office in London and asked to interview the star as they had met once before and enjoyed a good raport. In the years that followed, Paul Du Noyer continued to meet, interview and work for Paul McCartney on a regular basis, producing magazine ...Show more
Foo Fighters - Learning to Fly by Mick Wall
$37.99 NZD
Category: Music
Everyone from Sir Paul McCartney and Jimmy Page to Queens of the Stone Age now relishes the chance to share a stage with Dave Grohl and his legendary Foo Fighters. The question is: why? Musical depth? Not really. Major success? Well, yes. Despite no longer shifting albums in the same quantity as they di ...Show more
Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock by Phil Sutcliffe
$39.99 NZD
Category: Music
The revised and updated, complete illustrated history of rock 'n' roll's most dynamic band--Queen. They were renowned for stunning live performances, envied for rumors of their rock 'n' roll excess, and beloved for their occasionally anthemic and always virtuosic music. Nearly twenty years after the dea ...Show more
The Sun & the Moon & the Rolling Stones by Rich Cohen
$39.99 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: good-very good
When he was 25 years old, budding journalist Rich Cohen got the assignment of a lifetime. He was sent by Rolling Stone magazine to Toronto to hang out with, get to know, and write about The Rolling Stones. The result was an epic adventure with some of the most fascinating people in the world: Mick Jagge ...Show more
Small Town Talk - Bob Dylan, the Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix Friends in Woodstock by Barney Hoskyns
$45.00 NZD
Category: Music
Think 'Woodstock' and the mind turns to the seminal 1969 festival that crowned a seismic decade of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. But Woodstock itself was over 60 miles from the site to which the fabled half a million flocked. So why the misnomer? Quite simply, Woodstock was already a key location in the ...Show more
Over the Top and Back: The Autobiography by Tom Jones
$30.00 NZD
Category: Music
'For a lot of years, I've answered a lot of questions, but have never told my story before.' Across six decades, Sir Tom Jones has maintained a vital career in a risky, unstable business notorious for the short lives of its artists. With a drive that comes from nothing but the love for what he does, he ...Show more
A Road Tour of American Song Titles: From Mendocino to Memphis by Karl Du Fresne
$39.99 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
Like most New Zealand kids in the 1960s, Karl du Fresne grew up listening to songs about American towns and cities: Kansas City, El Paso, New Orleans, Detroit and Tulsa, to name just a few. He found himself wondering what sort of places they were and what had motivated such illustrious pop composers as ...Show more
Working Class Boy by Jimmy Barnes
$44.99 NZD
$49.99 (10% off)
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
The critically acclaimed number 1 bestseller in paperback. A household name, an Australian rock icon, the elder statesman of Ozrock - there isn't an accolade or cliche that doesn't apply to Jimmy Barnes. But long before Cold Chisel and Barnesy, long before the tall tales of success and excess, there was ...Show more
Last of the Giants: The True Story of Guns N' Roses by Mick Wall
$24.99 NZD
Category: Music
INCLUDES BRAND NEW CHAPTER COVERING GUNS N' ROSES EPIC WORLD TOUR Many millions of words have already been written about Guns N' Roses, the old line-up, the new line-up. But none of them have ever really gotten to the truth. Which is this: Guns N' Roses has always been a band out of time, the Last of th ...Show more
Can't Stand Up For Falling Down: Rock'n'Roll War Stories by Allan Jones
$29.99 NZD
Category: Music
Allan Jones launched Uncut magazine in 1997 and for 15 years wrote a popular monthly column called Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before, based on his experiences as a music journalist in the 70s and 80s, a gilded time for the music press. By turns hilarious, cautionary, poignant and powerful, the Sto ...Show more