The Silent Musician: Why Conducting Matters by Mark Wigglesworth
$32.99 NZD
Category: Music
A conductor is one of classical music's most recognizable figures. Many people who have never actually been to an orchestral concert have an image of what one looks like. But rarely does such a well-known profession attract so many questions: 'Surely orchestras can play perfectly well without you? Do yo ...Show more
Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince by Peter Ames Carlin
$34.99 NZD
Category: Music
The roster of Warner Brothers Records and its subsidiary labels reads like the roster of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, James Taylor, Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Prince, Van Halen, Madonna, Tom Petty, R.E.M., Red Hot Chili Peppers, and dozens ...Show more
Organs and Organists: Their Inside Stories: All you (n)ever wanted to know by Jenny Setchell
$39.99 NZD
Category: Music | Series: http://www.jenny.co.nz
"Organs and Organists: Their Inside Stories" covers almost everything about the pipe organ in a novel and hilarious way. With anecdotes galore, Jenny Setchell unlocks the secrets of the organ for non-players and those who thought they were familiar with it. Hundreds of full-colour photographs and cartoo ...Show more
Stoned - Photographs and Treasures from Life with the Rolling Stones by Jo Wood
$49.99 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: good-very good
"These images are great and have been tucked away for years" - Ronnie Wood Take a look inside rock 'n' roll history with over 500 never-before-seen photographs, notes, artworks, diary entries and mementoes from life behind the scenes of the Rolling Stones. Married to legendary Stones guitarist Ronnie Wo ...Show more
Yeah Yeah Yeah - The Story of Modern Pop by Bob Stanley
$55.00 NZD
Category: Music
'Stanley is both a fine writer and an impassioned celebrant of pop in all its mongrel, misfit glory.'STUART MACONIE, THE TIMESThere have been many books on pop music but none have attempted to chart its entire story, from thedawn of the charts in the fifties to pop's digital switchover in the year 2000, ...Show more
Mozart: the Man behind the Music by Donovan Bixley
$34.99 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: near fine
Child prodigy, genius, freak, a man who lived frivolously and died a pauper... The myths surrounding Mozart, composer of some of the world's most sublime music, have long overtaken the known facts of his life. Now, in this charming and very personal tribute, artist Donovan Bixley offers a portrait of th ...Show more
Ultimate Heavy Metal Guitars: The Guitarists Who Rocked the World by Pete Prown
$79.99 NZD
Category: Music
Sure to strike a chord with guitarists and heavy metal fans, this authoritative and photo-filled volume surveys more than 80 of the genre's greatest axe-slingers from the 1970s to present. From metal pioneers like Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, and Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmor ...Show more
Taylor Swift: and the clothes she wears by TERRY NEWMAN
$59.99 NZD
Category: Music | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Taylor Swift is the quintessential millennial. Free-thinking and creative, she navigates pop stardom with boundless charisma and a keen eye on her digital presence. She has become a truly global phenomenon but remains intimately connected with her fans. A born storyteller, her outfits mark the different ...Show more
Six-String Stories by Eric Clapton
$99.99 NZD
Category: Music
'These guitars have been really good tools; they're not just museum pieces. They all have a soul and they all come alive.'- Eric Clapton 'In his own words, Clapton tells his story through the history of his instruments.' - Rolling Stone In Six-String Stories Eric Clapton reflects on a legendary career ...Show more
Fab : An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney by Howard Sounes
$28.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The living embodiment of The Beatles and a musical juggernaut without parallel, Paul McCartney is undoubtedly the patriarch of pop. In this authoritative biography, acclaimed author and journalist Howard Sounes creates the most accurate and extensive profile of McCartney ever built, leaving no stone unt ...Show more
Led Zeppelin: Shadows Taller Than Our Souls - The Albums, Concerts, Memorabilia and Biography of the Gods of Rock by Charles Cross
$70.00 NZD
Category: Music
Led Zeppelin retain one of the biggest followings of any band on the planet, even though it is decades since they were still together, touring and recording. Their one-off reunion at the O2 a couple of years ago was the hot gig ticket of the decade, and confirmed by those lucky enough to be there as the ...Show more
Lyrics by Sting
$49.99 NZD
Category: Music
Sting and The Police have been global stars ever since their first hit with Roxanne. Now, for the first time, Sting has collected his song lyrics since 1978 and publishes them in a handsome hardback volume. LYRICS is a comprehensive collection of Sting's song lyrics spanning his entire career from the e ...Show more