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(Low)life : A Memoir of Jazz, Fight-Fixing, and The Mob - Charles Farrell
A world-class jazz pianist, Charles Farrell made his living working Mob clubs from the time he was..
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1966 : The Year the Decade Exploded - Jon Savage
The pop world accelerated and broke through the sound barrier in 1966. In America, in London, in A..
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A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race And The Soul Of America - Craig Werner
A Change is Gonna Come chronicles more than forty years of black music: from the hopeful, angry re..
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A Hidden Landscape Once a Week : The Unruly Curiosity of the UK Music Press in the 1960s-80s, in the words of those who were there
An anthology of conversations and essays, memories and commentary from the heyday of British pop m..
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A Light That Never Goes Out : The Enduring Saga of the Smiths - Tony Fletcher
To this day, they were, their fans believe, the best band in the world. Critics and sales figures ..
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A Love Supreme : The Creation Of John Coltrane's Classic Album - Ashley Kahn & Elvin Jones (Introduction By)
A deeply researched and beautifully illustrated study of saxophone legend John Coltrane's signatur..
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A Riot of Our Own - Johnny Green, Garry Barker & Ray Lowry
Johnny Green first met the Clash in 1977. A RIOT OF OUR OWN is his tale of three delirious years ..
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All in the Downs : Reflections on Life, Landscape, and Song - Shirley Collins
A memoir from one of Britain's legendary singers, folklorists, and music historians. A legendary..
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All Or Nothing: The Authorised Story of Steve Marriott - Simon Spence
***Authorised by the Marriott family*** Steve Marriott, lead singer of the Small Faces and Humble Pi..
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All Things Remembered - Goldie
All Things Remembered is the story of the man born Clifford J. Price -- jungle's most streetwise a..
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Alpha Boys School - Heather Augustyn & Adam Reeves
Facing a life of poverty, neglect, abandonment and even homelessness, young Jamaican boys are plac..
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Anoraky In The UK: 101 Rare New Wave Singles 1977-81 - Tony Page & Tony Fletcher
A light hearted and sometimes cynical review of obscure New Wave 7" single records from 1977-81, a..
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Art Sex Music - Cosey Fanni Tutti
A new edition as part of the Faber Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in ne..
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As Serious As Your Life: Black Music and the Free Jazz Revolution, 1957-1977 - Val Wilmer & Richard Williams
In this classic account of the new black music of the 1960s and 70s, celebrated photographer and j..
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At the Birth of Bowie : Life with the Man Who Became a Legend - Phil Lancaster
It is 1965, and Swinging London is coming into its prime years. The streets are alive with mods a..
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Bass Culture : When Reggae Was King - Lloyd Bradley
The first major account of the history of reggae, black music journalist Lloyd Bradley describes i..
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Bass, Mids, Tops : An Oral History of Sound System Culture - Joe Muggs & Brian David Stevens
An oral history of the UK's soundsystem culture, featuring interviews with Dubmaster Dennis Bovell..
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Beastie Boys Book - Michael Diamond & Adam Horovitz
Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981, Beastie Boys struck an unlikely path to global hi..
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Bedroom Beats & B-sides: Instrumental Hip Hop & Electronic Music at the Turn of the Century - Laurent Fintoni
Bedroom Beats & B-sides is the first comprehensive history of the instrumental hip-hop and ele..
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Before We Was We : The Making of Madness by Madness
New Foreword by Irvine Welsh. In Before We Was We Madness tell us how they became them. A story ..
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Beneath The Underdog - Charles Mingus & Richard Williams
Bass player extraordinaire Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, is one of the essential composers in ..
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Bessie Smith - Jackie Kay
BESSIE SMITH was born in Tennessee in 1894. Orphaned by the age of nine, she sang on street corn..
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Billie Holiday - Jose Munoz & Carlos Sampayo
Born in Baltimore in 1915, and dead too early in New York in 1959, Billie Holiday became a legenda..
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Billie Holiday: The Musician, The Myth - John Szwed
Today, Billie Holiday is an icon - an artist whose voice has weathered countless shifts in public ..
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Biographic: Bowie - Liz Flavell
The Biographic series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest..
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Black by Design : A 2-Tone Memoir - Pauline Black
Born in 1953 to Anglo-Jewish/Nigerian parents, Pauline Black was subsequently adopted by a white, ..
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Bob Marley & The Wailers : The Definitive Discography - Roger Steffens & Leroy Jody Pierson
For the first time ever, all the recordings made by Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, and Peter Tosh have ..
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Boom Boom, Boom Boom: American Rhythm & Blues in England 1962-1966 - Mark Stratford
Back in the late fifties and into the sixties Manchester was a happening centre of popular music, ..
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Bound for Glory - Woody Guthrie & Joe Klein (Introduction By)
Bound for Glory is the funny, cynical and earthy autobiography of Woody Guthrie, the father of Ame..
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Burn Collector : Collected Stories from One Through Nine - Al Burian
A compilation of the first nine issues of the author’s sporadically published and widely acclaimed..
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Burning Britain : The History of UK Punk 1980-1984 - Ian Glasper
The product of years of research, travel, and countless conversations, Burning Britain is the true..
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But Beautiful : A Book About Jazz - Geoff Dyer
Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on ..
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Chamber Music : About the Wu-Tang (in 36 Pieces) - Will Ashon
Each of these chambers contains wonders of history, destiny and mythology' Margo JeffersonWill Ash..
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Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys - Viv Albertine
In 1975, Viv Albertine was obsessed with music but it never occurred to her she could be in a band..
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Coltrane : The Story of a Sound - Ben Ratliff
A new edition as part of the Faber Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in ne..
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Cookin' : Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65 - Kenny Mathieson
Following on from Giant Steps, comes the second installment in Kenny Mathieson's series of jazz hi..
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Cruel To Be Kind : The Life and Music of Nick Lowe - Will Birch
Cruel to Be Kind is the definitive account of Nick Lowe's uncompromising life as a songwriter an..
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Curepedia : An A-Z of The Cure - Simon Price
Not yet published, 19 August 2021. Pre-order here.Simon Price is a highly-experienced British music ..
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Dayglo! : The Creative Life of Poly Styrene - Celeste Bell & Zoe Howe
Poly Styrene was a singer-songwriter, an artist, a free-thinker, a post-modern style pioneer and a..
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Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, The Early Years - Alex Ogg
Dead Kennedys routinely top both critic and fan polls as the greatest punk band of their generation...
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Dead Precedents : How Hip-Hop Defines the Future - Roy Christopher
In Dead Precedents, Roy Christopher traces the story of how hip-hop invented the twenty-first cent..
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Dead Straight Pocket Guide To Mod - Paul Anderson
Mod has its roots in in London with a group of young men in the late Fifties who were known as mod..
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Detroit 67 : The Year That Changed Soul - Stuart Cosgrove
Detroit 67 is the story of Motor City in the year that changed everything. Twelve chapters take yo..
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Don Drummond : The Genius and Tragedy of the World's Greatest Trombonist - Heather Augustyn
This is a comprehensive biography of a brilliant musician and his lover who forever shaped the cou..
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Dread Poetry and Freedom : Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution - David Austin
What is the relationship between poetry and social change? Standing at the forefront of political ..
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Dreams to Remember : Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul - Mark Ribowsky
When he died suddenly at the age of twenty-six, Otis Redding (1941-1967) was the conscience of a n..
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Earthquake on Orange Street: Buster's Jamaican Singles Story - Jeremy Collingwood
Mind-boggling discography devoted to the Jamaican releases of Prince Buster's productions from 196..
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Electric Eden : Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music - Rob Young
A new edition as part of the Faber Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in ne..
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Excavate! : The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall - Tessa Norton & Bob Stanley
Not yet printed, 1 April 21 pre order here.This is a book about Mark. E Smith and The Fall - or more..
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Face It : A Memoir - Debbie Harry
'I was saying things in songs that female singers didn't really say back then. I wasn't submissive..
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Feel Free : Essays - Zadie Smith
No subject is too fringe or too mainstream for the unstoppable Zadie Smith. From social media to t..
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First in the World Somewhere : The True Adventures of a Scribbler, Siren, Saucepot and Pioneer - Penny Pepper
Penny Pepper has led an extraordinary life. She is a writer, an activist, a punk pioneer. She al..
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Folk Devils and Moral Panics - Stanley Cohen
'Richly documented and convincingly presented' -- New Society Mods and Rockers, skinheads, video n..
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From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz : The History of the Uk Jazz Dance Scene - Mark 'Snowboy' Cotgrove
FROM JAZZ FUNK & FUSION TO ACID JAZZ: The History Of The UK Jazz Dance Sceneby Mark ‘Snowboy’ ..
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Gee Vaucher: Introspective - Stevphen Shukaitis
Gee Vaucher is an internationally renowned political artist, known for her 'radical creativity', m..
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Ghosts of My Life : Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures - Mark Fisher
This collection of writings by Mark Fisher, author of the acclaimed Capitalist Realism, argues tha..
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Giant Steps: Bebop and the Creators of Modern Jazz, 1945-65 - Kenny Mathieson
Giant Steps examines the most important figures in the creation of modern jazz, detailing the emer..
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Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, & Real Cool Cats : Pulp Fiction & Youth Culture, 1950 to 1980 - Peter Doyle, Iain McIntyre, Andrew Nette
Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats is the first comprehensive account of how the rise of p..
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Girl in a Band - Kim Gordon
A new edition, part of the Faber Greatest Hits series -- books that have taken writing about music..
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Go Ahead in the Rain : Notes to A Tribe Called Quest - Hanif Abdurraqib
How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre..
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Going For A Song : A Chronicle of the UK Record Shop - Garth Cartwright
Author Garth Cartwright has travelled the length and breadth of the UK, conducting more than 100 i..
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Harlem 69 : The Future of Soul - Stuart Cosgrove
In 1969, among Harlem's Rabelaisian cast of characters are bandleader King Curtis, soul singers Ar..
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Hawkwind: Days Of The Underground : Radical Escapism in the Age Of Paranoia - Joe Banks
An account of the English rock band Hawkwind shows them to be one of the most innovative and cultu..
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Herbie Hancock: Possibilities - Herbie Hancock & Lisa Dickey (With)
The warmly welcomed memoir by one of the most influential and beloved musicians of our time I..
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Here Comes the Night : The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues - Joel Selvin
“I don’t know where he’s buried, but if I did I’d piss on his grave.” –Jerry Wexler, best friend and..
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Hold Tight : Black Masculinity, Millennials and the Meaning of Grime - Jeffrey Boakye
HOLD TIGHT is the book that kick started the 'Grime Library'. Bursting into bookshops in July 2017..
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How Does It Feel? : A Life of Musical Misadventures - Mark Kermode
Following a formative encounter with the British pop movie Slade in Flame in 1975, Mark Kermode de..
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I Just Can't Stop It : My Life in The Beat - Ranking Roger & Daniel Rachel
Not yet printed, 3 June 21. pre order here.I Just Can't Stop It is the honest and compelling autobio..
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In the Midnight Hour : The Life and Soul of Wilson Pickett - Tony Fletcher
He was the Wicked Wilson Pickett, the legendary soul man whose forty-plus hits included "In the Mi..
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Inner City Pressure: The Story of Grime - Dan Hancox
'The definitive grime biography' NME 'A landmark genre history' Pit..
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It Gets Me Home, This Curving Track - Ian Penman
When all else fails, when our compass is broken, there is one thing some of us have come to rely o..
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It Takes Blood and Guts- Skin & Lucy O'Brien
'One of the most important females in British music of my lifetime.' Colin Murray Lead singer of ..
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It's a London Thing : How Rare Groove, Acid House and Jungle Remapped the City - Caspar Melville
This book is a record of the Black music culture that emerged in post-colonial London at the end o..
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Janis : Her Life and Music - Holly George-Warren
It's been said Janis Joplin was second only to Bob Dylan as the 'creator-recorder-embodiment of he..
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Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness : I See Darkness - Rheinhard Kleist
The graphic biography of the most famous country singer of all time - the Man in Black. Renowned g..
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Journey to the Centre of the Cramps - Dick Porter
Based upon work and materials compiled for the acclaimed and now much sought after 2007 Cramps bio..
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Just Kids - Patti Smith
In 1967, a chance meeting between two young people led to a romance and a lifelong friendship that..
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Just Kids illustrated - Patti Smith
Now richly illustrated with new material and never-before-seen photographs 'Sharp, elegiac and fin..
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Kansas City Lightning : The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker - Stanley Crouch
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker is the first installment in the long-a..
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Kind Of Blue : Miles Davis and the Making of a Masterpiece - Ashley Kahn
In the early spring of 1959, six musicians went into the 30th Street Studio in New York. Nine hour..
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King Mob Echo: From Gordon Riots to Situationists and Sex Pistols - Tom Vague
Part of the genesis of punk goes back to the English section of the Situationists and the subseque..
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Kitch : A fictional biography of a calypso icon - Anthony Joseph
Combining factual biography with the imaginative structure of the novel, Anthony Joseph gets to th..
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Kraftwerk : Future Music from Germany - Uwe Schutte
'Highly stimulating ... Kraftwerk is a pleasure to read' Jon SavageThe story of the phenomenon that ..
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Lady Sings the Blues - Billie Holiday
'A masterpiece, as fresh and shocking as if it were written yesterday' Craig Brown"I've been told ..
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Lee Scratch Perry - Kiss Me Neck : The Scratch Story in Words, Pictures and Records - Jeremy Collingwood
An incredible, meticulous reference documenting the massive musical output by the pioneering regga..
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Let The Good Times Roll : My Life in Small Faces, Faces and The Who - Kenney Jones
As drummer with the Small Faces, Faces and later The Who, Kenney Jones' unique sense of rhythm was..
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Lick It Back: Bob Marley The Jamaican Vinyl Story - Jeremy Collingwood
Lick It Back is the story of Bob Marley's extraordinary career told through his Jamaican vinyl rel..
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Life After Dark: A History of British Nightclubs & Music Venues - Dave Haslam
Nightclubs and music venues are often the source of a lifetime's music taste, best friends and viv..
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Living for Kicks : A Mods Graphic Novel - Jim & Cross Kevin Mccarthy
Living for Kicks is Omnibus's first fictional graphic novel, the tale of young Mod Spike Spellane ..
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London Life : The Magazine of the Swinging Sixties - Simon Wells
While many books, films and documentaries claim to have captured the phenomenon that was Swinging ..
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London's Lost Music Venues - Paul Talling
A section that isn't entirely about dereliction but of places whose "musical heritage" is largely ..
£14.99
Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits - Barney Hoskyns
A new edition as part of the Faber Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in ne..
£6.99
M Train - Patti Smith
M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village cafe where Smith goes every morning for black coffee,..
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Make Some Space - Emma Warren
Total Refreshment Centre created space for new music, until the venue closed last year. The story ..
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Margrave Of The Marshes - Alexandra Ravenscroft & John Peel
Through nigh-on forty years of laconic brilliance on Radio 1, a musical taste which defined a cult..
£10.99
Medical Grade Music - Steve Davis & Kavus Torabi
Not yet published, 1st April 2021. Preorder here.The story of two outsiders and obsessives whose col..
£17.99
Memphis 68 : The Tragedy of Southern Soul - Stuart Cosgrove
In the 1950s and 1960s, Memphis, Tennessee, was the launch pad of musical pioneers such as Aretha ..
£9.99
Miles: The Autobiography - Miles Davis
Miles: The Autobiography, like the man himself, holds nothing back. He talks about his battles aga..
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Mindfulness in Music : Notes on Finding Life's Rhythm - Mark Tanner
"Peppered with intriguing exercises and motivational quotes" - BBC Music mag"Mark Tanner has writt..
£9.99