The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present by Paul McCartney
$155.00 NZD
Category: Music
'More often than I can count, I've been asked if I would write an autobiography, but the time has never been right. The one thing I've always managed to do, whether at home or on the road, is to write new songs. I know that some people, when they get to a certain age, like to go to a diary to recall day ...Show more
Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World's Most Famous Recording Studio (with a foreword by Paul McCartney) by David Hepworth
$65.00 NZD
Category: Music
Abbey Road studios has partnered with music journalist David Hepworth to write the story of Abbey Road as never told before. Featuring interviews with artists, producers and sound engineers, transcripts, photographs, and much more, this is the story of how the first purpose built recording studio would ...Show more
The Double Life of Bob Dylan: Vol. 1 - A Restless Hungry Feeling, 1941-1966 by Clinton Heylin
$50.00 NZD
Category: Music
The definitive biography of one contemporary culture's most iconic and mysterious figures - musical revolutionary, Nobel Prize-winner, chart-topping recording artist. 'The definitive, scrupulously researched biography of a life steeped in mystery' Observer. The definitive biography of one contemporary ...Show more
For the Love of Music: A Conductor's Guide to the Art of Listening by John Mauceri
$30.00 NZD
Category: Music
Why do so many of us listen to classical music, and how can you get the most from listening to it?In this unpretentious and instructive book, internationally celebrated conductor and teacher John Mauceri brings to bear his lifetime of experience and profound knowledge. A protégé of Leonard Bernstein and ...Show more
A Book of Days by Patti Smith
$43.00 NZD
Category: Music
A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, featuring more than 365 images and reflections that chart Smith's singular aesthetic - inspired by her wildly popular Instagram. In 2018, without any plan or agenda for ...Show more
The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan
$60.00 NZD
Category: Music
The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's Chronicles: Volume One -- and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers a masterclass on the art and craft of songwriting. He writes over 60 essays focu ...Show more
Surrender - 40 Songs, One Story by Bono
$55.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: near fine
Bono - artist, activist and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2 - has written a memoir; honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. "When I started to wri ...Show more
Lev's Violin: An Italian Adventure by Helena Attlee
$26.00 NZD
Category: Music
An unexpected journey through Italy, led by the voice of a violinFrom the moment she hears Lev's violin for the first time, Helena Attlee is captivated. She is told that it is an Italian instrument, named after its former Russian owner. Eager to discover all she can about its ancestry and the stories co ...Show more
Music Comes Out of Silence: A Memoir by Andras Schiff
$30.00 NZD
Category: Music
Andras Schiff is one of the most important pianists of our time. This stimulating account of his life and work, told in two parts, takes readers on an intimate journey from Schiff's childhood in Hungary through to the present day. In conversationw with Martin Meyer, Schiff discusses a diverse range ...Show more
Be My Baby by Ronnie Spector
$40.00 NZD
Category: Music
Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest rock memoirs of all time, Be My Baby is the true story of how Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Ronnie Spector carved out a space for herself against tremendous odds amid the chaos of the 1960s music scene and beyond. Ronnie Spector’s first collaborat ...Show more
Sinatra and Me - The Very Good Years by Franz Douskey; Tony Consiglio
$25.00 NZD
Category: Music
An intimate look at the legendary Frank Sinatra by one of his closest friends. Not many people were allowed inside Frank Sinatra's inner circle. But Tony Consiglio was a boyhood friend of Sinatra's who remained his friend and confidant for over sixty years. One reason Sinatra valued Tony's friendshi ...Show more
Nina Simone's Gum by Warren Ellis
$45.00 NZD
Category: Music
From award-winning musician and composer Warren Ellis comes the unexpected and inspiring story of a piece of chewing gum. Featuring an introduction from Nick Cave. 'Warren has turned this memento, snatched from his idol's piano in a moment of rapture, into a genuine religious artefact.' NICK CAVE On T ...Show more