We Could Be Bowie and his Heroes by Tom Hagler
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Category: Music
The story of Bowie's life told through 300 encounters with fellow icons, from Dylan to Dalí, Lennon to Lydon, Princess Margaret to Prince. With consultant editor Tony Visconti David Bowie's story has never been told quite like this. Tracing the star's encounters with fellow icons throughout his life, ...Show more
Wendy Carlos Switched-On Bach 33 1/3 by Roshanak Kheshti
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Category: Music | 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
Wham! George & Me: Celebrate 40 Years of Wham! with the Sunday Times Bestseller by Andrew Ridgeley
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Category: Music
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM ONE HALF OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS BANDS For the first time, Andrew Ridgeley tells the inside story of Wham!, his life-long friendship with George Michael and the formation of a band that changed the shape of the music scene in the early eighties. 'I couldn't put ...Show more
Wham, George and Me by Andrew Ridgeley
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Category: Music
Wham! were the band that never underestimated the power of pop, nor the healing powers it possessed. In 1981, what started out as a boyhood friendship, catapulted two suburban adolescents to worldwide pop domination, becoming icons of their era. While Andrew Ridgeley may have appeared to have stood in G ...Show more
When Words Fail: A Life with Music, War and Peace by Ed Vulliamy
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Category: Music
Why Bowie Matters by Will Brooker
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Category: Music
A unique, moving and dazzlingly researched exploration of the places, people, musicians, writers and filmmakers that inspired David Jones to become David Bowie, what we can learn from his life's work and journey, and why he will always matter. When David Bowie died on 10th January 2016, it seemed the w ...Show more
Why Patti Smith Matters by Caryn Rose
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Category: Music
Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose. What she found--what she fostered--was a cultural revolution. Through her poetry, her songs, her unapologetic vocal power, and her very presence as a woman fronting a rock band, she kicked open a door t ...Show more
Woody Guthrie - Songs and Art * Words and Wisdom by Nora Guthrie; Robert Santelli
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Category: Music
America's greatest folk singer and songwriter, philosopher, political analyst, and man-of-the-people, Woody Guthrie and his passionate social politics and deep humanity are as crucial in the America of today as they were in the turbulent 1930s and 1940s. He wrote well over 3,000 songs (including 'This L ...Show more
Writing in the Sand by Matt Garrick
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Category: Music
Words are easy, words are cheap / Much cheaper than our priceless land / But promises can disappear / Just like writing in the sand -- From Yothu Yindi's 1992 ARIA Song of the Year, 'Treaty' Sometimes a musical revolution can explode from the most unlikely of places. Long before they were ARIA Hall of F ...Show more
You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone - The Biography of Nico by Jennifer Otter-Bickerdike
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Category: Music
'What I have in common with Nico is the understanding of her furious frustration at not being recognised.' - Marianne Faithfull Over the course of her life, Nico was an ever-evolving myth, an enigma that escaped definition. Though she is remembered for contributions to The Velvet Underground & Nico, ...Show more
Elvis:The Legend: The Authorized Book from the Official Graceland Archive by Gillian G. Gaar
$49.99 AUD
Category: Music
Elvis passed away in 1977 but his spirit lives on. His records still sell, his movies are still hugely popular and his concerts are still discussed by new generations of fans. The Elvis Presley estate has tens of thousands of photographs and miles of video footage from all eras of Elvis' career and fans ...Show more