More Miles Than Money: Journeys Through American Music by Garth Cartwright
39.99 NZD
Category: Music
Armed only with a Greyhound ticket and enough money for his next beer, Garth Cartwright set out to see whether the American roots music he loved - blues and country, folk and soul - was still alive in the twenty-first century. His journey took him from the LA bus station to the Mexican cantinas of San A ...Show more
How Music Works: A Listener's Guide to Harmony, Keys, Broken Chords, Perfect Pitch and the Secrets of a Good Tune by John Powell
40.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: good
Have you ever listened to an incredible piece of music and wondered exactly why it makes you want to dance or cry? Are you mystified by how musicians just 'know' what notes to play next when they're improvising? Or why certain notes sound great together and others clash? Discover the answers in this ear ...Show more
The Triumph of Music : Composers, musicians and their audiences, 1700 to the present by Tim Blanning
60.00 NZD
Category: Music
The power and prestige of music in the modern world has given its practitioners extraordinary wealth and moral authority. This is taken for granted now and yet for much of Europe's history musicians have been mere servants. The rise of music and musicians in the West is the subject of Tim Blanning's fas ...Show more
Wailing Blues : The Story of Bob Marley's "Wailers" by John Masouri
69.99 NZD
Category: Music
The story of The Wailers is a litany of betrayal and greed that's rarely been reported elsewhere. Written in collaboration with Family Man and other surviving members, Wailing Blues reveals the truth behind the Marley legacy. The Wailers played with Bob Marley on all of his hit singles and albums - reco ...Show more
The Dave Grohl Story by Jeff Apter
34.99 NZD
Category: Music
Loaded with candid interviews and hard truths about Grohl's life in music, this is the first comprehensive biography of an icon whose career charts rock and roll's rise and fall over the past two decades. This book details his drumming and touring with Queens of the Stone Age and Nine Inch Nails and his ...Show more
Keith Richards by Victor Bockris
35.00 NZD
Category: Music
This title details Richard's battles with his demons: the women, the drugs and the love/hate relationship with Mick Jagger, as well as his struggle with heroin and his status as the rock star most likely to die in the 1970s. It traces Richard's life from his poverty-stricken roots in post-war England to ...Show more
Bob Dylan: The Little Black Songbook by Bob Dylan
30.00 NZD
Category: Music | Series: Little Black Song Book S.
A pocket-sized collection of Bob Dylan's hits presented in chord songbook format. This work includes complete lyrics, chord names and a hand chord box reference sheets. It features songs that include: "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"; "All Along the Watchtower"; "Blowin' in the Wind"; "Lay Lady Lay"; "Hurric ...Show more
Pop and Rock by x
27.99 NZD
Category: Music | Series: Little Black Song Book S.
All songs include complete lyrics, chord names, and chord reference sheet. This work features over 70 songs from best-selling artist like Kylie, Madonna, Blondie, Shakira and many, many more! Songs include: "All That She Wants" - Ace Of Base; "Angel" - Sarah McLachlan; "Beautiful" - Christina Aguliera; ...Show more
The King and I by Herbert Breslin & Anne Midgett
29.99 NZD
Category: Music
The ultimate backstage book about the greatest opera star of the past century - a hugely entertaining read. In 1967, Luciano Pavarotti was an up-and-coming young tenor with a voice far more impressive than his stage technique or presence. So Decca, his record company, told him, 'Luciano, you're a rea ...Show more