Bowie Odyssey: 70 by Simon Goddard
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Category: Music | Series: Bowie Odyssey Ser.
He starts the decade a teenage pop idol. But the one-hit wonder who sang 'Space Oddity' is still very far from becoming the star who will one day define the 1970s. Not when he still has a band to find, a manager to sack, a mentally ill brother to save, a wife to marry and a rival called Marc Bolan to be ...Show more
Janis: Her Life and Music by Holly George-Warren
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Category: Music
Longlisted for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence This blazingly intimate biography of Janis Joplin establishes the Queen of Rock & Roll as the rule-breaking musical trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was. Janis Joplin's first transgressive act was to be a white girl w ...Show more
The Lives of Brian by Brian Johnson
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Category: Music
The story of AC/DC's legendary front man in his own distinctive voice. 'It wasn't me. I didn't do it. And I'll never do it again!' says Brian Johnson of The Lives of Brian. That AC/DC's legendary front man got to do it all is one of the most cheering and entertaining stories in rock 'n'roll history. ...Show more
Billie Eilish by Billie Eilish
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Billie Eilish is a phenomenon. With distinctive visual flare and darkly poignant lyrics that are unparalleled among music icons of the 21st century, Billie is a musician who stands out from the crowd. Between her record-shattering award-winning music and her uncompromising and unapologetic attitude, it' ...Show more
Lou Reed: The King of New York by Will Hermes
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Category: Music
Since his death ten years ago, Lou Reed's stature and living presence have only grown. The great rock-poet presided over the marriage of Brill Building pop and the European avant-garde, and left American culture transfigured. In Lou Reed: The King of New York, the critic Will Hermes offers the definiti ...Show more
Cold Chisel: Wild Colonial Boys by Michael Lawrence
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Category: Music
The first edition of Wild Colonial Boys, published in 2012 was used as a resource by both Cold Chisel and their management (who dubbed it 'the bible?). The first edition has been out of print for over two years, and with the launch of Jimmy Barnes? new autobiography, and five more years of Chisel activi ...Show more
Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar by Oliver Craske
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Category: Music
One of Library Journal's "Best Arts Books of 2020" The definitive biography of Ravi Shankar, one of the most influential musicians and composers of the twentieth century, told with the cooperation of his estate, family, and friends For over eight decades, Ravi Shankar was India's greatest cultural a ...Show more
Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story: A Non-Memoir by James Blunt
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Category: Music
"This book is inspired by true events but is not a biography. The truth is My Truth is not The Truth, and that's as honest as I can be. It's partially true, rather than painfully true, and I have possibly been economical with the truth, Your Honour. Basically, I made this sh*t up . . . While James Blunt ...Show more
Absolutely on Music by Haruki Murakami; Seiji Ozawa
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Category: Music
'My only purpose in this book was for me, as a music lover, to have a discussion of music with the musician Seiji Ozawa that was as open and honest as possible. I simply wanted to bring out the ways that each of us (though on vastly different levels) is dedicated to music.' Haruki Murakami's passion for ...Show more