Composers and songwriters

The first biography of arguably the most influential gospel artist of the 20th century, brought to life through interviews with his collaborators, friends, and family Gospel singer and seven-time Grammy winner Andrae Crouch (1942-2015) hardly needs introduction.

ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 'BEST BOOKS TO DIP INTO THIS SUMMER'The Bowie you thought you knew is recast completely' The Spectator'A transfixing look at David Bowie's life through a spiritual lens.

1995 was the year Britain found its pulse again.

The human body is the primary instrument of war, yet those waging war often confront soldiers' bodies in a detached or merely intellectual way.

This guide introduces concertgoers, serious listeners, and music students to Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony, one of the composer's most popular and most powerful works.

1964 was the year Britain found its voice — and the world stopped to listen.

Frank Zappa was an unremitting musical innovator and experimenter, always looking for ways to exploit the latest advances in technology.

Frank Zappa was an unremitting musical innovator and experimenter, always looking for ways to exploit the latest advances in technology.

Scholars of Richard Wagners works have long noted his numerous comparisons between their characters and plots in his letters, essays, and recorded remarks.

Serge Chaloff (1923-1957) is most widely remembered as the flamboyant baritone saxophone star with Woody Herman's 2nd Herd whose problems with drugs extended to erratic personal behavior.

Serge Chaloff (1923-1957) is most widely remembered as the flamboyant baritone saxophone star with Woody Herman's 2nd Herd whose problems with drugs extended to erratic personal behavior.

Responding to the ever-increasing popularity and international performances of operas by the Czech composer Leo?

Responding to the ever-increasing popularity and international performances of operas by the Czech composer Leo?

Out of the dozen different line-ups since Fleetwood Mac formed in 1967, there's only one incarnation that truly matters for most listeners.

In the beginning, there was Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple; the progenitors of early 1970s British heavy metal.

Since 1963, Eric Clapton has contributed to two hundred albums by other artists, from the very famous to the obscure and the unexpected.

Populism and nationalism in classical music held a significant place between the world wars with composers such as George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Leonard Bernstein creating a soundtrack to the lives of everyday Americans.

Featuring groundbreaking, never-before-heard stories, Duane Tudahl pulls back the paisley curtain to reveal the untold story of Prince's rise from cult favorite to the biggest rock star on the planet.

Ang Lee's The Ice Storm is a film of striking significance, which achieved widespread critical acclaim for its well crafted and superbly acted study of suburban morality in 1970s America.

Featuring groundbreaking, never-before-heard stories, Duane Tudahl pulls back the paisley curtain to reveal the untold story of Prince's rise from cult favorite to the biggest rock star on the planet.

Populism and nationalism in classical music held a significant place between the world wars with composers such as George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Leonard Bernstein creating a soundtrack to the lives of everyday Americans.

Hitchcock's second memoir explores the formation of his seminal 1970s band the Soft Boys, and the obsessions that fuelled his early creative output'British singer-songwriter Hitchcock wistfully reflects on boarding school and the music that shaped him in this captivating chronicle of the year he credits with sculpting his artistic sensibility .

Ang Lee's The Ice Storm is a film of striking significance, which achieved widespread critical acclaim for its well crafted and superbly acted study of suburban morality in 1970s America.

Meet Union J - the X Factor's newest boy band sensation.

One of rock and roll's iconic figures, Bruce Springsteen produced his most influential, and many would argue his greatest, body of work from 1973 to 1987.

Amy Winehouse needs no introduction.

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Mario Puzo and Carol Gino-Beyond the Shadows of The Godfather, there was the Light of a Love StoryNew York Times bestselling author Carol Gino, offers her intimate memoir about love and creative collaboration with acclaimed writer, Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather.

Having moved from jazz, Blues and R'n'B to out-and-out pop in his various 1960s bands, keyboard player Manfred Mann went back to the drawing board in 1971 with a new quartet, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, and the intention of focusing on progressive rock.

A look beyond the virtuosity of Romanticism's piano superstar.

A look beyond the virtuosity of Romanticism's piano superstar.

In the twentieth century, African Americans not only helped make popular music the soundtrack of the American experience, they advanced American music as one of the preeminent shapers of the world's popular culture.

From his anthemic early hits ("e;I Want to Take You Higher,"e; "e;Family Affair,"e; "e;Dance to the Music"e;), through the moody meditations of "e;There's a Riot Going On"e; and beyond, Sly & the Family Stone left an indelible stamp on rock, funk, pop, and hip hop, and their enigmatic frontman in particular continues to inspire fascination and speculation.

From his anthemic early hits ("e;I Want to Take You Higher,"e; "e;Family Affair,"e; "e;Dance to the Music"e;), through the moody meditations of "e;There's a Riot Going On"e; and beyond, Sly & the Family Stone left an indelible stamp on rock, funk, pop, and hip hop, and their enigmatic frontman in particular continues to inspire fascination and speculation.

This book honors the classical guitarist Benjamin Verdery, Professor at the Yale School of Music.

He didn't know it at the time, but Tim Ghianni's love affair with Nashville and its musical artists began on a steamy night in 1972, when the twenty-year-old author had unsolicited help from honky-tonkin' legends Bobby Bare and Shel Silverstein during an after-midnight "e;salvation"e; of the city.

Few songs have captured the contradictions and ambiguities of the 1960s as memorably as "e;California Dreamin',"e; the iconic folk music single that catapulted the Mamas & the Papas into rock and roll history.

Howard Bloom-called "e;the greatest press agent that rock and roll has ever known"e; by Derek Sutton, the former manager of Styx, Ten Years After, and Jethro Tull-is a science nerd who knew nothing about popular music.

"e;The metal band everybody knows-but nobody has ever figured out.

Few songs have captured the contradictions and ambiguities of the 1960s as memorably as "e;California Dreamin',"e; the iconic folk music single that catapulted the Mamas & the Papas into rock and roll history.

In this provocative account Tia DeNora reconceptualizes the notion of genius by placing the life and career of Ludwig van Beethoven in its social context.

Phil Ochs is known primarily as a songwriter; however, his oeuvre extends far beyond that-to short stories, poetry, criticism, journalism, and satire, all of which are included in I'm Gonna Say It Now: The Writings of Phil Ochs, which represents the majority of what Ochs wrote outside of his large circle of songs.

Hold On World revisits Lennon and Ono's love affair and startling collaborations.

There have been many books written about Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, but only by people who weren't there.

Here is the first comprehensive book that covers Prince's forty-plus personal and professional years in and out of the public spotlight.

He didn't know it at the time, but Tim Ghianni's love affair with Nashville and its musical artists began on a steamy night in 1972, when the twenty-year-old author had unsolicited help from honky-tonkin' legends Bobby Bare and Shel Silverstein during an after-midnight "e;salvation"e; of the city.