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Bob Marley was a reggae superstar, a musical prophet who brought the sound of the Third World to the entire globe.

In this comprehensive and probing biography, Tim Grierson examines Wilco's history, discussing each of their albums in detail and exploring their often divisive 20-year output.

As Years Go By is a richly detailed portrait of Marianne Faithfull, the woman who has lived an incredible life, one that far transcends her best known role as courtesan to the chief rolling stone.

Here is the complete, no-holds-barred biography of the late, great self-made Essex lad himself!

The same notes can sound square or swinging, depending on how the music is phrased.

Among the great American modern jazz saxophonists, Mobley had been the most unjustly neglected - the truly forgotten man.

The only book that shows how the Blues Scales (Major and Minor) are used to create jazz solos.

Bob Dylan s contribution to popular music is immeasurable.

Madness were true originals who mixed ska and reggae rhythms with social comment and music hall humour to become a British group like no other.

The only biography of the "e;coolest, weirdest, savviest rock star of our time"e; (The New York Times Magazine).

Charting the controversial journey of a shy, chaste child star from America's Deep South: from early fame on the Disney TV series Hannah Montana to her sexually liberated pop image that later made headlines worldwide.

Since bursting onto our screens on 2012's X-Factor, Union J have taken the world by storm.

"e;In early '79 I was already engaged in what eventually turned out to be a lengthy photographic study of the New Romantics (though back then they were not known as such).

The first major rock music festival and the precursor to Woodstock, the Monterey International Pop Festival was an unprecedented gathering of pop, soul, jazz, and folk artists who took the stage one luminous weekend during the Summer of Love.

Pop music and rock music are often treated as separate genres but the distinction has always been blurred.

Based upon work and materials compiled for the acclaimed and now much sought after 2007 Cramps biography A Short History of Rock'n'Roll Psychosis, Journey To The Centre Of The Cramps goes far beyond being a revised and updated edition: Completely overhauled, rewritten and vastly expanded, it now represents the definitive work on the group.

Leonard Cohen, one of the most admired performers of the last half century, has had a stranger-than-fiction, roller-coaster ride of a life.

This sensational biography charts Christina Aguilera's rise to the top in the face of parental issues, panic attacks, self-harm, and professional betrayals big and small.

Tupac: The Modern-Day Messiah is a courageous attempt to connect the late Tupac Shakur's intricate lyricism and profound interviews into a variety of societal flaws including, but not up to, racial oppression, police brutality, and economic inequality.

Since her win at the Brit Awards in 2012 for Our Version of Events, Emeli Sande has gone from strength to strength.

For twenty-five years, millions of Americans watched Jack Perkins on NBC News as a correspondent, commentator, and anchorman.

Rage Against The Machine's founding member and guitarist Tom Morello has given author Joel McIver his blessing to write this unauthorised biography of one of the most pro-actively political rock bands on the planet.

With a Foreword by Benny Golson, Peter King's book ranks among the great jazz autobiographies.

From the start, Lou Reed challenged the conventions of rock music.

The only book that shows how the Blues Scales (Major and Minor) are used to create jazz solos.

The Beatification of Shirley chronicles the Whitford family's journey through decades of miscalculations and misguided intentions.

Between Heaven & Hollywood is David's inspirational journey from the wheat fields of his Mennonite home outside of Dodge City Kansas, to the bright lights of Los Angeles.

Public Enemy are an American hip hop group, formed in New York in 1982, known for their politically charged lyrics and criticism of the American media.

The rock-and-roll memoir of one of the world's greatest guitaristsYngwie Malmsteen's revolutionary guitar style-combining elements of classical music with the speed and volume of heavy metal-made him a staple of the 80s rock scene.

'Bush can literally draw anything.

A collection of quotations from one of America's most beloved cultural icons.

The only book that shows how the Blues Scales (Major and Minor) are used to create jazz solos.

I Love You a Thousand Ways is the story of one of the most loved, respected, and imitated singer/songwriters in the history of country music, a man whose songs touched the lives of millions of people.

In 1963, it was unusual for a pop group to have a monthly magazine devoted exclusively to their career.

The most highly acclaimed jazz piano method ever published!