Music: styles and genres

Michele's childhood was a nightmare.

'The book is f***ing BRILLIANT!

Charming and hilarious, IT'S OK TO MISS THE BED ON THE FIRST JUMP is more than a mere celebration of man's best friend.

Olly Murs invites you behind the scenes in his official illustrated autobiography filled with hundreds of brand new and exclusive photos.

'Through interviews with friends and colleagues, as well as detailed research, the writer has gained unprecedented knowledge of the true story behind the legend.

Keep your enemies close, your family less so.

Call it a mid-life crisis, but you reach a point where nothing makes sense anymore.

'Exactly the sort of tribute Mercury himself would have wanted' SPECTATOR'No one has captured better than Lesley-Ann Jones the magical, enchanting dualism of Freddie Mercury'THE TIMES'Truly definitive, truly Freddie, an energetic, entertaining and essential account'SIR TIM RICE'This book grabs you with its opening, then builds.

You've seen Suzi Q, the feature documentary about legendary 70s rocker Suzi Quatro.

Since she rose to international fame in 1985 with her seminal Irish jazz album Tired and Emotional, Mary Coughlan's battles with addiction, the problems in her personal life and career have been well documented.

Mary McEvoy, one of Ireland's best-loved actresses, lived for many years with undiagnosed depression.

The intimate memoirs of one of the most acclaimed and controversial artists of her generation.

Spike Milligan was one of our best-loved comics as well as one of our most original.

Graham Norton, whose impish charm and quick wit has earned him a place in our hearts, looks back at his life so far.

Cynthia and John Lennon's relationship spanned ten crucial years of the Beatles phenomenon.

Christy Moore is in every sense Ireland's folk hero.

THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY ON KURT COBAIN'A joy to read'Observer'Superbly researched'Sunday Times'Is, or should be, the last word on Kurt Cobain'Lynn Barber, Daily TelegraphKurt Cobain's life and death fast became rock 'n' roll legend.

**Shortlisted for the Women s Prize for Non-Fiction 2025**The joyous and electric memoir from beloved music icon Neneh CherryA SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDARD, UNCUT AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 Intoxicating .

Divi Zheni identifies itself as a Bulgarian women's chorus and band, but it is located in Boston and none of its members come from Bulgaria.

Was the Renaissance just a period of extraordinary art and architecture?

Supporting Vulnerable Performance Traditions: Keeping it Going in Contexts of Continuity and Change explores endangered forms of performance from across the world, and the aspirations of practitioners, community members and researchers to keep these traditions going.

Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger has always called forth superlatives from those who have fallen under its spell.

In this well documented and highly readable book, James Stark provides a history of vocal pedagogy from the beginning of the bel canto tradition of solo singing in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries to the present.

In this well documented and highly readable book, James Stark provides a history of vocal pedagogy from the beginning of the bel canto tradition of solo singing in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries to the present.

Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger has always called forth superlatives from those who have fallen under its spell.

Newfoundlanders have long and lustily sung their folksongs, and the tradition remains strong today.

Richard Wagner's knowledge of and passion for Greek drama was so profound that for Friedrich Nietzsche, Wagner was Aeschylus come alive again.

For more than thirty years, musician Carlos Varela has been a guide to the heart, soul, and sound of Havana.

For more than thirty years, musician Carlos Varela has been a guide to the heart, soul, and sound of Havana.

Federico García Lorca (1889-1936) is widely regarded as the greatest Spanish poet of the twentieth century; Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) is Spain’s most performed composer of the same period.

How can a song help the hungry and persecuted to survive?

How can a song help the hungry and persecuted to survive?

How is it possible for a seriously flawed human being to produce art that is good, true, and beautiful?

How well do you think you know your opera?

The rich medieval French tradition of vernacular devotional songs has not received much scrutiny.

Harry Somers is one of Canada's leading composers, and one of the most original.

Eldon House is a distinctive element in the historical townscape of London, Ontario.

This exhaustive bibliography, reflecting current interest in electronic music, includes all available citations of books, articles, and monographs pertaining to "e;musique concrete,"e; "e;Elektronische Musik,"e; "e;tape music,"e; and "e;computer music"e; from  publications in fourteen languages.

Proceedings of the International Conference of Composers attended by SCEG at the Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario in August 1960.

How is it possible for a seriously flawed human being to produce art that is good, true, and beautiful?

Volumes 3 and 4 of the The Encyclopedia of More Great Popular Song Recordings provides the stories behind approximately 1,700 more of the greatest song recordings in the history of the music industry, from 1890 to today.

Sacred music traditions vary profoundly from one religion to the next.

When it comes to sex and sexuality, men often find themselves in a losing battle against temptation.

U2 is widely hailed as the greatest rock and roll band in the world, and lead singer Bono is often seen in the media touting humanitarian goals.

Grounded in Christian principles, this accessible and engaging book offers an informed and fascinating approach to popular culture.

It's October 1977, and the Rolling Stones are in a Paris recording studio.

Pavement wrapped up at Easley Recording in Memphis.

The Velvet Underground and Nico has influenced the sound of more bands than any other album.

What resonated about Endtroducing when it was released in 1996, and what makes it still resonate today, is the way in which it loosens itself from the mooring of the known and sails off into an uncharted territory that seems to exist both in and out of time.

A remarkably fresh piece of Dylan scholarship, focusing on the profound impact that his Midwestern roots have had on his songs, politics, and prophetic character.