Musicians, singers, bands and groups

It's 2013.

Jim Morrison, musician, singer and poet was found dead, the victim of a suspected heroin overdose, in a Paris apartment bathtub in 1971.

Brian Jones, multi-instrumentalist, visionary and the 'golden boy of the '60s', was, at the age of 27, the first rock casualty of his generation.

Janis Joplin, singer-songwriter, counterculture icon, the Queen of rock and roll, died aged just 27.

James Marshall 'Jimi' Hendrix is the most famous and perhaps the most innovative guitarist in music history.

Robert Johnson was, according to Eric Clapton, "e;the most important blues singer that ever lived.

Kurt Cobain, Nirvana frontman, died aged just 27.

In 27: Amy Winehouse, the first in a series of exclusive ebooks, acclaimed music writer Chris Salewicz celebrates the life of one of the most talented performers of recent times.

A Music Transcription Method: Notating Recorded Music by Ear teaches how to leverage music dictation in the modern music industry.

From Palace to Palais, the musicians who played in the big bands tell their own stories, bringing to life an unforgettable era.

Born in Montreal, Oliver Jones performed his first piano concert at five years old.

Born in Montreal, Oliver Jones performed his first piano concert at five years old.

Born and raised in Port McNicoll, John Arpin discovered his musical talents early: at the age of four he could pick out tunes on the piano that he had heard on the radio; by ten, he had been identified as a child prodigy by a Royal Conservatory of Music adjudicator.

Born and raised in Port McNicoll, John Arpin discovered his musical talents early: at the age of four he could pick out tunes on the piano that he had heard on the radio; by ten, he had been identified as a child prodigy by a Royal Conservatory of Music adjudicator.

On the back cover of one of his most groundbreaking solo albums, .

In Composition and Cognition, renowned composer and theorist Fred Lerdahl builds on his careerlong work of developing a comprehensive model of music cognition.

The long-awaited and wildly entertaining memoir of the star of stage and screen, the legendary Chita Riverathree-time Tony Awardwinner, Kennedy Centers honoree, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

In Composition and Cognition, renowned composer and theorist Fred Lerdahl builds on his careerlong work of developing a comprehensive model of music cognition.

An original telling of the Fab Four's story.

Live your best Little Monster life with this gorgeously illustrated, all-encompassing fan book on everything there is to know, love, and celebrate about the modern icon that is Lady Gaga.

Collected here for the first time are sixteen interviews and articles with and about the hottest band in the world: KISS.

Revised and expanded, with a new afterword by the author, this is the definitive biography of Duane Allman, one of the most revered guitarists of his generation.

Written by Chris Welch, former Melody Maker journalist and Cream confidante, this newly-researched book is the first full account of rock's premiere three-man supergroup: guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker.

Marvin Gaye's life and brilliant career were cut tragically short on April 1, 1984 one day before his 45th birthday when he was shot and killed by his own father.

The late Lowell George is best known as the lead singer, slide guitarist, songwriter and producer of Little Feat.

Guitarist Michael Bloomfield shot to stardom in the '60s with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Bob Dylan, The Electric Flag and on Al Kooper's ';Super Session.

Over 30 million records sold.

Pearl Jam FAQ is what the British refer to as a ';spanner ' covering the entire arc of the band's career, from their pre-Pearl Jam days to the present.

Ringo: With a Little Help is the first in-depth biography of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, who kept the beat for an entire generation and who remains a rock icon over fifty years since the Beatles took the world by storm.

If the Beatles wrote the soundtrack of the swinging '60s, then the Eagles did the same for the cynical '70s.

The Grateful Dead rose out of San Francisco's '60s underground rock scene with an unprecedented sound and image.

Why is Elvis Presley's body of recorded work still so relevant nearly 60 years after he began recording?

Eric Clapton has been a rock god for half a century.

John Lennon once described her as ';the world's most famous unknown artist: everybody knows her name, but nobody knows what she does.

Exploring technique, history, musicality and instrumental details, this book covers every aspect of the major drummers of the classic rock era: Keith Moon (The Who), Ian Paice (Deep Purple), Bill Ward (Black Sabbath), John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Stewart Copeland (The Police) and Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac), among others.

In the early 1960s, a handful of brash British kids needed a new sound for a new kind of music.

Unlike any Sabbath book thus far, Black Sabbath FAQ digs deep into quirks, obscure anecdotes, and burning questions surrounding the Sabs.

By age 16, Pat Martino was already working as a member of R&B star Lloyd Price's touring musical revue.

On December 15, 1944, Maj.

Was haben Rock, Pop und Metal mit Spiritualität und dem Glauben zu tun?

When Don Rhodes took his seat not far behind Michael Jackson at the funeral of the ';Godfather of Soul' on December 30, 2006, it marked the close of a forty-year friendship.

This book is a backstage pass to the ups, downs, and all-out craziness of arena rockdeep discussions with Rod Stewart, jamming with legends like Mick Jagger and Justin Timberlake, gaining groupies, and striking out solo.

A unique look at the career of a little-known contemporary of Haydn and Mozart, presented against a fascinating background of court musical life in late eighteenth-century Germany.

First English-language publication of fascinating interviews with world-renowned musicians: composers (Gyorgy Ligeti), conductors (Claudio Abbado), singers (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf), instrumentalists (Yehudi Menuhin, Alfred Brendel), and more.

A translation of the only book that focuses solely on the pianistic aspect of Busoni's wide-ranging career.

A new, deeply researched biography of the great French organist, who composed some of the best-loved works in the organ repertory -- and the masterful Requiem.

Brings to light the life and work of one of France's most distinguished musicians in the most complete biography in any language of Charles-Marie Widor.

The first thorough study of Liszt's use of the musical style associated with the Hungarian Roma ["e;Gypsies"e;] in his renowned Hungarian Rhapsodies and less overtly Hungarian works.

With his setting of Stefan George's portentous poetic text Ich fuhle Luft von anderem Planeten (I feel the air of another planet) in the Second String Quartet, Op.

Itzhak Perlman, Kennedy, Midori, and Sarah Chang were among Dorothy Delay's students during her five decades as a violin teacher at Juilliard.