Musician Biographies

My Music, My Life

by Ravi Shankar

2023

With stunning new photographs and a new final chapter detailing Ravi Shankar’s hope for the preservation of Indian classical music, this updated edition of My Music, My Life profiles an extraordinary man. In his own words, Shankar describes…

€11.86 list price

Indian Sun

by Oliver Craske

2020

A Times, Spectator, TLS and BBC Music Magazine Book of the Year Over eight decades, Ravi Shankar was India's greatest cultural ambassador who took Indian classical music to the world's leading concert halls and festivals, charting t…

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America, the Band

by Jude Warne

2020

As if recovering from a raucous dream of the 1960s, Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek arrived on 1970s American radio with a sound that echoed disenchanted hearts of young people everywhere. The three American boys had named their …

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My Years with Townes Van Zandt

by Harold F. Eggers

2023

“Other people locked themselves away and hid from their demons. Townes flung open his door and said, 'Come on in.'” So writes Harold Eggers, Townes Van Zandt's longtime road manager and producer, in My Years with Townes Van Zand…

Sweet Dreams Are Made of This

by Dave Stewart

2016

A no-holds-barred look into the remarkable life and career of the prolific musician, songwriter, and producer behind Eurythmics and dozens of pop hits. Dave Stewart’s life has been a wild ride—one filled with music, constant reinvention, an…

€15.80 list price

Van Morrison

by Johnny Rogan

2005

In "Van Morrison: No Surrender," Johnny Rogan has produced a provocative and revelatory biography of the musician, analysing the sense of place in his work and the tortuous journey that took him from local fame in Belfast to inter…

Still Grazing

by Hugh Masekela, D. Michael Cheers

2004

Hugh Masekela is a giant of world music. He was present in the most important music scenes of the late 20th century, whether advising a young Bob Marley in Kingston or organising the Rumble in the Jungle musical extravaganza in Zaire. Throu…

Lives of the Musicians

by Kathleen Krull

2017

It's no secret that Beethoven went deaf, that Mozart had constant money problems, and that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote musicals. But what were these people—and other famous musicians—really like? What did they eat? What did they wear? Ho…

€6.79 list price

Ode to Hip-Hop

by Kiana Fitzgerald

2023

Celebrate the music that has shaped the culture and given us some of the greatest hits of all time with this vibrantly illustrated anthology, featuring 50 of the most lauded, controversial, and iconic hip-hop albums! From underground roots …

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A Well-tempered Musician's Unfinished Journey Through Life

by Caroline Crawford, Eleanor Glaser, Ludwig Ive Altman

2025

"A Well-tempered Musician's Unfinished Journey Through Life" offers an intimate glimpse into the world of music through the transcribed oral history of a musician. This unique document, part of a larger collection of oral hist…

Bringing Music to Life

by Barry Green

2009

Delves into the methodology, techniques, and inspiration needed to enliven music making. Includes activities.…

€14.06 list price

Iannis Xenakis, the Man and His Music

by Mario Bois

1980

A brief, detailed biography of the composer/architect, student and protege of Honegger, Milhaud, Messiaen, Le Corbusier. Xenakis himself is a major proponent of advancing the boundaries of musical possibilities.…