Classical music for everyone - an inspirational piece of music for every day of the year, celebrating composers from the medieval era to the present day, written by BBC Radio 3's Clemency Burton-Hill.

For readers who loved 'Tune In' and Nick Hornby's 'Songbook', an anthology of essays from a chorus of 29 luminaries singing the praises of their favourite Beatles songs. The Beatles' influence - on their contemporaries, on our cultural consciousness, and on the music industry ever after - is difficult to overstate. We all have a favourite song from the band that made us want to fall in love, tune in, and follow our dreams. Arranged chronologically...

This title offers the essentials you need to know, explaining pitch, the treble clef, the bass clef, rhythm, accidentals, key signatures and time signatures. You can then practise what you have learnt with the 'Play Along' sections containing simple, well-known examples of music. It comes with helpful diagrams, clear accessible text.

Comprising 50 chapters or 'visions', 'Running Up That Hill' is a multi-faceted biography of this famously elusive figure, viewing her life and work from fresh and illuminating angles. Featuring details from the author's one-to-one conversations with Kate, as well as vignettes of her key songs, albums, videos and concerts, this artful, candid and often brutally funny portrait introduces the reader to the refreshingly real Kate Bush. Along the way,...

Mark Lanegan presents a comprehensive look at his lyrics, the stories behind them, and the making of his albums as well as photos, insights, and ephemera from a long career in rock 'n' roll. 'I Am the Wolf' gives fans a rare and candid glimpse into the inner workings of a living - and singular - rock legend.

Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, tells her life story in her own words and gives a full and honest account of what life was really like in The Spice Girls.

A simple illustrated biography of Harry Styles.

The Sixties ended a year late - on New Year's Eve 1970, when Paul McCartney initiated proceedings to wind up The Beatles. Music would never be the same again. The next day would see the dawning of a new era. 1971 saw the release of more monumental albums than any year before or since and the establishment of a pantheon of stars to dominate the next forty years - Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Marvin Gaye, Carole King, Joni...

THE LANDMARK MEMOIR OF A GLOBAL MUSIC ICON Sinǎd O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Her recording of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U made her a global icon. She outraged millions when she tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II on American television. O'Connor was unapologetic and impossible to ignore, calling out hypocrisy wherever she saw it. She has remained that way for three decades. Now, in...

Now collected in a single volume for the first time, journalist Allan Jones selects his favourite columns from Uncut magazine's 'Stop Me' feature. It covers the highs and lows (mostly lows) of being a music journalist in the 1970s and 1980s.