Edited by Peter Vernezze and Carl J Porter The legions of Bob Dylan fans know that Dylan is not just a great composer, writer, and performer, but a great thinker...

Michka AssayasFor the first time ever, Bono-the biggest rock star in the world-tells his life story.Bono's career is unlike any other in rock history. As the lead singer of U2,...

Leonard CohenBook of Longing is Leonard Cohen's astonishing new collection of poems, the first since Book of Mercy was published nearly three decades ago.Leonard Cohen made his name as a...

Natasha Loges Johannes Brahms's much-loved solo songs continue to be enjoyed in recordings and on recital stages all over the world. This book provides a wealth of information on the...

John Bell Young (Unlocking the Masters). In this survey of Brahm's music, John Bell Young explores in depth the composer's private world of musical intimacies that infuriated Wagner, but inspired...

Craig Smith With a unique relationship to Bach's works and their liturgical function, Craig Smith engages the cantatas as living works of art, exploring how they work musically, emotionally, and...

Brian HiattThe legend of Bruce Springsteen may well outlast rock ’n’ roll itself. And for all the muscle and magic of his life-shaking concerts with the E Street Band, his...

Timothy White This wonderful Catch a Life of Bob Marley is a joy to read. Bob Marley was the undisputed sovereign of rage music and the revolutionary soul-prophet whose music...

Deborah WrightKarina West was once the darling of the gossip pages and the top of the British pop charts. But now all that's fading away, and she needs something more...

Bob DylanThis is the first spellbinding volume of the three-volume memoir of one of the greatest musical legends of all time. In CHRONICLES Volume I, Bob Dylan takes us back...

Janice Galloway 'A gripping narrative - a deeply moving study of love, loss and solitude' Independent on SundayCelebrated nineteenth-century concert pianist and composer, editor and teacher, friend of Brahms -...

George Melly This single volume includes three famous memoirs - Scouse Mouse, Rum, Bum & Concertina and Owning Up. Scouse Mouse is a funny and frequently touching story of the...