Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1 Second Edition by Will Schmid
Category: Music
(Guitar Method). The second edition of this world-famous method by Will Schmid and Greg Koch is preferred by teachers because it makes them more effective while making their job easier. Students enjoy its easy-to-follow format that gives them a solid music education while letting them play songs right a ...Show more
Juke Box Hero - My Five Decades in Rock 'N' Roll by Lou Gramm; Scott Pitoniak
Category: Music
Lou Gramm rose from humble, working-class roots in Rochester, New York, to become one of rock's most popular and distinctive voices in the 1970s and '80s, singing and cowriting more than a dozen hits with the band Foreigner. Songs such as "Cold As Ice," "I Want to Know What Love Is," "Waiting for a Girl ...Show more
Revenge of the She-Punks - A Feminist Music History, from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot by Vivien Goldman
Category: Music
With her visceral style, Goldman blends interviews, history, and her personal experience as one of Britain's first female music writers in a book that reads like a vivid documentary of a genre defined by dismantling boundaries. The colorful "Punk Professor", new-wave musician, and critic/filmmaker spins ...Show more
Fryderyk Chopin - A Life and Times by Alan Walker
Category: Music
A landmark biography of the Polish composer by a leading authority on Chopin and his time. Based on ten years of research and a vast cache of primary sources located in archives in Warsaw, Paris, London, New York, and Washington, D.C., Alan Walker's monumental Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times is the mo ...Show more
Iron Maiden: Album by Album by Martin Popoff
Category: Music | Series: Album by Album Ser.
Required reading for any metalhead, Iron Maiden is a compendium of in-depth, entertaining, and profusely illustrated conversations about all sixteen of the legendary metal band's studio albums. This new book from prolific rock journalist Martin Popoff pays tribute to the Iron Maiden's studio discography ...Show more
Away From Beloved Lover: A Musical Journey Through Cambodia by Dee Peyok
Category: Music
A journey through Cambodia to the soundtrack of its lost rock'n'roll. In the swinging 1960s, after nearly a century of colonisation, Cambodia had gained its independence and was ready to rock. Young musicians from the countryside flocked to the vibrant cosmopolitan capital city of Phnom Penh. Teenagers ...Show more
Bob Dylan: His Life in Pictures by Harry Shapiro
Category: Music
Bob Dylan: His Life in Pictures does exactly what the title says. In 256 pages with over 300 images it provides a timeline to this amazing career, showing highlights along with more mundane moments at home and on tour. Though this book may not help you to understand Dylan's lyrics, it provides a brillia ...Show more
Alex Van HalenThe Steady Pulse - Holding Together Rock's Most Volatile Band by Keira Dunn
Category: Music
From the ultra-tight power chords that launched Eruption to the iconic galloping grooves of Hot for Teacher, Alex Van Halen's drumming was the ferocious yet dexterous heartbeat driving Van Halen's rise to legendary status.But as indispensable as his foundation was to the band's virtuoso playing, Alex's ...Show more
Tokyo Jazz Joints by Philip Arneill
Category: Music
Documenting a vanishing world of Japanese jazz cultureJapanese jazz bars and coffee shops are insular worlds where time ceases to exist, removed from the speed and chaos of the modern urban landscape. Tokyo Jazz Joints is a visual chronicle of this unique culture that captures the transient beauty of th ...Show more