"From the acclaimed author of Flâneuse and Art Monsters, a fierce, insistent, ecstatic investigation of the female voice, its power and vulnerabilities, and the ways women sing and speak their way...

A Rolling Stone Best Music Book of the Year, this is an electrifying, “superb” (The Atlantic), and “entirely fresh” (Rolling Stone) journey through the history of rock and roll, told through the...

This book features 100s of unique and visually stunning record sleeve artworks from one of the most-iconic record companies in the world - Folkways Records. 'I envisioned myself recording for...

"For more than thirty years, David Hajdu has been a leading music and comics critic, weighing in on a range of artists both past and present from a variety of different genres. His infatuation with...

A smart, funny, and refreshing memoir from Mark Hoppus, the vocalist, bassist, and founding member of pop-punk band blink-182. This is the story of an angst-filled kid from the desert, navigating the...

A fresh look at the story of the Beatles' rise to success and the people who helped them develop their music, image, and style.

Updated for the first time in five years, this is the ultimate albums guide featuring insider knowledge and criticism from 90 internationally acclaimed music journalists.[Bokinfo]

The Sex Pistols reimagined as manager Malcolm McLaren’s explosive, world-shaking art experiment. The explosive story of the Sex Pistols is now so familiar that the essence of what they represented...

Now available in a new format, the story of Bowie’s rebirth in Berlin, where a city’s revival shaped his most innovative work. In 1976, David Bowie left Los Angeles and the success of his celebrated...

"A lively and revelatory blend of memoir and opera history by the Grammy Award-winning countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, "one of opera's biggest stars" (The New York Times)"-- Provided by publisher.

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Ringmaster and the Hugo finalist True Believer, a propulsive and stylish account of Beck, who was received as a pop messiah in the 1990s, but whose...

Wagner as revolutionary philosopher: a new reading of a trilogy of texts written by the composer in the aftermath of the failed Dresden Uprising Forced into exile to avoid arrest after taking part...

Au regard de la brièveté de sa vie, l'œuvre de Wolf s'impose paradoxalement par son abondance et la profondeur de l'empreinte qu'il laisse dans le genre auquel il s'est consacré quasi exclusivement ;...

This well illustrated book surveys the dance, art, music and cultural worlds of the Ballets Russes. It begins with Diaghilev's early life, followed by discussion of his tangled relationship with...

Opera and Ideas is a study of the connections between music and intellectual history. Through lucid analysis of six operas and two song cycles, Paul Robinson shows how operas give musical and...

A stirring defense of Sinéad O'Connor's music and activism, and an indictment of the culture that cancelled her. In 1990, Sinéad O'Connor's video for "Nothing Compares 2 U" turned her into a...