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Av Lena Philipsson
Lena Philipsson har varit en av våra mest välkända och folkkära artister sedan genombrottet med "Kärleken är evig" i Melodifestivalen 1986. Samtidigt har hon alltid hållit hårt på sin egen integritet och rätten till sitt privatliv. Så nä...
Vår mamma Lill-Babs
Av Monica Svensson
För första gången skriver Lill-Babs tre döttrar Monica Svensson, Malin Berghagen och Kristin Kaspersen tillsammans i bokform om sin hyllade mamma. Ett unikt gemensamt projekt där de delar personliga minnen, bilder och tankar om en av vår tids mest...
Markoolio, mörkret och den rosa bubblan
Av Marko Lehtosalo
För Markoolio var livet en skön fest och allt ett skämt - för Marko Lehtosalo var livet en kamp. Mot styvfarsans slag med bältet, mot morsans spritmissbruk och mot att hånas i skolan för märkeskopior och skidor hittade i soprummet. "Markoolio...
The Light Pours Out of Me
Av Rory Sullivan-Burke
John McGeoch was the unsung hero of the post-punk era. Blazing a trail with some of Britain's biggest bands and most revered artists - Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Armoury Show and Public Image Ltd. - John left an undeniable and indeli...
Lyrics
Av Bryan Ferry
**A Sunday Times bestseller** ___________ Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Roxy Music's iconic first album with this collection of Bryan Ferry's evocative lyrics of aspiration and romantic longing, introduced by the author. 'Lyrics is a book any ...
Speltoken : Hugo Alfvén och rosens klang
Av Tobias Lund
Vart är världen på väg? Tonsättaren Hugo Alfvén slog igenom på 1890-talet, i en tid när gamla sanningar utmanades av vetenskapliga genombrott, industrialisering, urbanisering och internationalisering, av religionskritik och ny filosofi, och av soc...
Kerstin Thorborg och Gustaf Bergman
Av Christer Eklund
Kerstin Thorborg var vårt lands ledande operasångerska underdrygt 20 år. I Berlin, Wien, London och New York hördes hon med Toscanini, Melchior och Björling. Omsvärmad, intervjuad, fotograferad och inspelad, sjöng på julaftnar i radion med hälsnin...
Corporate Rock Sucks
Av Jim Ruland
Greg Ginn started SST Records in the sleepy beach town of Hermosa Beach, CA, to supply ham radio enthusiasts with tuners and transmitters. But when Ginn wanted to launch his band, Black Flag, no one was willing to take them on. Determined to bring...
Dilla Time
Av Dan Charnas
'This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of unexplainable genius' - QUESTLOVE Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transfor...
Let's Do It
Av Bob Stanley
The prequel to Bob Stanley's universally acclaimed Yeah Yeah Yeah, Let's Do It is the only book that brings together all genres to tell the definitive story of the birth of Pop, from 1900 to the mid-fifties. 'An absolute landmark/joy/gossip-fest/d...
Everybody Hertz
Av Richard Mainwaring
'Once you start reading this utterly fascinating book it is nigh impossible to put it down ... This is a gem' Dame Evelyn Glennie Vic Tandy was a level-headed scientist, but there was no denying it: at this late hour in his lonely lab at Coventry ...
Limited Edition of One
Av Steven Wilson
The more I thought about it, the more I realised my career has been unusual. How did I manage to do everything wrong but still end up on the front cover of magazines, headlining world tours and achieving Top 5 albums? How did I attract such obsess...
The Sound of Being Human
Av Jude Rogers
'Too often we treat popular music as wallpaper surrounding us as we live our lives. Jude Rogers shows the emotional and cerebral heft such music can have. It's a personal journey which becomes universal. Fascinating' Ian Rankin 'Moving and absorbi...
Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer
Av Philip Watson
The definitive biography of guitar icon and Grammy Award-winning artist Bill Frisell. FEATURING EXCLUSIVE LISTENING SESSIONS WITH: Paul Simon; Justin Vernon of Bon Iver; Gus Van Sant; Rhiannon Giddens; The Bad Plus; Gavin Bryars; Van Dyke Parks; S...
Be My Baby: A Memoir
Av Ronnie Spector
Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest rock memoirs of all time, Be My Baby is the true story of how Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ronnie Spector carved out a space for herself against tremendous odds amid the chaos of the 1960s mus...
12 Notes: On Life and Creativity
Av Quincy Jones
Wisdom and musings on creativity and life from one of the world's most beloved musicians, producers, and mentors, Quincy Jones12 Notes is a self-development guide that will affirm that creativity is a calling that can and should be answered, no ma...
Queen: As It Began
Av Jackie Smith
First published in 1992, this authorised Queen biography drew on exclusive interviews with the bandmembers, exploring every aspect of the group's career up to that point. Revised under the guidance of Brian May and Roger Taylor and including plent...
Harry Styles
Av Terry Newman
"I'm incredibly lucky to have an environment where I feel comfortable being myself" - Harry Styles. Stepping bravely into the cyclone of 21st-century fashions, Harry Styles is more than weathering the storm. Whether he's breaking the int...
Pin-Ups 1972
Av Peter Stanfield
Elvis, Eddie, Chuck, Gene, Buddy and Little Richard were the original rockers. Dylan, The Beatles, The Stones and The Who formed rock's second coming. As the 1960s turned into the 1970s, the crucial question was who would lead rock 'n' roll's thir...
The Rolling Stones All the Songs Expanded Edition
Av Jean-Michel Guesdon
An updated edition of the most comprehensive account of the Rolling Stones' work yet published, with the full story of every recording session, every album, and every single released during their nearly 60 year career. The Rolling Stones have been...
Long Train Runnin': Our Story of the Doobie Brothers
Av Pat Simmons
For the first time, the incredible true story of the legendary band, The Doobie Brothers, written by the founding members. Only a very few rock bands that have had the longevity, success, and drama of The Doobie Brothers. Born out of late 1960s No...
I'll Be There
Av Duke Fakir
Spanning over decades, this is the remarkable, heartfelt memoir from Abdul 'Duke' Fakir, the last surviving member of The Four Tops. Amidst a backdrop of Detroit, I'll Be There features revealing anecdotes from the group's formation, their early d...
David Bowie All the Songs
Av Benoit Clerc
A lovingly thorough dissection of every album and every track ever released by David Bowie over the span of his nearly 50 year career, David Bowie All the Songs follows the musician from his self-titled debut album released in 1967 all the way thr...
Lcd
Av Ruvan Wijesooriya
For the past decade, downtown-New York indie dance music innovation could be summed up in three letters: LCD. The brainchild of frontman James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem grew from a solo project into one of the most highly regarded live bands in cont...
Ögonblickets oändlighet : samtal med Tommie Haglund
Av Aram Yardumian
Boken ger en introduktion till Tommie Haglunds synnerligen rika musikaliska värld. Hans musik är sådan att den talar till en bred publik men på ett kvalificerat vis. Den är en andlig uppenbarelse i en annars andefattig tid. En sådan här bok utgör ...
Be My Baby
Av Ronnie Spector
Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest rock memoirs of all time, Be My Baby is the true story of how Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Ronnie Spector carved out a space for herself against tremendous odds amid the chaos of the 1960s m...
Endless Endless
Av Adam Clair
Years after its release, Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea remains one of the most beloved and best-selling albums in all of indie music, hailed as a classic so influential as to be almost synonymous with the ongoing vinyl revival...
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