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  • The Creative Act: A Way of Being by

    Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day and then ages out. Rick Rubin is known for something else ...

    5+ in stock - ships Fri 16th!
  • A Little History of Music by

    A superbly engaging guide to music around the world, from prehistory to the present

    Music excites and moves us perhaps more than any other art ...

    3 in stock - ships Fri 16th!
  • Every Brain Needs Music: The Neuroscience of Making and Listening to Music by , &

    Whenever a person engages with music-when a piano student practices a scale, a jazz saxophonist riffs on a melody, a teenager sobs to a sad ...

    2 in stock - ships Fri 16th!
  • The Shortest History of Music by

    From award-winning broadcaster and composer Andrew Ford, The Shortest History of Music is a lively, authoritative tour through several thousand years of music. Packed with ...

    2 in stock - ships Fri 16th!
  • Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening by

    A revelatory exploration of the relationship between music and running by one of our foremost music writers

    Out the front door, across the street, down ...

    due for release Jul 2025
  • Acoustics: The Art of Sound by

    What is the difference between an echo and a reverberation? How do you calculate the best note to whistle in a toilet?Where do you ...

    on order
  • A New Day Yesterday: UK Progressive Rock and the 1970s by

    An entertaining, definitive and in-depth study of prog rock, with a new cover and a foreword by Steve Hackett (Genesis).

    Progressive rock, a genre formed ...

    2 in stock - ships Fri 16th!
  • Teeny-Tiny Turntable: Includes 3 Mini-LPs to Play! by

    New to our line of musical kits following the recent Finger Breakdancing and Desktop Disco Fever, the TEENY-TINY TURNTABLE brings you the nostalgic joy of ...

    2 in stock - ships Fri 16th!
  • Harmonograph: A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music by

    Why did Pythagoras pause outside a Blacksmith's workshop? Can the nature of Harmony really be understood visually? Why do harmonies leave gaps or 'commas ...

    1 in stock - ships Fri 16th!
  • And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music by

    A Financial Times, Mojo and Uncut Book of the Year

    'I doubt I'll ever read a better account of the history and sociology of ...

    on order
  • Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist by &

    This stunning follow-up to Minds Went Walking- Paul Kelly's Songs Reimagined and Into Your Arms- Nick Cave's Songs Reimagined features Alice Pung, Ellen ...

    1 in stock - ships Fri 16th!
  • The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Performers Shaped Popular Culture ( 1955-1979 ) by

    'Fascinating.' NEIL TENNANT

    'The missing story of the heart of pop.' JOHNNY MARR

    'Superb.' Alexis Petridis

    'Dazzling.' GUARDIAN

    'So much spine, spunk and guts.' NEW ...

    1 in stock - ships Fri 16th!
  • This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You by

    A legendary record-producer-turned-brain-scientist explains why you love the music you do in an antidote to the Spotify algorithm doldrums

    'Extraordinary insights about music, emotion and ...

    1 in stock - ships Fri 16th!
  • Into Your Arms: Nick Cave's Songs Reimagined by , &

    This stunning follow up to Minds Went Walking- Paul Kelly's Songs Reimagined features Christos Tsiolkas, Cate Kennedy and Andy Griffiths, and is the perfect ...

    1 in stock - ships Fri 16th!
  • Listen: On Music, Sound and Us by

    'I'm not here to change your mind about Dusty Springfield or Shostakovich or Tupac Shakur or synthpop. I'm here to change your mind ...

    1 in stock - ships Fri 16th!
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