History of music

Grime: Documenting the scene’s rise and reign

Experience the 140BPM beating heartbeat of grime exclusively told by a pioneer of the scene – not just as a music genre, but as a living, breathing culture that continues to thrive, inspire, and boldly challenge the status quo.

Grime: Documenting the scene’s rise and reign

This is the extensive legacy of grime, as told by a pioneer of the scene. Experience the 140BPM beating heartbeat of grime – not just as a music genre, but as a living, breathing culture that continues to thrive, inspire, and boldly challenge the status quo.

Grime: Documenting the scene’s rise and reign

This is the extensive legacy of grime, as told by a pioneer of the scene. Experience the 140BPM beating heartbeat of grime – not just as a music genre, but as a living, breathing culture that continues to thrive, inspire, and boldly challenge the status quo.

The Sound of Music Companion

The definitive book on the world’s most beloved musical, TheSound of Music Companion charts the incredible and enduring story of Maria von Trapp and her story over the last hundred years – from Maria’s birth in Vienna in 1905 to the 50th anniversary of the film’s release in 2015.

The Girl in the Song

The Girl in the Song tells the stories of 50 women who have inspired classic rock songs.

The Boy in the Song

The Boy in the Song is a follow up to 2010’s The Girl in the Song. It features the real-life

Classic Album Covers of the 1970s

A stunning collection of over 200 essential and influential album covers of the decadeA visual reflection of psychedelia-influenced artwork to Punk anti- design – from Pink Floyd to the Sex PistolsIndispensable purchase for the dedicated follower of music and art

It Just Occurred to Me?

The legendary band leader and jazz trumpeter, broadcaster and humorist looks back at his extraordinarily rich and varied life and the many colourful characters he has known and played with – from Duke Ellington to Louis Armstrong. He also recalls his early life as the son of a famous housemaster at Eton, where he was educated.

Mind the Bollocks

Popular music has always attracted the kind of morally bankrupt individuals who are too unhinged to hold down a proper

The Story of Northern Soul

What began as an underground 60s Mod scene in unlicensed, no-frills clubs in the North West of England became a

The Ballad of Britain

In 1903, the Victorian composer Cecil Sharp began a decade-long journey to collect folk songs that, he believed, captured the

The History of the NME

‘The NME mattered to all those generations who grew up with music at the centre of their universe.The NME never had a truer chronicler than Pat Long.’ Tony Parsons

Since it was founded in 1952, the New Musical Express has played a central part in the British love affair with pop music.

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