The past 15 years have witnessed an increasing interest in the comparative study of language and music as cognitive systems. This book presents an interdisciplinary study of language and music, exploring the following core areas - structural comparisons, evolution, learning and processing, and neuroscience.

His unique and intimate history of a nation celebrates the British countryside as a living, working, and occasionally rancorous environment - rather than an unaffected idyll - that forged a nation's musical personality.

The definitive biography of Elvis and an excellent slice of social history.

The author of the cult book "Techgnosis" writes about the big, big Led Zeppelin album. Featuring every heavy metal fan's favourite epic Stairway to Heaven, the huge sound of this album has set the template for rock. Also includes Black Dog and Rock 'n' Roll.

Describes Lennon's life, from his widely misunderstood Working Class Hero origins to his epic romance with Yoko Ono. This title explores Lennon in all his contradictions: the misogynist turned peace activist, the moralist who loved to outrage and the bigger than Christ LSD enthusiast who settled down to become a house-husband.

From the early years, when he morphed from celebrated poet to provocative singer/songwriter, to his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Leonard Cohen has endured as one of the most enigmatic and profound figures in all of popular music. With his uniquely compelling voice and unparalleled depth of artistic vision, the aesthetic quality an

Published to co-incide with Cohen's 80th birthday in September 2014.A celebration of the life, music and poetry of Leonard Cohen.

The must-read music book of the year: Bob Stanley's prequel to 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.

Let's Do It is the definitive history of the birth of Pop, from 1900 to the mid-fifties. The story begins in 1898 with the first 78 record - the first recorded pop music and mass produced sheet music.

Inclusive, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic, Kenyon shows that no matter how great the crisis, music has the power to bring us together

Bob Dylan's frequent changes have led to a dizzying accumulation of masks. In this psychobiography, Andrew McCarron looks across the surfaces of these masks and reveals a life characterized by more coherence than fragmentation. At the heart of this coherence is a repetitive story of spiritual death and rebirth.

The Smiths were continually plagued by their reticence to play the game, and by the time of 1987's Strangeways Here We Come, they had split. This book tells the complete story of The Smiths.

Late in 1976 a record called "Anarchy in the UK" was issued in London, and this event launched a transformation of pop music all over the world. The song distilled, in crudely poetic form, a critique of modern society once set out by a small group of Paris intellectuals. This title unravels the secret history of the twentieth century.

Includes a new chapter on John Cage. Alex Ross's award-winning international best-seller, 'The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century', has become a contemporary classic, establishing him as one of our most popular and acclaimed cultural historians; this is his much anticipated next book on the subject of music.

An enlightening, thoughtful and witty exploration into how and why we listen to music, from the award-winning author Michel Faber

Contains the lyrics of about one third of the songs.

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

An exquisite pictorial biography of one of today's most intriguing performers: Nick Cave.