Good books about music

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Tintini · 04/11/2019 15:30

Anyone recommend any good books about music? Any genre - history, theory, biographies etc. What have you really enjoyed?

I'm reading "Here Me Talkin To Ya" By Nat Shapiro at the moment which is pretty good. www.goodreads.com/book/show/309348.Hear_Me_Talkin_To_Ya

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RusholmeRuffian · 06/11/2019 13:53

The Dirt by Motley Crue

mamakoukla · 12/11/2019 03:16

The cello suites - interleaved history of Bach and the cellist Pablo Casals who brought the suites to prominence centuries later

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 13/11/2019 13:42

Big Bangs by Howard Goodall. Fascinating look at five musical discoveries through history.

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Tintini · 02/12/2019 16:59

Thank you for the suggestions - will add them to my winter book list. I liked the Howard Goodall Big Bangs TV series.

Enjoying "Bird Lives" by Ross Russell at the moment.

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penguingorl · 22/12/2019 08:21

So many good biographies! 'Bedsit Disco Queen' by Tracey Thorn, 'Clothes, Music, Boys' by Viv Albertine, 'Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl' by Carrie Brownstein, 'Touching From a Distance' by Deborah Curtis, 'Just Kids' by Patti Smith.
I also enjoyed 'This is Your Brain on Music' by Daniel Levitin, it's about our obsession with music from a neuroscience perspective, really interesting.

steppingout · 22/12/2019 08:30

If you're into it, 'Funk: the music, the people and the rhythm of the one'is great.

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