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Själen och musiken
AvHorace Engdahl
Inbunden, Svenska, 2026
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(7)
249 kr
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När Horace Engdahl är femton år hör han för första gången en viss tonsättning av Frédéric Chopin, en händelse som förändrar hans liv. Stycket väcker hans lust att själv spela piano och öppnar vägen till musiken, som sedan ska bli hans ständiga följeslagare. "Själen och musiken" innehåller fyra essäer om kompositörerna Chopin, Wagner och Brahms samt om poeten Mallarmé. Boken är samtidigt en resa i minnet för att spåra en själs tillblivelse. Resultatet är ett slags självbiografi speglad i konsten och en berättelse om musikens omvälvande kraft.
"Själen och Musiken är en fin liten bok, fylld av kunskap, lidelser och insikter, inte minst om vad det kan innebära att vara människa, och musikens förvandlande förmåga." - DAST Magazine
"Värdet i många av essäernas tankar ligger i att de är flyttbara , inbjuder till att appliceras på annan musik än den som diskuteras just här, annan litteratur, andra liv än författarens.
Ett annat värde, som jag ofta noterat när jag läser Engdahl, är att jag blir mer upplyft än irriterad när jag inte håller med honom: dialogiskt indragen, uppmuntrad till riposter." - Fokus
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Truly Gifted Kids
A Book About a Band Called Prefab Sprout
AvNige Tassell
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
279 kr
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5/5 - Mojo‘A beautiful thing’ Tim Burgess'Unapologetically eccentric - a perfect fit for Prefab Sprout' Uncut'A charming, compassionate and utterly entertaining book' The Mirror'This is a book as playful, quirky and engaging as the band themselves' Stuart MaconieA celebration of a much-cherished pop group and a long-overdue companion to their unique musical output.Rolling Stone called him ‘the last pop genius’, while Richard Osman claimed he is ‘the most unfairly overlooked lyricist of his generation’.Paddy McAloon is undoubtedly one of the great songwriters of the last half-century. As the leader of Prefab Sprout, he’s overseen ten heavily praised albums, including the classic Steve McQueen, along with a trail of hit singles, among them ‘When Love Breaks Down’ and ‘The King of Rock ’n’ Roll’. His songs have been sung by Kylie and Cher. Others were written for Madonna, Sinatra and Streisand.But despite the commercial success and abundant critical acclaim, McAloon remains an enigmatic figure within the bright, brash world of pop. The semi-reclusive Prefab Sprout have seldom followed paths trod by others. They rarely toured. They took their time to make records. They always danced to their own drum.A lifelong fan of the band, acclaimed writer Nige Tassell attempts to illuminate the mystery, to uncloak the enigma. Truly Gifted Kids is the deepest dive ever made into McAloon’s craft, exploring the motivations and methods of a man who, 13 years since the band’s last album, still obsessively marries melody to words on a daily basis, in the process building up an enormous stockpile of songs that no one will hear.Occasionally esoteric and freeform, and always original, Truly Gifted Kids pulls together stories, interviews, analysis, history and travelogue to fashion a fulsome portrait of the band, with its chief creative force at the very centre. During his investigations, Tassell both acts as an ad-hoc roadie for solo Sprout Martin McAloon and goes undercover in search of pop music’s most famous motorbike.At its beating, romantic heart, Truly Gifted Kids is a celebration of a much-cherished pop group, a long-overdue companion to their wonderful music.
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As One
Remaking Suede
AvRodge Glass
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
290 kr
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‘An intimate and obsessive book, but one not only for the fans: this is a story about fresh starts and second chances and how to navigate them as an adult’ Mariana Enriquez'Rodge has been absolutely brilliant. He's a big fan but not too close. He was very much a fly on the wall' Brett Anderson'The candid biography of Suede we've all been waiting for' Steve LamacqThe official, intimate and candid biography charting the second act of Suede during their remarkable second act.This year will mark thirty-three years since Suede released their debut eponymous album and sixteen since their glorious and unexpected comeback in 2010.Their two most recent albums - Autofiction in 2022 and Antidepressants in 2025 - both reached number two in the UK charts.Based on exclusive and extensive interviews with the band, their family and friends, As One is an intimate and candid biography of one of the UK’s biggest band’s during the unlikely second act of a career that spans four decades. It is a book that studies the band from close up and afar, written by award-winning author Rodge Glass, who has been granted unprecedented access to the members at home, on stage, backstage, in the studio, rehearsing and promoting over the past three years.It is an honest, long-term interrogation of what it is really like to be in Suede. The book asks difficult questions about how great bands survive and thrive over time, many years after their first flush of success. How do you build back up from nothing? How do you reconnect with your audience, while avoiding simply rehashing old ideas? How do relationships in a band change with time? How do you remake Suede?
Moonwalk
AvMichael Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(3)
139 kr
For fans of the box office hit, Michael - The ONLY book Michael Jackson ever wrote about his life – Discover the King of Pop in his own words in the New York Times bestselling autobiography.One of the most successful entertainers of all-time, this personal and intimate memoir sees Michael Jackson chronicle his life from his humble beginnings in the Midwest and his early days with the Jackson 5, to his unprecedented solo success,Giving unrivalled insight into the King of Pop's life, it details his songwriting process for hits like Beat It, Rock With You, Billie Jean, and We Are the World; describes how he developed his signature dance style, including the Moon Walk; and opens the door to his very private personal relationships with his family, including sister Janet, and stars like Diana Ross, Berry Gordy, Marlon Brando, Quincy Jones, Paul McCartney, and Brooke Shields.At the time of its original publication in 1988, MOONWALK broke the fiercely guarded barrier of silence that surrounded Michael Jackson. Candidly and courageously, Jackson talks openly about his wholly exceptional career and the crushing isolation of his fame, as well as the unfair rumours that have surrounded it.Illustrated with rare photographs from Jackson family albums and Michael's personal photographic archives, as well as a drawing done by Michael exclusively for the book, MOONWALK reveals and celebrates, as no other book can, the life of this exceptional and beloved musician.
Still in a Dream
Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994
AvSimon Reynolds
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
256 kr
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The definitive story of the slackers and shoegazers who reinvented rock.'To devote a book to a set of wilfully amorphous and hazy bands, many of them long-forgotten outriders, is an act of love, commensurate with the saturated thrum of much of the music' OBSERVERTwenty years after his acclaimed postpunk best-seller, Rip It Up and Start Again, Simon Reynolds tells the tale of what happened next: the underground explosion of noisepop, shoegaze, slacker rock and grunge that reverberated through the mid-Eighties into the early Nineties.Capturing the musical exhilaration of the era along with the alienation of youth during a period of ascendant conservative politics and glitzy mainstream pop, Still in a Dream celebrates a golden age of guitar reinvention, a second psychedelia of mind-blowing sounds pioneered by bands like My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth. In Britain, groups like Cocteau Twins and Slowdive escaped into shimmering dreamworlds while American underground rockers like Dinosaur Jr. and Pavement blended apathy and urgency into thrilling noise.A propulsive and personal account from a journalist who covered this music in real time from the frontlines, Still in a Dream vividly recreates a period that was the last blast for the analogue culture of vinyl records and music papers, before the Internet changed everything.
This is my story this is my song
AvPeter Sandwall
Häftad, Svenska, 2026
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
348 kr
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This Is My Story This Is My Song - 101 Classic Black Gospel, Spirituals & Freedom Songs

Peter Sandwall

Celebrating a Century of Black Gospel Music
This Is My Story This Is My Song – 101 Classic Black Gospel, Spirituals & Freedom Songs vill lyfta fram kreativiteten, konsten och kraften i den afroamerikanska musiken och i de svarta kyrkorna i synnerhet. Den inbjuder dig att upptäcka röster och sånger med toner, texter, sound och grooves som har berikat och inspirerat en hel värld. Samtidigt vill vi markera och fira 101 år av afroamerikansk gospelmusik.
Sångerna är arrangerade för att bredda din repertoar som sångare och musiker och är samtidigt en handbok för studie och förståelse av svart gospelmusik. Varje sång är exempel på gospelmusikens utveckling genom åren. Flera sånger är dolda skatter som behöver upptäckas.
Arrangemangen behåller gospelns alla stilideal och skapar samtidigt ett smakfullt modernt sound. De visar stildragen i den svarta gospelmusikens olika genrer genom åren och hjälper dig att lägga märke till viktiga detaljer som berättar om när, var och varför en sång blev till. Den kunskapen ger en djupare mening i din sång och ditt spel, till glädje för dig själv och dina lyssnare.
Den här sångboken vill öppna dörren till en underbar värld av medryckande toner, ord och klanger i de afroamerikanska kyrkorna i Amerika.
Om författaren:
Peter Sandwall är musiker, kompositör och professor emeritus i musik vid NLA Högskolan, Oslo.
Soltimmar
AvVictoria Bergsman
Inbunden, Svenska, 2026
4,8 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(5)
279 kr
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"Soltimmar är en lyckad debut, som i genren musikers självbiografier har potential att bli en modern, svensk klassiker." - Gabriel Zetterström, Dagens Nyheter
"Soltimmar är inte en bok som logiskt kan placeras mellan Baez och Boye i biografihyllan, utan snarare nånstans i närheten av Susanna Alakoskis Svinalängorna, kanadensiska Tanya Tagaqs Spricktand och Andrew Waldens Jävla karlar." - Erika Hallhagen, SvD
"I den välskrivna och avväpnande uppriktiga biografin Soltimmar varvar Victoria Bergsman minnesbilder från barndomen ... och ett liv i musikvärlden." - Jan Gradvall, DI
"Sångaren från The Concretes, Taken By Trees och Peter Bjorn & Johns Young folks skriver vackert om en indieprinsessas irrfärder." - Fredrik Strage, EFN
"en gripande berättelse om identitet och att hitta ljuset i en mörk tillvaro." - BTJ
"Artisten Victoria Bergsmans självbiografi hugger tag från första sidan: det här är en berättelse hon måste berätta. Graden av angelägenhet och den formsäkra stilen lyfter boken till något mer än en vanlig musikmemoar." - Hugo Lavett, EFN
"Avslöjande bok om hur sjukt jobbigt det kan vara i musikbranschen - mellan alla himla få magiska höjdpunkter på scen." - Lasse Anrell, Nya Wermlands-Tidningen
Hon är rösten på ”Young Folks”. Kvinnan i New Order-videon. Sångerskan längst fram på Glastonburys scen.
Hon är också barnet som gömmer sig för gubbars bläckfiskarmar, den unga tjejen som navigerar i tillvaron på psyket. Hon är kvinnan som är hög och medvetslös efter en Late Night-spelning, på ett flygplan, på ett hotellrum.
I sin självbiografiska debutbok Soltimmar väver Victoria Bergsman samman barndom, ungdom och vuxenliv. Musiken finns där hela livet. Från pappans egenkomponerade sånger, till den första regndränkta spelningen med The Concretes, turnélivet med Peter Bjorn And Johns världssuccé och ruset i att skapa egen musik med Taken By Trees. Musiken gör allt möjligt, toppar och dalar, framgångar och fritt fall.
Soltimmar är en smått psykedelisk berättelse om ett liv, och alla de jag som ryms i en människa. Den är skriven med en ärlighet så stark att den bränns, och med en humor som svalkar.
Lär av mästarna : klassisk harmonilära
AvSten Ingelf
Häftad, Svenska, 2008
4,8 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(4)
397 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Boken har utformats med tanke på:nybörjaren eller den som kommit en bit på väg och som på egen hand vill lära sig harmoniläramusikstuderande vid studiecirklar, kommunala musikskolor, estetiska programmet vid gymnasieskolan, folkhögskolor och musikhögskolor, där boken kan användas som grundbok i ämnet satslära.I det här materialet får du lära dig klassisk harmonilära så som den använts av de stora mästarna genom tiderna. Eftersom harmoniken varit i ständig utveckling under de tre sekler (ca 1650-1950), som den här boken är fokuserad kring, får du också lära dig stilistiska skillnader mellan epoker under denna tid, dvs barock, wienklassicism, romantik, impressionism och 1900-talets musik. Eftersom boken är tänkt som ett material att studera parallellt med min tidigare utgivna bok Lär av Mästarna Arrangering för två till fem stämmor saknas momentet fyrstämmig sats som oftast ingår i traditionella läroböcker i harmonilära. Momentet behandlas utförligt i Lär av Mästarna Arrangering för två till fem stämmor. Det ska dock framhållas att ett mycket stort antal fyrstämmiga spel- och skrivövningar ingår i materialet i syfte att öva kadensspel, läggning och stämföring. Förutom harmonisk analys, som inbegriper både funktionsanalys och användning av ackordbeteckningar, har stor vikt lagts på harmonisering ett moment som förekommer i mycket liten utsträckning i traditionella läroböcker i harmonilära. I samband med harmonisering samt 1900-talets harmonik förekommer även kompositionsuppgifter. Även om sättet att läsa och förstå generalbasbeteckningar ingår så finns inga direkta övningar i generalbasspel. I handeln finns dock ett stort antal läroböcker för den som vill studera detta ämne.
Do What You Fear Most
The History of the Velvet Underground
AvRichie Unterberger
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(2)
368 kr
Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar
"Of all the books I have read on the story of the Velvet Underground, Richie’s is probably the best. He brings us the voices of the people who were also important to those times, but who either go unmentioned, unheard, or not written about in a balanced way. I also like the way he writes, and some of the many reviews of recordings and live shows were insightful in a way l have not come across in the work of anyone else. Bravo, Richie!" Jonathan RichmanNo band has reshaped the possibilities of popular music like The Velvet Underground. Formed in New York in 1965, the Velvets emerged from the nexus of art, fashion, politics, music and counterculture.Although widespread popularity and acclaim evaded them during their four-album lifespan, their enduring, cross-generational appeal meant the Velvets could count iconic contemporaries like Leonard Cohen, David Bowie and Jimi Hendrix as fans, alongside future legends such as Roxy Music, the Pretenders and Sonic Youth.Do What You Fear Most chronicles how an unlikely group of upstarts came to define the musical zeitgeist. In a sprawling and engrossing narrative, Richie Unterberger follows the group from their disparate origins to their ascendancy as Andy Warhol's Factory house band in New York City. It explores the creative alchemy between the core trio of Lou Reed, John Cale and Nico, the shocking exits and ever-changing lineups, as well as the wider New York cultural scene of the period.Rigorously researched and packed with previously undocumented insights, this book features many first-hand interviews with the group's associates, as well as material newly unearthed from the Lou Reed Archive and the Andy Warhol Archive, alongside never-before-seen images and ephemera. This is the most complete story of The Velvet Underground to date.'A tome finally worthy of Lou Reed's gang. Do What You Fear Most is the most comprehensive and compelling yet on the stealthy, stupendously influential band' Record Collector, 5*****
A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond
AvKim Thayil,Adem Tepedelen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
309 kr
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The memoir by co-founding member of Soundgarden and lead guitarist Kim Thayil about one of the 1990s’ signature rock bands
From Soundgarden’s humble beginnings manifesting grunge in Seattle's beer-soaked punk clubs to their revered status today as rock icons, the band’s journey has been nothing short of extraordinary. In A Screaming Life, founding member and guitar god Kim Thayil goes backstage to introduce the band that fearlessly pushed the boundaries of rock, invented a new genre, and amassed fervent fans from every corner of the world.
Thayil shares the story of how he and his Soundgarden bandmates—Hiro Yamamoto, Ben Shepherd, Matt Cameron, and Chris Cornell—faced the triumphs and challenges on the road to their historic and influential rise. His storytelling channels the essence of Soundgarden’s era-defining sound—one that’s supercharged with raw creativity and unapologetic lyrics—and explores the ways that Soundgarden was shaped by the diverse backgrounds of its creators: Thayil's Indian heritage and founding bassist Hiro Yamamoto's Japanese background added unique dimensions to the band's identity, influencing not only their music but also their experiences in the industry.
For Soundgarden fans and ‘90s alternative rock enthusiasts, A Screaming Life not only gives behind-the-scenes access to one of the most revered bands, but it also demonstrates the power music and its creators have to transform culture.
What Art Does
An Unfinished Theory
AvBrian Eno,Bette Adriaanse
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(2)
192 kr
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Why do we need art? What Art Does is an invitation to explore this vital question. It is a chance to understand how art is made by all of us. How it creates communities, opens our worlds, and can transform us.Curious and playful, richly illustrated, full of ideas and life, it is an inspiring call to imagine a different future.
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I Shoot Rock Stars
The Wild Adventures of a Music Video Director
AvTim Pope
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
197 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
'A true original, a genuine maverick'ROBERT SMITH (The Cure)'A dirty little page-turner from England's greatest music video director'MATT JOHNSON (The The)'Tim is a strange person'IGGY POP'The absolute dog's bollocks in the world of pop video. He is the OG, the Don, he literally wrote the book'NORMAN COOK (aka Fatboy Slim)__________The wildly entertaining memoir of the legendary video director, whose work is synonymous with the glory years of MTV - and his long-standing relationships with such icons as David Bowie, Neil Young, Iggy Pop and The CureThe 1980s saw the birth of a new medium that took the world by storm: the pop video. And Tim Pope, a music fanboy-turned-video director, was at the forefront of this wild ride.Shooting his first performance footage at a concert after smuggling a camera inside his trousers, Tim got his break directing the video for Soft Cell's follow-up to 'Tainted Love'. Work snowballed, and he was soon jetting back and forth across the Atlantic to feed the newly launched engine of MTV, making videos for The Cure, Queen, Talk Talk, Wham!, Hall & Oates, Siouxsie & the Banshees and The Bangles, among others.From dressing Freddie Mercury as a giant Mediterranean prawn to being called a 'funny little arsehole' by David Bowie; hanging out with Neil Young on his family ranch or locking The Cure in a wardrobe and launching it off a cliff, Tim had a front-row seat on the excesses, egos and larger-than-life characters of the era. Capturing the improvisational mood of a time when directors worked guerrilla-style, money flowed freely and no idea was too wacky to pursue, I Shoot Rock Stars provides a fly-on-the-wall glimpse of an extraordinary cast of personalities, capturing the fizzing energy of this unique creative moment. More than anything, it's the hilarious and frequently moving story of a music-mad kid who ended up working with his heroes, and who here chronicles his - and his industry's - creative triumphs and follies in riotous style.
In Another World
The Four Seasons of Talk Talk
AvGraeme Thomson
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
309 kr
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A Best Pop Music Book of 2026 - The Herald‘[A] fascinating and stirring tribute to one of the most inscrutable bands of the ’80s’ Classic Pop‘Thomson vividly fills the gaps with his forensic detail, deep listening and jigsaw anecdotes piecing together a picture of an inscrutable artist 4/5’ Mojo‘With a thoroughness which would do Hollis proud, Thomson paints a passionate, informed picture. (An) excellent musical investigation 4/5’ Record CollectorThe definitive biography of one of the most critically acclaimed and enigmatic groups of all time.When Mark Hollis died suddenly in 2019 aged 64, he left behind a slim but perfectly formed collection of Talk Talk albums, one solo album in twenty-three years and an ever-burgeoning mystique which only continues to grow with each passing year.The band’s reputation is formed on the imperious run of three albums released between 1986 and 1991, yet Hollis and the band remain a carefully shrouded mystery.For the first time, Graeme Thomson seeks to unpick this knottiest of musical locks and understand the other world of Talk Talk.
Death Trip
Iggy and the Stooges, 1972–74
AvMichael S. Begnal
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
253 kr
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Raw Power by Iggy and the Stooges is arguably the most aggressive, dynamic album in rock history, and inarguably one of the most influential. Looking past the myths and into the true story of the Stooges, Michael S. Begnal illuminates the creation of this recording in the context of the cultural zeitgeist of the early 1970s, the American War in Vietnam and the ways in which punk rock came snarling into existence. Death Trip uncovers lost archives and stories, drawing on new interviews with Stooges guitarist James Williamson and pianist Scott Thurston, and sheds fresh light on the band’s creative process. This is an in-depth, definitive account that will challenge the assumptions of even the most knowledgeable Stooges fan.
Even the Good Girls Will Cry
My 90s Rock Memoir
AvMelissa Auf der Maur
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
162 kr
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'Our '90s fever dreams were beautiful but they were also brutal and only the good girls, like Melissa, have the guts to tell you that' Shirley Manson'As if through the lens of her camera, Melissa shows us a female experience of rock and roll' Martha Wainwright'Intimate, poetic' Walton GogginsThanks to a thrown beer bottle and a fan letter to a P.O. box, Melissa Auf der Maur's first band scored an opening slot for the Smashing Pumpkins in her bohemian home town, Montreal. Sensing Melissa's talent, Billy Corgan recommended her to Courtney Love. Whisked from her local scene, Melissa joined Hole just after the deaths of Kurt Cobain and Hole's prior bassist, Kristen Pfaff, with the just-widowed Courtney Love at the centre of it all.That was only the beginning of Melissa's journey through alternative rock, a trip she undertook alongside 90s luminaries including Rufus Wainwright, Michael Stipe and her former boyfriend, Dave Grohl. Even the Good Girls Will Cry is a vivid dispatch from the last analogue decade, capturing that bygone era in all its messy, angsty glory.
No New York
A Memoir of No Wave and the Women Who Shaped the Scene
AvAdele Bertei
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
250 kr
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A New York Times Book of 2026'Essential reading for anyone with even a passing interest in alternative music' Guardian'[An] electrifying account of downtown demi-monde days' Irish Times'Exhilarating' Mojo 4****In 1975 a young queer singer from Cleveland meets photographer Nan Goldin - an encounter that will lead them to New York's bombed-out downtown, where something unprecedented is brewing. At Max's Kansas City and CBGBs, in derelict lofts and underground clubs, a generation of visionary women artists is rewriting the rules of creativity, sexuality, and power.Adele Bertei didn't just witness the No Wave explosion-she ignited it. As acetone organist for the Contortions and Brian Eno's assistant, she was at the epicenter when punk collided with post-punk, birthing a counterculture that fused music, art, cinema, fashion and outlaw literature into an uncompromising explosion of creativity. While mainstream culture wallowed in sexism and homophobia, these artists and more created something fluid, fierce, and transgressive.Raw, gripping, and illustrated with rare photographs from personal collections, No New York is the definitive insider's account of the women who obliterated every barrier in their path, taking you deep into the artistic and sexual experimentation of an era when true expression mattered more than money or fame.
Vemod undercover : Boken om ABBA
AvJan Gradvall
Storpocket, Svenska, 2024
147 kr
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”Den här besynnerliga tiden blir ytterst levande i Jan Gradvalls Vemod undercover. Gradvall är skicklig på att tyda tidens tecken och sätta in olika populärmusikaliska uttryck i sina sammanhang.”
Dagens Nyheter
”Det här är inget dussinverk. […] Vemod undercover är lika mycket en musikalisk uppfostran som en samhällelig grundkurs där man, nästan lite som en bonus, även får en fördjupad kunskap om Abba och inspireras till närlyssning av gruppens låtar."
Svenska Dagbladet
”Av alla konstnärliga processer är låtskrivande den som ligger närmast alkemi. Musikjournalistik blir därmed ofta en svår balansgång mellan fluffighet och matematik. Desto roligare när man snubblar över en utredning så pedagogisk och exakt som Jan Gradvalls. Musik – den osynliga konstformen – får plötsligt konturer! Gång på gång behöver jag lägga ifrån mig boken för att höra några av världshistoriens mest spelade låtar förfrämligas på nytt.”
Expressen
"Det är en bok som kan fungera för både Abba-nybörjare och veteraner/ nostalgiker. Framför allt måste man beundra att den faktiskt lyckas förklara Abbas storhet. Att den genuint speglar ursprunget till vemodet under musikglädjen och Abba-glamouren."
Dala-Demokraten
"Gradvalls bok om Abba är konst i egen rätt. […] Bland det mest livgivande som finns är att höra någon som verkligen kan sitt ämne berätta om en specifik aspekt av det. Så är det att läsa Jan Gradvalls Vemod undercover om Abba, Sveriges mest legendariska popband. Gradvall har ägnat sitt liv åt att förfina sina hörselgångars mottaglighet för musikens alla schatteringar."
Göteborgs-Posten
"Jag sträckläser Jan Gradvalls bok om Abba."
Gotlands Tidningar
"Helt lysande bok om Abba."
Sydöstran
”Även de gladare låtarna är vemodiga i grunden. Vi gjorde vemod undercover.” Så lyder Benny Anderssons originella beskrivning av Abbas musik, och i Jan Gradvalls bok möter vi Abba uncovered, bortom förklädnader och genomtröskade legender. Det är en bok som låter detaljerna – i musiken, i människoödena, i samtiden – förklara helheten, från bandets första steg som något av en svensk supergrupp i början av 1970-talet, till den sista inspelningen. Vemod undercover är en mosaik av unika berättelser om Abba, men framför allt en osminkad kärleksförklaring, signerad en av Sveriges ledande musikjournalister, som får oss att se bandet och tiden med nya ögon.
Just Kids
The National Book Award-winning memoir
AvPatti Smith
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
4,7 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(11)
168 kr
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Winner of the Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's definitive memoir is an evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe.‘Sharp, elegiac and finely crafted' Sunday Times‘Terrifically evocative ... The most spellbinding and diverting portrait of funky-but-chic New York in the late '60s and '70s that any alumnus has committed to print' New York Times‘Render, harrowing, often hilarious' VogueIn 1967, a chance meeting between two young people led to a romance and a lifelong friendship that would carry each to international success never dreamed of. The backdrop is Brooklyn, Chelsea Hotel, Max's Kansas City, Scribner's Bookstore, Coney Island, Warhol's Factory and the whole city resplendent. Among their friends, literary lights, musicians and artists such as Harry Smith, Bobby Neuwirth, Allen Ginsberg, Sandy Daley, Sam Shepherd, William Burroughs, etc. It was a heightened time politically and culturally; the art and music worlds exploding and colliding. In the midst of all this two kids made a pact to always care for one another. Scrappy, romantic, committed to making art, they prodded and provided each other with faith and confidence during the hungry years--the days of cous-cous and lettuce soup. Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. Beautifully written, this is a profound portrait of two young artists, often hungry, sated only by art and experience. And an unforgettable portrait of New York, her rich and poor, hustlers and hellions, those who made it and those whose memory lingers near.
You Are Not Alone
Michael, Through a Brother’s Eyes
AvJermaine Jackson
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
160 kr
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‘This is the truth as we know it. I have read so much about what people think they know about Michael, but this is about what really happened.’ Jermaine Jackson You Are Not Alone is an intimate, loving portrait of Michael Jackson, illuminating the private man like never before. It is an invitation into Michael’s real character, private insights and hidden feelings: the innermost thoughts of a fiercely private individual.Jermaine Jackson knew Michael like only a brother can. In You Are Not Alone, he brings light to the man behind the mask of superstardom, an identity that has lingered in the shadows for too long. His book is a celebration of the real Michael: the boy who shared a tiny bunkbed with Jermaine at 2300 Jackson Street, Gary, Indiana; the brother with whom Jermaine shared laughter, tears and memories; the boy who would grow up to become a legend.Raw, honest and incredibly moving, You Are Not Alone is also a sophisticated, no-holds-barred examination of Michael Jackson, aimed at fostering a true and final understanding of who he was and what shaped him. This is Michael Jackson – the man, not the legend – through a brother’s eyes. If you think you know the Michael Jackson story, it’s time to think again.
Dub Revolution
Jamaica’s Sonic Innovators and the Birth of Remix Culture
AvDavid Katz
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
277 kr
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The most abstract, playful and confounding of reggae subgenres, dub is a vital component of sound system culture that has wielded disproportionate influence. Emerging as an underground phenomenon in Kingston during the early 1970s, dub was wrought by sonic alchemists such as King Tubby, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Prince Jammy and Scientist, conjuring musical mutations at the mixing desk. Dub reached other lands through the Jamaican diaspora and as Lloyd 'Bullwackie' Barnes furthered the form in New York, Dennis Bovell, Mad Professor and Adrian Sherwood conjured their own dub masterworks in London, Jah Shaka and his acolytes subsequently helping dub to achieve global reach. Widely adopted by post-punk producers and later a crucial influence on the underground dance music scenes of several continents, dub indelibly changed the techniques and aesthetics of music production with far-reaching effects; it's no exaggeration to say that without dub, there would be no hip-hop or house music.Dub is made from studio trickery, its auteurs fashioning something new by subtraction rather than addition, reversing standard recording techniques. It is a music of absence and deception, a ghostly sonic doppelganger with bass primacy and torpedoed song structures, full of holes and unexpected twists. The evolution of dub marks the birth of the remix and the emergence of the studio as an instrument in itself, a place where songs can be pulled apart and given wild reshaping, rendering a disembodied new form that is often cosmic and typically jagged. Dub's progression is also inseparable from the troubled history of post-colonial Jamaica, blighted by caustic Cold War interventions, attendant gang culture and communal breakdowns. Through first-hand testimony with dub's most noteworthy creatives, David Katz's monumental forensic history of an astounding subgenre that sounds like the future five decades after its inception stands as the authoritative book on a musical art form that continues to fascinate, generation after generation.
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The Republic of Love
Opera and Political Freedom
AvMartha C. Nussbaum
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
313 kr
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A major work of scholarship by world-renowned, prize-winning philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum, The Republic of Love reveals opera as a profound form of political thought--and an often-overlooked force behind the political reforms of the Enlightenment.In The Republic of Love, world-renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum offers a bold and original vision of opera's contribution to political thought. Drawing on her deep knowledge of classical and contemporary opera, she reveals how composers such as Mozart, Verdi, Strauss, Beethoven, and others used their music to explore the emotional and ethical dimensions of human life. These works, she argues, illuminate our fundamental need for dignity, love, and freedom in the face of oppressive institutions--and they gesture toward new possibilities for how we might live together. Nussbaum devotes the first half of her book to Mozart, who embraced a new vision of freedom, writing male characters singing in a new emotional landscape, one that elevated the freedom of others. Her readings of The Marriage of Figaro, Idomeneo, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni and Così Fan Tutte show an artist who recognized the capacity for love in everyone, and advanced fertile ideas about how we might cultivate it in a new kind of republic. The second half of her book follows this line of thought in operas by Beethoven, Verdi, Benjamin Britten, John Adams, and Jake Heggie, and their greatest antagonist, Richard Wagner, suggesting that they all, in a variety of ways, engage in conversation with Mozart and his themes of love and freedom. Throughout, Nussbaum identifies a recurring operatic metaphor for the impulse toward freedom: the act of breathing itself. A major work of scholarship by a prize-winning thinker, The Republic of Love redefines opera as a vital, if often overlooked, engine of Enlightenment ideals--and a powerful resource for imagining the emotional foundations of political life.
Resa mot okänt mål : Kenny Håkansson och den progressiva musikens framväxt i Sverige
AvHåkan Thörn
Häftad, Svenska, 2025
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(2)
428 kr
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Gitarristen Kenny Håkansson har med sitt unika spel satt ett betydande avtryck i svensk musik. Likt tusentals tonåringar bildade han i mitten av 1960-talet ett band när den brittiska pop- och rockvågen sköljde in över Sverige. Snart tog han steget vidare och utforskade nyfiket olika musikaliska uttryck, inte minst den svenska folkmusiken.
Som tongivande medlem i band som Baby Grandmothers, Mecki Mark Men, Kebnekajse och Dag Vag befann sig Kenny i centrum för en ny, säregen musik som växte fram i brytpunkten mellan 60- och 70-tal – och som fortfarande lockar nya lyssnare från världens alla hörn.
I bokens historiska berättelse följer Håkan Thörn Kenny Håkanssons musikaliska resa 1965–1980, den svenska progressiva musikens guldålder.
Fotograf Katarina Despotovic skildrar samtidigt Kenny Håkansson som en intensivt turnerande musiker under 2020-talet.
Förordet är skrivet av M. A. Numminen, finsk musiker och språklig ekvilibrist som först såg Kenny spela på Klubb Filips i Stockholm 1967.
Boken är formgiven av Spektra design.
Sandy Denny
A People's History
AvGeorgia Rose Lucas
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
368 kr
Kommande
Sandy Denny- A People’s History tells the story of the woman heralded by her peers as Britain’s greatest ever female singer. Sandy Denny is the only vocalist apart from Robert Plant to appear on a Led Zeppelin album. But her duet on ‘The Battle Of Evermore’ is just one of many achievements by the woman who was twice voted ‘Best British Female Singer’ (in 1970 & 1971) by readers of Melody Maker magazine. Sandy brought an air of magic to the stage every time she sang, whether as a member of Fairport Convention, with her band Fotheringay or as a solo singer. This book captures memories of those performances and pays tribute to her beautiful voice, to her endearing personality and to her exceptional songwriting talent. Sandy’s song ‘Who Knows Where The Time Goes?’ has been covered by more than 100 artists, and her music is still being discovered and interpreted by artists in the almost half a century since her untimely death in 1978 at a tragically young age. Compiled by Sandy’s daughter, Georgia Rose Lucas, and fully approved by the estate of Sandy Denny, this book contains a wealth of memories and memorabilia. Contributors include: Richard Thompson, Rufus Wainwright, Mary Black, Barbara Dickson, Joe Boyd, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Linda Thompson, Joan as Policewoman, Richard Digance, Iain Matthews, Christine Collister, Gordon Giltrap, Aine Furey, Chris Blackwell & Julianne Regan.
M Train
AvPatti Smith
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(2)
168 kr
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'So honest and pure as to count as a true rapture' JOAN DIDION'A poetic masterpiece' JOHNNY DEPP'Our St John of the Cross, a mystic full of compassion' EDMUND WHITE'A roadmap to my life', from the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of cafés and haunts she has worked in around the worldM Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Through prose that shifts fluidly between dreams and reality, past and present, and across a landscape of creative aspirations and inspirations, we travel to Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul in Mexico; to a meeting of an Arctic explorer’s society in Berlin; to a ramshackle seaside bungalow in New York’s Far Rockaway that Smith acquires just before Hurricane Sandy hits; and to the graves of Genet, Plath, Rimbaud and Mishima. Woven throughout are reflections on the writer’s craft and on artistic creation. Here, too, are singular memories of Smith’s life in Michigan and the irremediable loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith. Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with her signature Polaroids, M Train is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature and coffee. It is a powerful, deeply moving book by one of the most remarkable artists at work today.REVISED EDITION WITH FIVE THOUSAND WORDS OF BONUS MATERIAL AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS
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Surf's Up: Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys
AvPeter Doggett
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
149 kr
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‘Particularly poignant ... tasteful and compassionate’ ShindigCapturing all the pain and glory of this incredible family saga, Surf’s Up is the definitive tribute to a remarkable band - and the genius who made it all possible.If any man in pop history deserved the tag of genius, it was Brian Wilson. As leader, producer and chief composer of the Beach Boys, he displayed an instinctive command of melody, harmony and arranging skills. The result was a run of hits that included many of the most sparkling and creative records of the 1960s.But there was a dark side to this seemingly effortless success, rooted in his tortured family background. No sooner had Brian masterminded such gems as the Pet Sounds album and Good Vibrations than his psychological demons began to derail his life.The Beach Boys were left struggling for survival, grasping for salvation from such bizarre figures as TM guru the Maharishi and cult leader Charles Manson. Their story could have ended there, but somehow the band survived. Ahead lay decades of trauma, triumph and tragedy, as the band members all developed as songwriters but also found themselves increasingly at odds with each other. Through it all the music survived, as Brian’s younger brother Dennis Wilson emerged as an equally creative but troubled presence.Surf’s Up sees lifelong Beach Boys fan Peter Doggett capture all the glory and pain of this complex family saga. He celebrates the band’s array of musical gems, and also explores many of their passionate obsessions , from surfing and cars to politics and food.Filled with drama and pathos, Surf’s Up is the ultimate tribute to a remarkable band - and the genius who made it all possible.
Ian Gillan - The Autobiography of Deep Purple's Lead Singer
AvIan Gillan
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
4,7 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(6)
112 kr
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With hits including `Child in Time’, and the iconic `Smoke on the Water’, Deep Purple established themselves as one of Britain’s greatest rock bandsFrom the moment he saw Elvis Presley on screen, Ian Gillan, a working class teenager from Hounslow, was inspired to become a rock star. That wish was to come true when the opportunity arose to join Deep Purple, and global fame soon followed. The ensuing years were thrilling but punishing. The band recorded six albums in just four years and tensions within the band, as well as issues with alcohol, brought Ian to breaking point. Ian describes the rock `n’ roll lifestyle in disarming detail while never taking himself too seriously, making this an entertaining read for any rock fan.
Bless Me Father
A Life Story
AvKevin Rowland
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
149 kr
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A searingly honest memoir from Dexys’ iconic frontman, one of the great mavericks and creative geniuses of British music. At home, the prayerful eight-year-old altar boy was planning to attend college to train to be a priest. Elsewhere, he was thieving, lying, swearing, fighting and rarely out of trouble.In this astonishing memoir, Kevin takes us from the juvenile courts of his troubled teenage years to the early days of the New Romantic scene in the late ’70s. An unwavering passion for music and highly tuned sense of fashion and style ignited an unstoppable drive within him, compelling him down a path that led to his huge chart successes with Dexys Midnight Runners in the early 1980s. However, despite being celebrated as a creative genius, inner turmoil was never far away, and a terrifying series of self-sabotaging events were to follow – including a serious cocaine addiction – leaving him in the wilderness in the 1990s, bankrupt, living in a bedsit, on the dole.Always resilient in the face of adversity, after a massive upheaval Kevin found his way back. He charts his return journey, from shocking audiences with his pioneering embrace of gender fluidity with My Beauty, right through to Dexys’ triumphant appearance at Glastonbury in 2024.Vividly detailed, and with a truly rare degree of self-insight, this is Kevin's own, deeply personal account of an extraordinary life, raw and unvarnished. A remarkable memoir, as compelling and original as you would expect from one of the pioneering icons of music history.
ABBA The Backstage stories
AvIngmarie Halling,Carl Magnus Palm
Inbunden, Svenska, 2018
359 kr
Brighton 1974. Abba, en okänd grupp från Sverige, vinner Eurovision Song Contest med låten Waterloo. För Anni-Frid (Frida), Benny, Björn och Agnetha blir det början på en enastående framgångssaga. Abba är snart en av världens främsta popgrupper. Hitlåtarna avlöser varandra: Waterloo, Dancing queen, Chiquitita, Super trouper, Fernando, The winner takes it all, Thank you for the music, med flera. Låtar som blivit klassiker! I ABBA The Backstage stories berättar Ingmarie Halling, kostymör under Abbas utlandsturnéer och idag curator på ABBA The Museum, personligt och med glimten i ögat, om de spännande turnéåren och om det som hände backstage; det som ingen berättat om tidigare. Om allt det roliga bakom kulisserna och om de fantastiska kläderna som bidrog till gruppens berömmelse. Journalisten Carl Magnus Palm skildrar Abbas historia, från Ring ring 1973 fram till idag. Och många av alla de som var med – inte minst Frida, Benny, Björn och Agnetha – bidrar med sina minnen. ABBA The Backstage stories är en spännande scrapbook, rikt illustrerad med många privata bilder ur fotoalbumen från de som var med när det hände. Frida, Benny, Björn och Agnetha har också skrivit varsitt personligt förord i boken. Ur Fridas förord: ”Ingmarie, vår vän, vilken härlig dagbok du skrivit om en tid i våra liv som på många sätt formade oss till de personer vi är idag. Det du berättar är en bit musikhistoria där vi alla har varit delaktiga, en ovanlig och kreativ ungdomstid då allt var lätt och kul. Drömmar som blev sanningar och sanningar som blev historia."
Pet Shop Boys Volume
The complete visual record (The Instant Sunday Times bestseller)
AvChris Heath,Philip Hoare
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(2)
480 kr
Marking the fortieth anniversary of Please, the duo’s first album release, the instant Sunday Times bestseller Pet Shop Boys Volume presents their entire visual output to date in a contemporary literary format. Pet Shop Boys – Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe – are the most successful duo in the history of pop music. Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, they have sold more than 50 million records worldwide, including No. 1 hits such as ‘West End girls’, ‘It’s a sin’, and ‘Always on my mind’, and platinum-selling albums Please, Actually, and Very. Uniquely spanning the worlds of music, art, film, theatre, design, and fashion, Pet Shop Boys have forged an identity as unforgettable as their sound. From the seminal graphic design of their record sleeves to their groundbreaking videos and innovative stage shows, they have set the bar for the visual presentation of pop. Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the release of their first album in 1986, Pet Shop Boys Volume is the definitive retrospective of the duo’s career. Expanding upon Pet Shop Boys Catalogue, published two decades ago, it presents their entire visual output to date, year by year. Sleeve artworks and packaging, stills from every video, film, and performance, stage sets and costume designs, photoshoots, publications, and even Christmas cards all feature, as does every collaboration with luminaries including Mark Farrow, Wolfgang Tillmans, Martin Parr, Bruce Weber, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Derek Jarman, Scott King, Zaha Hadid, Tom Scutt, and Es Devlin. Concise commentaries by Chris Heath and Philip Hoare provide illuminating insights into the genesis of each project. Hoare’s original introduction is accompanied by a new introduction from Libby Sellers who considers the importance of Pet Shop Boys within the history of design, while a new foreword by Jeremy Deller reflects on the enduring impact of their music and image. With a jacket designed by Farrow and a new conversation between Heath, Tennant, and Lowe, Pet Shop Boys Volume is a visual feast and a sumptuous tribute to four decades of creative innovation.
Sov mitt lilla hjärta : vaggvisan i Sverige
AvChristina Mattsson
Inbunden, Svenska, 2026
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
284 kr
Vaggvisan är en uråldrig visgenre, troligen en av våra äldsta. I boken ger författaren, som är en av vårt lands främsta visforskare, en bred introduktion till ämnet. Orden »Sov mitt lilla hjärta« är lånade ur en vaggvisa som sjöngs för över 250 år sedan.

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Bless Me Father

ABBA The Backstage stories

Pet Shop Boys Volume

Sov mitt lilla hjärta : vaggvisan i Sverige