Book designer Jo Walker created a powerful and evocative cover for Maria Yudina’s biography, bringing together flames and music. We asked Jo to walk us through her influences, her creative process, and what is her advice for new book designers.
In celebration of the upcoming publication of The Piano: A History in 100 Pieces, we asked author and concert…
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all…
To celebrate the publication of The Classical Music Lover’s Companion To Orchestral Music, we asked Robert Philip, scholar,…
Greil Marcus is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to cultural criticism. For three decades…
The Hungarian musician and composer Béla Bartók is the subject of a comprehensive new book by David Cooper, bringing…
Béla Bartók is widely acknowledged as one of the most important musical composers of the early 20th century. He is…
When we consider the term Pop Art, images that spring to mind might be Andy Warhol’s immortalising screen prints of…
This winter we have gathered together some of our favourite books – books for Biography Buffs, History Lovers and…
Forbidden Music: The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis explores the legacy of those musicians persecuted by the Third…
In Bob Dylan: Like a Complete Unknown (out now in paperback) iterary scholar and music critic David Yaffe offers an…
In his acclaimed book Music and Sentiment (out in paperback this month), the acclaimed pianist and writer Charles…
As the BBC proms kicks off tonight at the Royal Albert Hall, we take a look at books…
This Sunday is Father’s Day. In case you are still looking for gift ideas, take a look at…
As Bob Dylan turns 70, Yale University Press publishes a new biography exploring the many facets of the…
