Barney Hoskyns ; Michael Bracewell

A tribute to Bowie from the artist’s official photographer, Mick Rock. This collection includes stage shots, backstage photographs, and more, to chart

A tribute to David Bowie from the artist’s official photographer, Mick Rock. Compiled in 2015 with Bowie’s blessing, this collection includes stage sh

Never Enough is Barney Hoskyns's raw, uncompromising and utterly compelling account of the highs and lows of life under the needle.

With his trademark growl, carnival-madman persona, haunting music, and unforgettable lyrics, Tom Waits is one of the most revered and critically accla

In the American South, blacks and whites have been influencing each other's music for generations, from the hymns of the 18th century to the soul musi

An anthology of the most incisive commentary on the extraordinary career of Joni Mitchell.

From the Beatles to Beck, Sinatra to Sam Smith, a parade of era-defining artists have passed through the doors of the Capitol Records Tower, one of Ho

Starting out as a backing group for Ronnie Hawkins, before being propelled on to the world stage by Bob Dylan, The Band literally changed the course o

The story of a remarkable time and place: Los Angeles from the dawn of the singer-songwriter era in the mid-Sixties to the peak of The Eagles' success

Spanning multiple decades and moments of music history, and containing personal reflections as well as recommendations, this is a poignant and evocati

No city in the western world exerts such a fascination as the glamorous, debauched Los Angeles, and there is no city with more of a draw to musicians.

Capitol Records brought the Beatles to America and the Beach Boys to the world, and, with its iconic Hollywood tower, was also home to Nat King Cole a

Think 'Woodstock' and the mind turns to the seminal 1969 festival. But Woodstock itself was over sixty miles away, and already a key location in the r

Spanning Tom Waits' extraordinary 40-year career, from Closing Time to Orphans, Lowside of the Road is Barney Hoskyns' unique take on one of rock's gr

From enduring musical achievements to drug-fueled chaos and bed-hopping antics, the LA pop music scene in the sixties and seventies was like no other.

A Rock's Backpages anthology, edited and introduced by Barney Hoskyns, of Steely Dan, one of the defining and bestselling American rock acts of the la

The definitive oral history of the iconic, bestselling rock band Led Zeppelin With Robert Plant on lead vocal and Jimmy Page on guitar, Led Zeppelin

Gathers some of the best and most entertaining rock writing, coming at rock and roll from several different angles and spanning four decades of Good,

Capitol Records brought the Beatles to America and the Beach Boys to the world, and its iconic Hollywood tower was home to Nat King Cole and Frank Sin

A Rock's Backpages anthology of Radiohead, the most radical and fascinating rock band in modern music history, edited and introduced by Barney Hoskyns