MUSIC Titan
Alfred Hitchcock Storyboards Tony Moral 6th February, hb, eb, £34.99, 9781789099546 One-of-a-kind historical document and celebration of the artwork behind several of the Master of Suspense’s greatest films.
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: The Essential Visual Archive Kelly Knox, ST Bende, Clayton Sandell 12th March, hb, £59.99, 9781803368894 Celebrate the legacy with this visual deep dive into the film’s production.
Star Wars: The High Republic: The Lightsaber Collection Daniel Wallace, Lukasz Liszko, Ryan Valle 30th April, hb, £27.99, 9781835410165 Discover more than 50 lightsabers from the golden age of the Jedi with this essential guide for fans.
The Art and Soul of Dune Part Two Tanya Lapointe 15th March, hb, £50, 9781803367132 The incredible creative journey that brought Denis Villeneuve’s creation to the big screen.
Welbeck
Ghibliotheque Michael Leader, Jake Cunningham 6th June, hb, eb, £25, 9781802797466 Updated version of the collection based on the Ghibliotheque podcast of Studio Ghibli’s films includes the new 2023 release.
White Lion
Tim Burton Ian Nathan 7th March, hb, £28, 9780711292611 Revised and updated, a celebration of the life and films of the extraordinary filmmaker.
Michael Mann Jean-Baptiste Thoret, Gavin Bowd (tr) 9th May, hb, £35, 9780711294127 Going further than just a comprehensive essay on the career of a revolution- ary filmmaker, this biogra- phy is also a treaty on contemporary times.
White Owl
Star Trek: Discovering the TV Series
Tom Salinsky 30th March, hb, £20, 9781399035040 Episode guide to the whole of Star Trek, start- ing with the original 1960s series, and going up to The Next Generation.
Music 404 Ink
Blitzkrieg Bops Alli Patton 25th July, vol 24, pb, £7.50, 9781912489909 Chronicling a history of punks at war, Blitzkrieg Bops studies bands overthrowing corrupt governments, stomping out oppressive regimes, fighting the establishment and, in turn, fighting for their lives.
Abrams
Supreme Sirens Marcellas Reynolds, Monica 1st February, hb, £45, 9781419769016 Vibrant photographic exploration of the power, rebellion and resilience held within the voices of trailblazing Black female musicians.
Atlantic
Why We Sing Julia Hollander 1st February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781838953652 Through personal anecdote and scientific fact-finding, this book celebrates the way song inspires and heals us from the cradle to the grave.
Bantam
Hope I Get Old Before I Die David Hepworth 16th May, hb, eb, £20, 9781787632783 Showcasing the third act of the gods of rock, Hepworth looks at how enduring icons such as Bob Dylan, Bruce Springs- teen and Pink Floyd remain in the ever-chang- ing music game.
Bloomsbury
Leonard Cohen Harry Freedman 25th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781399416498 Freedman uncovers the spiritual traditions that lie behind Cohen’s profound and unmistakable lyrics.
Bloomsbury Academic
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British Library
Black British Music Paul Bradshaw (ed), Aleema Gray, Mykaell Riley 27th April, hb, £30, 9780712354899 Accompanies the first ever large-scale exhibition on Black music in the UK and explores the people, spaces and messages that formed part of this central British soundtrack.
pb, eb, £9.99, 97815013 Widely acclaimed series of short books focuses on individual albums by stars big and small in the rock, pop, soul and hip hop firmament. Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy Ma’Chell M Duma 7th March, 89276 Depeche Mode’s 101 Mary Valle 2nd May, 90326 The Clash’s Sandinista! Micajah Henley 7th March, 90364 The Isley Brothers’ 3+3 Darrell M McNeill 2nd May, 9798765106716 Pulp’s This Is Hardcore Jane Savidge 7th March, 9798765106952
SERIESSERIES
Genre 4th April, pb, eb, £14.99, 97987651033 From death metal to trip- hop, this is a series of short books that guide the reader through the many musical sub-genres that have intrigued, perplexed or provoked listeners.
Neue Deutsche Welle Claudia Lonkin 33
Math Rock Jeff Gomez 71
Boydell & Brewer
Pierre Boulez Caroline Potter 12th March, hb, £30, 9781837650859
Exploring the emotional and cultural influences on Boulez’s early works, the role surrealism and French culture of the 1930s and ’40s played in shaping his radical musical concepts.
Music in Edwardian London
Simon McVeigh 21st May, pb, £24.99, 9781837651603 Traversing the UK capi- tal’s musical culture, this book boldly illuminates the emergence of Edwardian London as a beacon of musical innovation.
Broadleaf
Thriving on a Riff William G Carter 23rd April, hb, eb, £17.99, 9781506497600 Presbyterian minister and jazz pianist traces the meaning and spirituality of jazz, weaving the history of American music into his experiences and those of generations of jazz musicians.
Canbury Press
You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favourite Song Glenn McDonald 25th June, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781914487156 From the 1990s to the 2020s, how streaming has changed the global musical landscape. A comprehensive guide to pop and rock’s digital revolution, by Spotify’s “data alchemist”.
Chicago Review Press
Nightfly Peter Jones 1st April, pb, £17.95, 9780913705292 Seeks to explain the public’s continuing fasci- nation with Donald Fagen’s music, both in collaboration with Walter Becker and Steely Dan and as a solo artist.
Clemson University Press
Britten’s Gods Sterling Lambert 1st February, hb, eb, £115, 9781638040682 Benjamin Britten frequently performed the music of Purcell, Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Verdi and Mahler and those pieces influenced his own compositions.
The Reminiscences and Selected Criticism of Herbert Thompson Michael Allis (ed), Paul Watt (ed) 1st February, hb, eb, £115, 9781638040934 Critical edition of the autobiography and musical criticism of Thompson (1856–1945).
Collins
I Don’t Want to Go Home Nick Corasaniti 4th June, hb, £22, 9780062950789 Oral history of the landmark music venue the Stone Pony and of the rise, fall and rebirth of Asbury Park, New Jersey. Carries interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Steve
Van Zandt and Southside Johnny.
Duke University Press
Unspooled Rob Drew 5th March, pb, £22.99, 9781478025597 Traces the history of the cassette tape to show how a lowly format that began life in office dicta- tion machines and cheap portable players became musical and interpersonal communication.
At the Vanguard of Vinyl Darren Mueller 8th March, pb, £27.99, 9781478030072 Examines how musicians used the jazz industry’s adoption of the long- playing record to redefine the uneven power rela- tions of the heavily segre- gated music business.
Elliott & Thompson
Don’t Stop the Music Justin Lewis 30th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781783967926 With notable events, surprising nuggets and entertaining coincidences from music history, this is a wry and constantly surprising paperback companion, charting a year
alongside popular music facts and trivia.
EnvelopeBooks
The Sound of the Place Luke Ottewanger 1st June, pb, £14.95, 9781915023186 Thoughtful account of composer Ottevanger after he lost his ability to write music and began a therapeutic journey exploring how British landscapes liberated the musicians of the past.
Epic Ink
Taylor Swift is Life Kathleen Perricone 18th July, hb, £14.99, 9780760390122 Beautifully illustrated guide that explores and celebrates the singer and her music.
Boy Bands Ultimate Trivia Book Karah-Leigh Hancock 25th July, pb, £12.99, 9780760390146 Packed with hundreds of trivia questions that will test the expertise of every superfan.
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