New and Recommended: Music and Film

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A collection of multi-award-winning author David Keenan's best music writingVolcanic Tongue presents the first ever collection of multi-award-winning author David Keenan's music writings. Keenan has been writing about music since…

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A Hollywood history told from the perspective of those that fought for diversity, inclusion and acknowledgement.On 29 February 1940, African American actor Hattie McDaniel became the first person of colour, and the first Black woman, to win…

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A SEARING INVESTIGATION INTO HOW SPOTIFY HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED MUSIC FOREVERAn unsparing investigation into Spotify's origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism, illuminating how…

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Translated by Jonathan ReederWhen Stalin came to power, making music in Russia became dangerous. Composers now had to create work that served the socialist state, and all artistic production was scrutinized for potential…

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The story of the love and jealousy between two geniuses behind The Beatles, who merged their souls and multiplied their talents to produce one of the greatest bodies of creative work in history.'The first new Beatles story in decades - and…

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The first book on the Auschwitz women's orchestra by the bestselling historian of twentieth-century women's lives'Superb and timely' KATE MOSSE'Impressive, important, deeply moving' SARAH WATERS'Brilliant' ANTHONY HOROWITZWhat role could…

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A exploration of the anti-sex and anti-taboo movement in cinemaSex on screen is unnecessary, gratuitous, and serves no purpose. This is the sentiment on the rise as cinema becomes less and less sexy.Xuanlin Tham counters that sex scenes can…

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Daniel Levitin, world-leading neuroscientist and internationally bestselling author, explains the extraordinary power that music has to improve our healthFrom the bestselling author of This Is Your Brain on Music and The…

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A landmark social history of British rap and grime - from the artists and communities who created and were shaped by the music, to the listeners who found a sense of identity and home within it - by one of the nation's foremost cultural…

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From the stylist behind David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust look, an electrifying peek behind the curtains during a legendary chapter of pop culture history.'Suzi Ronson was there as Bowie transitioned from suburban folkie to world superstar and…

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Translated by Alta Ifland & Eireene NealandWith an Introduction by Jean-Luc Nancy“One must make films with this knowledge: there’s no point anymore. Let film meet its end, that’s the only cinema.”The…

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An illuminating, witty and highly moving story of making and listening to music and its role and impact on grief. ‘It’s curious that we don’t really understand why music is able to tip us over the edge. If you want to…