Music

An anthology showcasing influential Welsh recording artists across decades and genres, from Ivor Novello to Adwaith, with both English and Welsh recordings.Wales: A Hundred Records is an anthology of...

Memoir of four musicians who left Wales to pursue their art in the USA: composers Joseph Parry and Daniel Protheroe, pianist Marie Novello and the author herself. It is written in a blend of literary...

Explore Edinburgh's hidden music heritage, plus a few of its more tuneful tall tales, with this eye-opening guide of the city's music milestones, famous gigs, infamous incidents and colourful characters.

Pipers takes the reader inside the world of the performer community of Scottish piping, introducing the instrument itself and the various different repertories. It also discusses piping techniques as...

You’ve seen the Good Vibrations film, now read Terri Hooley’s own story – from the highs of working with John Peel and The Undertones, to lows of bankruptcy and arson, featuring contributions from David Holmes, Gary Lightbody and many others.

All over the world people associate the bagpipes with Scotland. In this informative and entertaining book Stuart McHardy introduces Scotland's national instrument - its history, development and repertoire...

The history of the Welsh love of hymn singing, and of how hymns and the religious movements and revivals of which they were part fired the Welsh imagination and spread via Welsh emigrants to the religious communities of the USA.

The Beatles 101 is a perfect introduction for new fans, a refresher for superfans, and ideal reading for quizmasters. It distils The Beatles' story into 101 entertaining chapters, taking you from their early Liverpool days through their world-shattering success in sound, stage and screen, to an afterlife that could never have been predicted.

Songs to stir the soul and move the feet, raise a roar or bring a tear to the eye. From Danny Boy to Boulavogue and more, this book celebrates the cream of Irish ballads, explaining the origins of each song, along with words, melodies and chords. Illustrated with evocative photographs and woodcuts..

Gaelic Scotland is one of the world's great treasure-houses of song. In this anthology, Anne Lorne Gillies has gathered together music and lyrics from all over the Gaelic-speaking Highlands and Islands...