The world's best rock journalists from "MOJO" magazine piece together the complete Bob Dylan saga, revealing new insights into his life and career and telling the stories behind the songs. They chronicle the many phases of his forty-year career, analyse his songs and poetry, and discuss the impact that his work has had on folk, rock, and blues music. Reminiscences by other artists, foreword by Bono. Fantastic illustrations. Large format hardback. (288 pages)
Level: B/Library/Depot

Lyrics and music (for piano. vocal and guitar) of the great Kate Bush double album that marked her return in 2005:
CD 1 - A Sea Of Honey
King of the Mountian — pi — Bertie — Mrs. Bartolozzi — How to be Invisible —  Joanni —  A Coral Room
CD 2 - A Sky of Honey
Prelude — Prologue — An Architect's Dream — The Painters Link — Sunset — Aerial Tal — Somwhere in Between — Nocturn — Aerial

'With a Fenian fiddle in one ear and an Orange drum in the other', singer Tommy Sands was reared in the foothills of the Mourne mountains, where he still lives. As a child, he was immersed in folk music — his father played the fiddle, his mother the accordion. The family's kitchen was a place where Protestant and Catholic farmers alike would gather for songs and storytelling at the end of a day's harvesting. Soon after learning the fiddle himself, Sands began writing his own songs. During the 1960s and 1970s he was the chief songwriter with The Sands Family, who played wherever they were welcome, from local wakes and weddings to New York's Carnegie Hall. His songs have been recorded by Joan Baez, Dolores Keane, Dick Gaughan and The Dubliners. The Songman is the story of Sands' remarkable journey. He tells of his family's traditional way of life, recalling his mother tying summer sheaves while his father worked the scythe. Here are the heady days of the civil-rights movement ('John Hume stood up and called for order; then Eamon McCann stood up and called for disorder'), when The Sands Family played for refugees in 1969 Belfast; encounters with Mary O'Hara and Pete Seeger; 'the boyish devilment and humour' of Ian Paisley on his radio show County Ceilf; and a 'defining moment' during the Good Friday Agreement talks, when he organized a moving impromptu performance with children and Lambeg drummers. Dip into this charming and informative book to find sections illustrating the history of our times — and a life in music. (288 pages)
Level: B/Library/depot