Booktopia - In The City: A Celebration of London Music, Paul Du Noyer, 9781905264605

In The City: A Celebration of London Music

By: Paul Du Noyer

Retail Price:	$59.95
Booktopia Price	$52.75

ISBN: 9781905264605

Format: Hardcover
Published: September 2009

All prices in Australian Dollars

Stock Availability
This title is not in stock at the Booktopia Warehouse and needs to be ordered from one of our suppliers. Click here to see "In Stock" titles.
Click here to read more about delivery expectations.

Payment Options

Bank transfers, cheques and money orders are also accepted.

Add to wish list

View wish list

London's music is as important as its landmarks. It is the city of immigrant music, West End musicals, Ronnie Scott's jazz club, Abbey Road, mod culture, the Kinks, the Who and the Rolling Stones, all of whom transformed the city and were in turn transformed by it.

In this fascinating history of the city's popular music, Paul Du Noyer, critically-acclaimed music writer and founding editor of Mojo, explores London's native talent, from Noel Coward and David Bowie to the Sex Pistols and Amy Winehouse.

He covers too the London visits of international artists such as Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix, who also felt the city's influence. From Elizabethan traders and public execution songs, to The Beggar's Opera and East End music halls, right up to modern-day troubadours such as Dizzee Rascal and Lily Allen, he charts the rich musical inheritance of London and the many styles and characters that have helped to define the city's music over the years.

This captivating book will appeal to residents, visitors and exiles alike, as well as lovers of popular culture, social history and music.

Above all, it is a celebration of the city - packed with stories of the people and places that have made London the most exciting and innovative musical city on earth.