MUSIC
Sticky Fingers Joe Hagan Canongate €35
Jann Wenner founded Rolling Stone in 1967 when he was 21. For decades, the biggest names in the music business either courted him because they wanted to be in his magazine, or reviled him because they didn’t like what had been written about them. This warts-andall biography dishes the dirt.
Year Of Wonder Clemency Burton-Hill Headline €28
The violinist and BBC Radio 3 presenter chooses one piece of classical music for every day of the year and provides a brief introduction to each. Her purpose is to ‘extend a hand to those who feel that the world of classical music is a party to which they haven’t been invited’. Her enthusiasm leaps off the page.
David Bowie: A Life Dylan Jones Preface €18.99
The GQ editor’s engrossing book is based on the testimonies of some 150 of Bowie’s colleagues, friends and loved ones, as well as his own interviews with the star.
Lou Reed: A Life Anthony DeCurtis John Murray €35
DeCurtis, a friend of the Velvet Underground star, left, doesn’t shy away from Reed’s ugly side – the physical abuse of his first wife, the drugs, the gargantuan ego – but he’s also great on the music, both the good stuff... and the bad.