Fleetwood Macs iconic album Rumours is more popular and acclaimed now than ever and attracts listeners across generationsthis deft analysis (Houston Press) celebrates the albums unlikely creation, surprising longevity, and enduring cultural impact.
In her long career, Canadian songstress Joni Mitchell has been hailed as everything from a 1960s folk icon to 20th century cultural figure, artistic iconoclast to musical heroine, extreme romantic confessor to both outspoken commentator and lyrical painter.
Hailing from Muswell Hill in London, The Kinks were one of the top British bands of the sixties, with over twenty hit singles in the UK, including a trio of number ones, the famous tribute to their home city 'Waterloo Sunset' being one.
In the realm of singer-songwriters, few have been as influential as Neil Young, whose music has always been creative and relevant throughout six decades.
A Rough Trade Book of the YearA Resident Book of the YearA Classic Pop Book of the YearNominated for the 2025 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research'A wonderful book' ELTON JOHN'Beautiful, insightful and honest' CILLIAN MURPHY'A love letter to a charmed life lived through music' OBSERVERAs one-third of seminal band Cocteau Twins, Simon Raymonde helped to create some of the most beautiful and memorable albums of the '80s and '90s - music that continues to cast a spell over millions.
Having celebrated 50 years as a band in 2022, Magnum remain a musical enigma, much loved by legions of fans despite never fitting easily into the sub-genres favoured by rock music critics.
Whitney Houston's first two albums, Whitney Houston (1985) and Whitney (1987), propelled her to international fame and produced a record-setting run of seven consecutive No.
Die Schrift ist als Beispiel für das entworfen worden, was der Autor, von Jaspers beeinflußt, "Situationsgeschichte" nennt, also die Veranschaulichung eines Ereignisses durch Darstellung aller den Gegenstand berührenden Klein- oder Einzelereignisse.
Probablemente casi todo el mundo haya escuchado, en una versión u otra, la cadencia plúmbea de los acordes que abren la célebre "Marcha fúnebre" de Chopin.
A compelling portrait of rocks greatest guitarist at the moment of his ascendance, Stone Free is the first book to focus exclusively on the happiest and most productive period of Jimi Hendrixs life.
«Se che contan que estou tolo, que me divirte moito falar de porcalladas escatolóxicas, ou se che din que me pega a risa por calquera parvada, non lles fagas caso, caca podre!
Pocos compositores han gozado de la aceptación crítica o la longevidad de Jean Sibelius, que murió en 1957, a los 91 años, después de haber puesto a Finlandia en el mapa de la cultura europea, por mucho que su figura superase con creces los límites nacionales para llegar a ser uno de los pilares centrales de la música clásica contemporánea.
A comienzos de 1991, el mánager musical Danny Goldberg aceptó hacerse cargo de Nirvana, uno de los muchos grupos de rock de la escena musical "underground" de Seattle.
A compelling portrait of rocks greatest guitarist at the moment of his ascendance, Stone Free is the first book to focus exclusively on the happiest and most productive period of Jimi Hendrixs life.
Este libro explica la trayectoria de Serrat no solo a través de sus canciones y su música sino también a través de los momentos trascendentes de una vida íntimamente ligada con la historia reciente de nuestro país: la dura posguerra en Barcelona, su juventud activista en la España franquista, el escándalo de Eurovisión, la "Nova Cançó" catalana, el exilio por motivos políticos, el reconocimiento en la España de la transición, el éxito internacional.
Among collections of letters written between American soldiers and their spouses, the Civil War correspondence of William and Jane Standard stands out for conveying the complexity of the motives and experiences of Union soldiers and their families.
Among collections of letters written between American soldiers and their spouses, the Civil War correspondence of William and Jane Standard stands out for conveying the complexity of the motives and experiences of Union soldiers and their families.
A compelling portrait of rocks greatest guitarist at the moment of his ascendance, Stone Free is the first book to focus exclusively on the happiest and most productive period of Jimi Hendrixs life.
While David Bowie was alive, his songs and their strange commentaries on modern life had some kind of deep significance that made sense of it all for many people.
Formed at their Oxfordshire secondary school in the mid-eighties, Radiohead have gone on arguably to be not only the most important rock group of the 1990s, but also the most significant post-rock group of the new century.
The name John Lennon immediately conjures up thoughts and images of the iconic sixties band 'The Beatles', the 'Let It Be' roof top concert, a pedestrian crossing at Abbey Road Studios, a white room, the song 'Imagine' and Yoko Ono.
Over the course of his long career, legendary bluesman William Big Bill Broonzy (18931958) helped shape the trajectory of the genre, from its roots in the rural Mississippi River Delta, through its rise as a popular genre in the North, to its eventual international acclaim.
Although the ukulele has always been popular - even when cast to the grass-skirt ghetto of luaus and limbo contests - the current craze for this instrument has put the four-string cousin of the guitar into the hands of veteran musicians and young hipsters alike.
The Courage To Love: From Abuse to Happiness, a Healing Memoir From a childhood marked by abuse and silence, Guy Giard's extraordinary journey spans four continents in search of healing, joy, and true purpose.
Hungarian composer Bela Bartok declared his Cantata profana, composed in 1930 and premiered in London in 1934, his "e;credo,"e; the composition of which was inseparable from the history of his involvement with folklore.
We know Robert Schumann in many ways: as a visionary composer, a seasoned journalist, a cultured man of letters, and a genius who, having passed his mantle on to the young Brahms, succumbed to mental illness in 1856.
Hungarian composer Bela Bartok declared his Cantata profana, composed in 1930 and premiered in London in 1934, his "e;credo,"e; the composition of which was inseparable from the history of his involvement with folklore.
