Für die einen ist er ein lebendes Gesamtkunstwerk, das sich immer weiter vervollkommnet, für die anderen ein Popstar, der partout nicht lockerlässt, für die dritten wiederum ein unerschrockener Jäger des verlorenen Schatzes der Kulturindustrie: Andreas Dorau – viel bewundert, eigensinnig, genial.
Arguably the pre-eminent European sculptor of his age, but historically considered little more than the facile court sculptor to the grand dukes of Florence, Giambologna played a major role in the artistic transformations of the late sixteenth century.
Las memorias del cantante de AC/DC, que, tras un periplo vital alucinante y accidentado, sustituyó al trágicamente desaparecido Bon Scott al frente de uno de los grupos clave del rock duro para firmar Back in Black: un hito del rock y el segundo disco más vendido de todos los tiempos.
The use of historical recordings as primary sources is relatively well established in both musicology and performance studies and has demonstrated how early recording technologies transformed the ways in which musicians and audiences engaged with music.
Love him or loathe him, Simon Cowell is arguably the most influential player in the British entertainment industry and one of Britains most successful exports.
An explosive inside look at The Dirty Dozen, the star-studded war film that broke the rules, shocked the critics, thrilled audiences, and became an all-time, cult-movieclassic .
'Key to understanding Black British history' - The Sunday Times'Sharp and still relevant' - Zadie SmithOne of the great poets of modern times, and a deeply respected political and cultural activist and social critic, Linton Kwesi Johnson is also a prolific writer of non-fiction.
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERImagine if all the worn-out, untrue, painful chapters of our lives started to quiet, and the beautiful, unique pieces of who we are were to rise.
Sweeping in its scope, The Legends of Hip Hop is an intimate look at the visionaries, the movers and the shakers, and the pioneers who have helped shape the world of hip hop.
The #1New York TimesBestseller * Named one of Variety's Best Music Books of 2021 * Included in Audible's Best of The Year list * A Business Insider Best Memoirs of 2021 * One of NME's Best Music Books of 2021So, I've written a book.
Drawn from a mosaic of influences, including folk, gospel, and blues, R&B represents both everything that came before and nothing that was heard before.
Jeff Slaughter is known throughout the world for both his amazing passion in worship leadership and his awe-inspiring lyrics, estimated to have been sung by forty-six million children worldwide.
From his emergence in the 1950s as an uncannily beautiful young Oklahoman who became the prince of "e;cool"e; jazz seemingly overnight to his violent, drug-related death in Amsterdam in 1988, Chet Baker lived a life that has become an American myth.
"e;Of all the various acts of inequity throughout time, none was more severe than the submission forced upon the indigenous peoples of the earth by their earthly demi-god counterparts.
This is the story of my life from the war years living a modest and pretty uneventful life in Lancashire to marrying an artist/rock climber which opened up a world I had never known.
Von der verhassten Tanzstunde im Rock über den Versuch, so wie alle für den tollen Typen zu schwärmen, vom Sexismus in der Schauspielbranche über das private und das öffentliche Outing, vom Festgelegt-Werden auf die Tatort-Figur bis zur Frage, wer denn die Drehbücher für Frauenfiguren schreibt: Offenherzig, direkt und humorvoll erzählt Ulrike Folkerts von ihrem Kampf gegen innere und gegen äußere Widerstände.
The classic, heart-touching story of unrequited love of a man's fall from grace and his tragic end offers an insightful and compassionate portral of men and women in love.
Baba Allauddin Khan's daughter, Pandit Ravi Shankar's first wife, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan's sister, representative of Maihar-Senia gharana - Annapurna Devi has an illustrious lineage.
Zubin Mehta left the sheltered environs of his parental home in Bombay in 1954, as an eighteen year old, and moved to Vienna into the very unique culture of the Music Academy, where he studied under illustrious teachers such as Hans Swarowsky.
Sixty glorious years of independence of India mark several milestones and immense contributions from great men and women who have become part of its history.
'An inspiring and necessary book that challenges the narratives we set for our lives and reveals the beauty beyond them' CLEMENTINE FORDAlexandra Collier was a writer living in a light-filled Brooklyn brownstone in New York with the man she loved.
