'A wonderfully warm tale of weddings, funerals, marathon sauna contests - and the incomparable thrill of your first kiss, from "e;the Nick Hornby of the Arctic"e;.
Shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize; former prime minister John Major takes a remarkable journey into his own unconventional family past to tell the richly colourful story of the British music hall.
My Chemical Romance are the most significant band in alternative rock for the last decade, selling 5 million albums and selling out arenas worldwide until their split after twelve years together.
Goodnight and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Britain is a social history, a diary of a nation's changing culture, and an in-depth appraisal of one of our greatest broadcasters, a man who can legitimately be called the most influential figure in post-war British popular music.
The ultimate celebration of the ultimate rock 'n' roll band, filled with trivia, fun stories, puzzles and quizzes for Oasis fans and aspiring rock stars.
Who better to tell the story of the gentrification of a musical genre than the man who started out as Jungle's most streetwise ambassador and went on to collect an MBE from Buckingham Palace?
This book is a backstage pass to the ups, downs, and all-out craziness of arena rockdeep discussions with Rod Stewart, jamming with legends like Mick Jagger and Justin Timberlake, gaining groupies, and striking out solo.
John Bridcut, author of the acclaimed 'Britten's Children', has included significant fresh material which will make the book indispensable for Britten aficionados as well as for those who are discovering the composer's music for the first time.
Dylan's songs sound as if they have been part of the folk music tradition for centuries The Ballad of Bob Dylan examines the influences behind his songs.
This book is a backstage pass to the ups, downs, and all-out craziness of arena rockdeep discussions with Rod Stewart, jamming with legends like Mick Jagger and Justin Timberlake, gaining groupies, and striking out solo.
'I was 22 years old, a hard-on with a pulse: wretched, vice-ridden, too much to burn and not enough minutes in a hour to do so'The action begins in West Des Moines, Iowa, where Corey Taylor, frontman of heavy metal bands Slipknot and Stone Sour, systematically set about committing each of the Seven Deadly Sins.
With an exhaustive knowledge of popular culture and an effortless ability to spin brilliant prose out of unlikely subject matter, Klosterman attacks the entire spectrum of postmodern America: reality TV, Internet porn, breakfast cereal, serial killers, Pamela Anderson, literary Jesus freaks, and the real difference between apples and oranges (of which there is none).
In 2002 - along with Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding and Nicola Roberts - Kimberley Walsh won a place in the Popstars The Rivals band Girls Aloud, and her life changed forever.
Finalist, 2017 Indie Book Awards for Autobiography/Memoir, Foreword ReviewsPunk Avenue: The New York City Underground 1972-1982 is an intimate look at author Paris-born Phil Marcades first ten years in the United States where drifted from Boston to the West Coast and back, before winding up in New York City and becoming immersed in the early punk rock scene.
Neil Young is one of rock and roll's most important, influential and enigmatic figures, an intensely reticent artist who has granted no writer access to his inner sanctum - until now.
Seine "Méditation" ist beinahe ein »Schlager« geworden, seine Opern "Manon" und "Werther" finden sich auf den Spielplänen aller großen Opernhäuser, und doch blieb der Komponist Jules Massenet (1842-1912) bislang eher unbekannt.
Desde muy joven, Giles Smith se sintió atraído por el universo del pop: por las canciones que sonaban en la radio, por los conciertos en directo que veía en la televisión, por los singles de siete pulgadas que compraba o hurtaba, por la iconografía pop, los peinados estrambóticos, las guitarras eléctricas Empezó a comprar discos, a clasificarlos y atesorarlos, a imitar a sus ídolos, a Marc Bolan de T.
Chile y Mexico son dos naciones separadas por hemisferios y miles de kilometros de distancia, sin embargo, se encuentran enlazadas por un cumulo de experiencias, manifestaciones y expresiones a lo largo de mas de dos siglos, y es en la musica donde este vinculo se materializa.
"Die Achtziger waren das beste Jahrzehnt der Welt – so als leidlich akneversehrter Gitarrist einer völlig unbekannten Metaltruppe aus der niedersächsischen Tiefebene.
Los conciertos filmados de The Beatles, las jocosas y singulares películas que interpretaron para Richard Lester, sus apariciones televisivas, los cortometrajes vanguadistas de John Lennon con Yoko Ono, la obstinada carrera de Ringo Star como actor, las ambiciones cinematográficas de Paul McCartney, algunso biopics, las producciones de George Harrison para Hand Made Films, los documentos históricos, compilaciones videográficas y antologías en imágenes.
Nada hacía presagiar que Brett Anderson —nacido en la depauperada ciudad dormitorio de Haywards Heath, entre Londres y Brighton, en el seno de una familia humilde— se convertiría en una de las voces más carismáticas del pop británico de los noventa y en una estrella internacional.
Arthur Lee (1945-2006) y el grupo que lideró, Love, están ampliamente reconocidos como una de las bandas más influyentes de los sesenta, y Forever Changes (1967), una obra maestra que aúna psicodelia, folk y rock, aparece regularmente en las listas de los mejores discos de todos los tiempos.
In this funny, evocative, personal eBook, previously published as 'Music for the People: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Classical Music', Gareth Malone takes us on a journey of musical discovery that explains and entertains in equal measure.
Wutausbrüche und Gitarrentausch: So war es wirklich auf Tour mit QueenÜber zehn Jahre lang bereiste Peter Hince mit Queen die ganze Welt und erlebte genau das, wovon viele Rockfans träumten: Sex, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll.
Die Künstlerin hinter den Skandalen:die wahre Geschichte der Britney SpearsSie war die ultimative Pop-Prinzessin: 1998 landete Britney Spears mit ihrer ersten Single »… Baby One More Time« weltweit einen Riesenhit und begründete damit eine steile internationale Karriere.
Dolly Parton ist 60 Jahre nach ihrem Karrierestart KultMit Witz, Charme, falschen Fingernägeln und einzigartigem musikalischem Gespür hat es Dolly Parton vom Hinterland in Tennessee auf die großen Bühnen der Welt geschafft.
