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.
A collection of articles on and interviews with jazz greats Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Wynton Marsalis, Miles Davis, and others.
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.
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.
Winner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2014A rich historical biography of 'those wild Wyndhams' - three cultured aristocratic sisters born into great privilege in late Victorian Britain.
Alex Ross's sweeping history of twentieth-century classical music, winner of the Guardian First Book Award, is a gripping account of a musical revolution.
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.
In An Appeal to the World, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet illuminates the way to peace in our time, arguing for a form of universal ethics that goes beyond religion - values we all share as humans that can help us create unity and peace to heal our world.
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SHOCKING NEW BOOK SHAKING US POLITICS: FIRE AND FURY, INSIDE THE TRUMP WHITEHOUSEA riveting, barnstorming, thrilling ride through the loud, lively and all-embracing world of the modern media conglomerates - its key deals, dealmakers, divas and delusions.
In this delightful sequel to her bestseller Tender at the Bone, the beloved food writer Ruth Reichl returns with more tales full of love, life, humour and marvellous meals.
A scandalous story of money, drugs, fast cars, high politics, lowly crime, hundreds of beautiful woman and one man, Porfirio Rubirosa from the celebrated author of RAT PACK CONFIDENTIAL.
