Composers & Musicians 65

Are you the world’s biggest Lionel Richie fan? Or do you want to find out everything there is to know about the former Commodores lead vocalist and one of the world's best-loved singer-songwriters? ……続きを見る

"A Towering Experience" is the story about a drummer named K.D. who moved from Florida to Los Angeles, California to "make it" in a band. As with so many bands trying to make it, the band breaks up ……続きを見る

A multiplatinum rock star’s life meets an unexpected detour when a bump on the head reveals itself to be a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Told with honesty and humor, Lame Brain is Rick Roberts’ stor……続きを見る

Ein neuer Blick auf den Weltstar. Genialer Charakterdarsteller, charmanter Frauenheld, männliches Rollenbild: Johnny Depp ist einer der schillerndsten Schauspieler der Welt. Doch wer steckt hinter d……続きを見る

The inside story of New Zealand's iconic independent record label by the man who made it happen. I wanted to be more than just an observer. I wanted to be a part of what was going on. I had told som……続きを見る

ELVIS Presley and the author Chris Hutchins got to know each other through a common mentor – Colonel Tom Parker. The man who managed the King of rock ‘n roll treated the writer as a confidant. And t……続きを見る

'Man, there's nothing like being told you're dying to make you feel alive.' In 2013, Dr Feelgood founder, Blockheads member and musical legend Wilko Johnson was diagnosed with terminal cancer. With ……続きを見る

JOE COCKER Joe Cocker was one of the greatest British rock and blues performers ever. He came to fame in the 1960s; He was notorious for his unique stage presence, his spasmodic body movement, gritt……続きを見る

Dennis Jakob met Jim Morrison in 1964, they becoming fast friends and eventually college room mates. This book details some of the many experiences they had together just prior to and during Jim's e……続きを見る

Virgil Thomson had already established himself as one of the nation's leading composers when he published The State of Music (1939), the book that made his name as a writer and won him a fourteen-ye……続きを見る

Virgil Thomson was a gifted composer and one of the nation’s foremost cultural critics. The best-selling autobiography Virgil Thomson (1966) is his gossipy telling of his own extraordinary progress ……続きを見る

Hunter Davies, the only ever authorised biographer of the group, has produced the essential Beatles guide. Divided into four sections – People, Songs, Places and Broadcast and Cinema – it covers all……続きを見る

From the creators of Godspeed: The Kurt Cobain Graphic and Eminem: In My Skin comes an explosive new graphic novel, tracing the events leading up to the death of one of modern music's most charismat……続きを見る

Pourquoi Whitesnake n’a jamais pu accéder en France à la célébrité au niveau du grand public, alors même qu’il disposait de tous les atouts nécessaires aux groupes de Hard Rock devenus fameux au cou……続きを見る

Ce volume retrace le parcours des chanteurs de la Rive Gauche, Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel, Charles Trenet, Léo Ferré, Boris Vian. On s'est surtout penché sur les textes, reflets de l'époque. Vie……続きを見る

Chrissie Hynde, une des plus grandes rockeuses de ces dernières décennies, suscite depuis la fin des années 70 et le début des années 80 le respect de nombreux amateurs de rock. Que ce soit avec son……続きを見る

« Entrez, entrez dans le monde enchanté du rock progressif italien. Vous assisterez à un spectacle, sans cesse renouvelé, de la Commedia dell’Arte riche en émotions et en couleurs. Vous rencontrerez……続きを見る

Après presque dix ans d’absence sur la scène musicale française, Bertrand Cantat, l’ex-leader de Noir Désir, a fait son grand retour en 2013 avec le projet Détroit, duo qu’il forme avec le bassiste ……続きを見る

Cobain on Cobain places the reader at the key moments of Kurt Cobain's roller-coaster career, telling the tale of Nirvana entirely through his words and those of his bandmates. Each interview is ano……続きを見る

Being the first woman to play the double bass continuously with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra was a special achievement. I was supported as a team member performing with seven other bass players, an……続きを見る

A chi è dedicata questa collana? A chi ha spesso sentito parlare di un certo artista o di un certo genere musicale ma non lo conosce perfettamente. A chi non è interessato a biografie ……続きを見る

Tudj meg mindent Harry Stylesról, a földkerekség legdögösebb fiúcsapatának legszexisebb tagjáról Alice Montgomery vadonatúj életrajzi könyvében. Amikor Harry Styles meghallgatásra jelentkezett az X-……続きを見る

RockStory, c’est avant tout une manière originale de (re)découvrir les plus grands groupes de rock du 20e siècle, au travers d’une biographie fun et décalée et en bande dessinée ! Pour sa première s……続きを見る

Les Grotesques de la musique est un livre mémoires, écrit par le compositeur, chef d'orchestre, critique musical et écrivain français Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869). Ce livre numérique présente l'édit……続きを見る

David Amram-composer, jazz artist, conductor, and world music pioneer-has been described by the Boston Globe as "the Renaissance man of American music." From early collaborations with Kerouac and Si……続きを見る

In New Orleans, music screams. It honks. It blats. It wails. It purrs. It messes with time. It messes with pitch. It messes with your feet. It messes with your head. One musician leads to another; t……続きを見る

Now in its third edition, Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary provides a singular English-language resource for biographical information on hundreds of composers from Centr……続きを見る

People may say that I couldn't sing. But no one can say that I didn't sing.' Despite lacking pitch, rhythm or tone, Florence Foster Jenkins became one of America's best-known sopranos, celebrated fo……続きを見る

David Amram has been described as "the Renaissance man of American Music." His musical career has spanned participating with Jack Kerouac in the original jazz-poetry reading in 1957 in Greenwich Vil……続きを見る

Dans « On la croyait exclue… » l’auteur relate une situation éducative inattendue : l’expérience relationnelle, éducative et musicale avec une enfant ……続きを見る