Composers & Musicians 76

Stan Levey is widely considered to be one of the most influential drummers in the history of modern jazz. During his extraordinary career, the self-taught Levey played alongside a who’s who of twent……続きを見る

Rudolph, Frosty, and Captain Kangaroo is a memoir by Judy Gail Krasnow about her father, Hecky Krasnow, the producer of such classic children’s records and holiday tunes as Rudolph, the Red-Nosed R……続きを見る

THE ULTIMATE FUNKLOPEDIK GROOVE DATABASE 3 : THE ULTIMATE FUNKLOPEDIK GROOVE DATABASE Volume "A", Artists Last Name  Beginning by a letter A, more than 580 Artists reviewed  CONTENT ****……続きを見る

We’re Going to See the Beatles!” presents the story of Beatlemania in America as experienced by their most devoted fans. We’re Going to See the Beatles!” includes anecdotes from those who cheered ……続きを見る

I Love You a Thousand Ways is the story of one of the most loved, respected, and imitated singer/songwriters in the history of country music, a man whose songs touched the lives of millions of peopl……続きを見る

La première fois qu'elle apparaît dans la loge de Line Renaud, au théâtre du Palais-Royal, Jenny n'a pas dix-sept ans. Sous son bras l'énorme dossier dans lequel, depuis son plus jeune âge, elle col……続きを見る

Sheila Dhar’s autobiographical stories, essays, and memoirs are classics of modern Indian prose. An accomplished singer, the world she inhabited included renowned north Indian classical musicians su……続きを見る

Il est communément acquis que le spiritisme naquit aux États-Unis en 1847, or, en réalité c’est en Europe que les Esprit se matérialisèrent tout d’abord. En 1829, parut ainsi en Allemagne un livre i……続きを見る

Crockett Johnson (born David Johnson Leisk, 1906–1975) and Ruth Krauss (1901–1993) were a husband-and-wife team that created such popular children’s books as The Carrot Seed and How to Make an Earth……続きを見る

Il est des époques exceptionnelles sur lesquelles souffle le vent de l’esprit : la Renaissance italienne au XVIe siècle, le théâtre élisabéthain au XVIIe ou, plus près de nous, la révolution surréal……続きを見る

Motörhead fut sa vie, son sang. Il aurait tout donné pour en rester le guitariste, mais le destin et les événements en auront voulu autrement. Fast Eddie Clarke a pourtant marqué l’Histoire du group……続きを見る

Chus nerveux. Hier soir, une amie, rencontrée à l’HP, a téléphoné. Cela n’aura qu’un vague rapport avec la suite des événements, peut-être que si, ma vie est un patchwork de trucs qui vont viennent ……続きを見る

À partir de quel moment évoquer l’importance que les Groovies ont eue dans ma vie ? Hé bien, j’avais douze ans quand j’ai entendu « Slow Death » pour la première fois, et pour moi c’est le morceau q……続きを見る

Avec une telle recommandation, le livre de Jeremy Reed se présente comme une étude fouillée de la vie et de l’œuvre de Lou Reed, toutes deux pleines de contradictions et de changements de direction……続きを見る

How many happenstances were needed so that Omara, Ibrahim, Compay, Eliades, Rubén, Cachaito and Juan de Marcos, among others, would come together in Amsterdam's Carré Theater and Carnegie Hall in Ne……続きを見る

The riveting, untold story of the “Father of Christian Rock” and the conflicts that launched a billion-dollar industry at the dawn of America’s culture wars. In 1969, in Capitol Records' Hollywood s……続きを見る

**"Poetic musings on a life well-livedーone that is still moving forward, always creating, always luminous. This isn't your typical autobiography. Garfunkel's history is told in flowing prose, bound……続きを見る

Mozarts Musik und Da Pontes Libretti: Neuer Blick auf ein ungewöhnliches Künstler-Gespann Sie brechen mit den Konventionen ihrer Zeit und geben der Musikgeschichte des 18. Jahrhunderts eine neue Wen……続きを見る

Plongée dans l'ambiance des eighties Ces années-là ont commencé le 8 décembre 1980 quand Mark Chapman a tué John Lennon au coin de la 72e rue, à New York. Ces années-là, l’auteur a commencé de cisel……続きを見る

Rick James played with Neil Young, self-produced his first album (later picked up by Motown), crossed rock and funk to come up with one of the best-selling albums of the 1980s, became one of the big……続きを見る

Babes in Toyland burst onto the Minneapolis music scene in the late 1980s and quickly established itself at the forefront of punk/alternative rock. The all-female trio featured a shy, seventeen-year……続きを見る

Dylan Jones’s engrossing, magisterial biography of David Bowie is unlike any Bowie story ever written. Drawn from over 180 interviews with friends, rivals, lovers, and collaborators, some of whom ha……続きを見る

“Ednita siempre ha sido la “gran dama” que nos señaló el camino, con un espíritu de innovación, tenacidad y entendiendo lo que es la música actual”. ーRicky Martin Pocos cantantes han sido capaces d……続きを見る

“This book is as candid, moving, and hilarious as Loudon Wainwright’s music.” ーJudd Apatow "Wainwright is an engaging and witty memoirist." ーWall Street Journal Loudon Wainwright III, the son of e……続きを見る

"I fell in love with Maupin’s effervescent Tales of the City decades ago, and his genius turn at memoir is no less compelling. Logical Family is a must read."ーMary Karr In this long-awaited memoir,……続きを見る

California Dreamin' from Pénélope Bagieu depicts Mama Cass as you've never known her, in this poignant graphic novel about the remarkable vocalist who rocketed The Mamas & the Papas to stardom. Befo……続きを見る

Longlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize Over the course of a thirteen-album and multi-award-winning career with Squeeze, it was clear from the very beginning that Chris Difford has few peers wh……続きを見る

Invisible Publishing’s Bibliophonic Series returns, this time focusing on unsung Canadian punk rock heroes NoMeansNo. NoMeansNo: Going Nowhere, will look at a band whose career has spanned three dec……続きを見る

The Deadly Snakes: Real Rock and Roll Tonight charts the rise and gentle fall of Canada’s greatest band. Unwilling to bow to industry demands, the Deadly Snakes instead made records they were proud ……続きを見る

A SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH, ROUGH TRADE, PITCHFORK AND UNCUT MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE Art Sex Music is the autobiography of a musician who, as a founding m……続きを見る