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Marcus Berkmann was for many years the pop critic of the Spectator, waiting like most freelances to get fired. He's also the author of the bestselling Berkmann's Cricket Miscellany, concentrating on the ridiculous true stories and the weird characters of that most...
Editeur :
Little, Brown Book Group
Parution :
2021-06-03
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In this book, Andy Gill assesses the circumstances behind Dylan's most famous songs, tracing the artist's progress from young tyro folkie to acclaimed protest singer, and through the subsequent changes which saw him invent folk-rock and transform rock 'n' roll with...
Editeur :
Welbeck
Parution :
2021-04-15
Collection :
The Stories Behind the Songs
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Das Buch behandelt literarische Texte, die zur Vertonung für musikalischen Vortrag bestimmt waren. Der erste Hauptteil handelt vom deutschen Singspiel des 18. Jahrhunderts, vor allem in seiner österreichisch-süddeutschen, speziell Wiener, Ausprägung.Das Singspiel wählte...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-04-12
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Iconic drummer Stephen Morris presses play once more to the tune of the long-awaited second volume of memoirs . . .Poised on the brink of success, the dizzying heights of the unknown lying ahead, Ian Curtis had taken his own life. Grieving yet determined, Stephen Morris...
Editeur :
Constable
Parution :
2020-12-03
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By the bestselling author of Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll and Last Train the Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, this dazzling new book of profiles is a culmination of Peter Guralnick’s remarkable work, which from the...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2020-10-27
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Please note: this edition is text only and does not contain images.The most in-depth exploration of Springsteen's songs ever written.Spanning nearly 50 years of albums, EPs, B-sides, and more, this is the full story behind every single song that The Boss has ever...
Editeur :
Mitchell Beazley
Parution :
2020-10-06
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'I see my story as a suite of songs that have a magical connection. I never understood that connection until I sat down to write. It was then that the magic started to flow.'Let Love Rule is a work of deep reflection. Lenny Kravitz looks back at his life with candor,...
Editeur :
Sphere
Parution :
2020-10-06
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Most priests take confessions. This one is giving his.'The most hotly anticipated hard-rock autobiography of the year''Rob Halford has written one of the most candid and surprising memoirs of the year. . . Confess is a riproaring tale, a funny, often shocking and...
Editeur :
Headline
Parution :
2020-09-29
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**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**'Astonishing... precisely crafted, emotionally-sucker-punching prose.' Daily Telegraph'Dangerous, immediate and lyrical from the jump.' Wall Street JournalHOLLYWOOD PARK is a remarkable memoir of a tumultuous life. Mikel Jollett...
Editeur :
Sceptre
Parution :
2020-09-17
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'Arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music,' says Jimi Hendrix's citation in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. James Marshall Hendrix remains unique as an African American who broke out of the traditional 'Black' genres of blues, r&b and soul to...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2020-08-20
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"A literary phenomenon" The Times"Despentes' writing is intelligent, outspoken, witty, shocking, propulsive and streetwise" Times Literary SupplementTHE FINAL VOLUME IN THE EPIC ROCK AND ROLL TRILOGY BY CULT AUTHOR VIRGINIE DESPENTESAlthough it means leaving behind the...
Editeur :
Maclehose Press
Parution :
2020-06-25
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Although hip hop culture has widely been acknowledged as a global cultural movement, little attention has been given to women’s participation in hip hop culture in various parts of the world or how this participation interacts with and impacts the lives of other women....
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2020-05-20
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Il convegno di studi, che si è tenuto all’Università di Bonn e all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Colonia l’11 e il 12 dicembre 2015, per celebrare i 750 anni dalla nascita di Dante, ha tracciato, coralmente, il disegno dell’universo dantesco. Ogni intervento, quasi...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2020-04-27
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A Rough Trade Book of the Year 'From lists to experiences and stories, there are no rules.A good song is a good song whoever writes it and however the writing happens.'Tim Burgess is a musical maverick and legend. Over the past three decades, he has cultivated a lyrical...
Editeur :
Constable
Parution :
2019-11-14
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Jimmy was a down-at-heel guitarist in New York, relying on his latest lovers to support him while he tried to emulate his hero Bob Dylan. A black guy playing white rock music, he wanted to be all things to all people.But whenJimmy arrived in England and became Jimi,...
Editeur :
Trapeze
Parution :
2019-11-14
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Flea, the iconic bassist and co-founder, alongside Anthony Kiedis, of the immortal Red Hot Chili Peppers finally tells his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and the gutter lows you'd expect from an LA street rat turned world-famous rock...
Editeur :
Headline
Parution :
2019-11-05
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The Age of Anxiety is a great rock novel, but that is one of the less important things about it.The narrator is a brilliant creation - cultured, witty and unreliable.The novel captures the craziness of the music business and displays Pete Townshend's sly sense of humour...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2019-11-05
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA BOOK OFTHE YEAR PICK INTHE TIMES: 'Captivating'A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OFTHE YEAR: 'In-depth and inspiring''Beautifully compiled ... the perfect festival experience' SUNDAY TIMESGlastonbury 50 is the authorised, behind-the-scenes, inside story of...
Editeur :
Trapeze
Parution :
2019-10-31
Collection :
The Legacy Trilogy
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'The book is filled with that most distinctive of all her qualities: her voice' The TimesHome Work, the second instalment of Julie Andrews' internationally bestselling memoirs, begins with her arrival in Hollywood to make her screen debut in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins....
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2019-10-15
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At the age of five, a blind African-American boy is handed over to a brutal state home. Here Ludlow Washington will suffer for eleven years, until his prodigious musical talent provides him an unlikely ticket back into the world.The property of a band, playing for...
Editeur :
Riverrun
Parution :
2019-10-03
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