A tour de force of storytelling years in the making: a dual biography of two of the greatest songwriters, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, that is also a murder mystery and a history of labor relations and socialism, big business and greed...
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Auteur:Wolff, DanielSommaire: - Auteur:Brown, GregSommaire:
Enhanced ebook featuring a narrated story and two recorded songs performed by John Gorka, Eliza Gilkyson, Lucy Kaplansky, Guy Davis, Lynn Miles and the Wailin' Jennies. Night falls in wavelets of gentle fantasy at a seaside hotel in...
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The Guess Who. Gordon Lightfoot. Joni Mitchell. Neil Young. Stompin' Tom Connors. Robert Charlebois. Anne Murray. Crowbar. Chilliwack. Carole Pope. Loverboy. Bryan Adams. The Barenaked Ladies. The Tragically Hip. Céline Dion. Arcade...
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Brook Benton was a magnificent singer who could handle handle anything from blues, jazz and soul to country, pop and standards. His version of Tony Joe White’s ‘Rainy Night In Georgia’ - an international smash in 1970 - remains a...
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Auteur:Thompson, DaveSommaire:The Bayou is a world of its own — a marshy, sometimes treacherous, oft-times sinister land of creeping darkness and living shadows, secret legends and vivid mythology. It is that darkness and those shadows that permeate Bayou...
- Auteur:Dovercourt, JonnySommaire:
The first book to tell the story of Toronto's massive influence on popular music. Part civic history and part memoir from this veteran scene-builder and founder of the acclaimed Wavelength concert series, From the Top charts the...
- Auteur:Kaplan, ArieSommaire:
Throbbing disco beats boom at the club. Crowds move to the lively beat of dance pop hits. Fans scream and cheer for teen idols. These are the sounds of pop. After Elvis hit the scene in the 1950s, a distinct youth taste in popular music...
- Auteur:Doeden, MattSommaire:
The crowd sways to the melodic strumming of a bossa nova guitarist. A vocalist belts out lyrics that blend English and Spanish. Couples dance to salsa's syncopated rhythms. These are the sounds of Latin music. Before Latin music...
- Auteur:Ghomeshi, JianSommaire:
Jian Gomeshi uses music as a platform for his memoir about a pivotal year in his life in which he explores young love, heartache, conformity, and how to be cool.
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