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- Author:Rubin, RickSummary:
- Author:Staniforth, J. B.Summary:
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 of and played music by their own...
- Author:Carpenter, LorraineSummary:
Over a decade after the release of their first album, The Dears have weathered the indie fringes, the collapse of the music industry as we knew it and the near implosion of the band itself, with their creative vision and gang dynamic...
- Author:Lee, TommySummary:
Celebrate over thirty years of the world's most notorious rock band with the audiobook edition of The Dirt-the outrageous, legendary, no-holds-barred autobiography of MOtley CrUe. Fans have gotten glimpses into the band's...
- Author:Sixx, NikkiSummary:
Rock-and-roll icon and three-time bestselling author Nikki Sixx tells his origin story: how Frank Feranna became Nikki Sixx, chronicling his fascinating journey from irrepressible Idaho farmboy to the man who formed the revolutionary...
- Author:Fletcher, LeilaSummary:
These theory papers for piano contain exercises in rhythm and notation, and are so designed that they may be used successfully with any system of teaching.
- Author:Fletcher, LeilaSummary:
These theory papers for piano contain exercises in rhythm and notation, and are so designed that they may be used successfully with any system of teaching.
- Author:Brookes, ChrisSummary:
You may recognise the sound when a bored dinner guest begins playing with a wineglass. Once popularly known as the Angelic Organ, the Glass Harp, the Glass Armonica, or the Singing Glasses, an arrangement of tuned wineglasses can be...
- Author:Meloy, ColinSummary:
With dazzling, lyrical verse in the folk revival style, Colin Meloy pays tribute to Pete Seeger, a visionary who changed the world with song. Pete Seeger once sang that if he had a golden thread, he would use it to weave people from all...
- Author:Goddard, PeterSummary:
A startling new portrait of Gould, including never-before-seen material. Glenn Gould’s astonishing recordings deliver that unmistakable jolt of genius to each generation newly discovering the great Canadian pianist. With the support of...
- Author:Sixx, NikkiSummary:
In honor of the ten-year anniversary of The Heroin Diaries , Nikki Sixx's definitive and bestselling memoir on drug addiction is reissued with exclusive new content. This shocking, gripping, and at times darkly hilarious memoir...
- Author:Lurie, JohnSummary:
The quintessential depiction of 1980s New York and the downtown scene from the artist, actor, musician, and composer John Lurie "A picaresque roller coaster of a story, with staggering amounts of sex and drugs and the perpetual...
- Author:Fawkes, RichardSummary:
From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and composers. Polyphony, sonata form, serial music and other terms are explained with 150 accompanying music...
- Author:Fawkes, RichardSummary:
The history of opera, illustrated by over 100 musical examples by Naxos artists and other singers.
- Author:Nicolay, FranzSummary:
In 2009, musician Franz Nicolay left his job in the Hold Steady, aka "the world's greatest bar band." Over the next five years, he crossed the world with a guitar in one hand, a banjo in the other, and an accordion on his...
- Author:Gordon, Antoinnette K.Summary:
This collection of Tibetan poetry and lyrics is accompanied by extensive commentary and offers a great insight into a rich literary culture. Tibet, remote and inaccessible, is less known to the western world for its literary than its...
- Author:Brookes, Chris, Brennan, BillSummary:
This series presents Renee Rosnes in conversation with nine Canadian "statesmen of jazz" -- internationally- recognised musicians who have been instrumental in laying the foundations of today's jazz scene in Canada. Each 52-minute...
- Author:Brookes, Chris, Brennan, BillSummary:
This series presents Renee Rosnes in conversation with nine Canadian "statesmen of jazz" -- internationally- recognised musicians who have been instrumental in laying the foundations of today's jazz scene in Canada. Each 52-minute...
- Author:Brookes, Chris, Brennan, BillSummary:
This series presents Renee Rosnes in conversation with nine Canadian "statesmen of jazz" -- internationally- recognised musicians who have been instrumental in laying the foundations of today's jazz scene in Canada. Each 52-minute...
- Author:Brookes, Chris, Brennan, BillSummary:
This series presents Renee Rosnes in conversation with nine Canadian "statesmen of jazz" -- internationally- recognised musicians who have been instrumental in laying the foundations of today's jazz scene in Canada. Each 52-minute...