Music journalists Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill share a candid, definitive oral history of the most influential rock guitarist since Jimi Hendrix. In addition to discussing his greatest triumphs as a groundbreaking musician, the book...
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Author:Gill, Chris, Tolinski, BradSummary: - Author:Denk, JeremySummary:
Many classical music memoirs focus on famous musicians and professional accomplishments, but this book focuses on the everyday: neighborhood teacher, high school orchestra, local conductor. There are few writers capable of so deeply...
- Author:Harry, DebbieSummary:
A vinyl edition of Face It, the much-anticipated autobiography from rock icon and lead singer of Blondie, Debbie Harry. Face It Vinyl is performed by Debbie Harry with vocal guest appearances from Chris Stein, Clem Burke, Alannah Currie...
- Author:Bernstein, JamieSummary:
The oldest daughter of revered composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein offers a rare look at her father on the centennial of his birth in a deeply intimate and broadly evocative memoir. The composer of On the Town and West Side Story,...
- Author:Peart, NeilSummary:
Following in the tradition of Ghost Rider and Traveling Music, Rush drummer Neil Peart lets us ride with him along the backroads of North America, Europe, and South America, sharing his experiences in personal...
- Author:Peart, NeilSummary:
Whether navigating the backroads of Louisiana or Thuringia, exploring the snowy Quebec woods, or performing onstage at Rush concerts, Neil Peart has stories to tell. His first volume in this series, Far and Away, combined words...
- Author:Peart, NeilSummary:
35 concerts. 17,000 motorcycle miles. Three months. One lifetime. Now in paperback
In May 2015, the veteran Canadian rock trio Rush embarked on their 40th anniversary tour, R40. For the band and their...
- Author:Higgins, DaltonSummary:
The first biography of superstar rapper Drake. At a time when album sales were plummeting, Drake's 2010 debut album, Thank Me Later, went platinum, hit number one on the Billboard 200 chart, and spawned numerous Top 10 hits including '...
- Author:Dillon, MarkSummary:
Catch a wave with original insights behind the best tunes of the Beach Boys
An original look at a beloved band, Fifty Sides of The Beach Boys chronicles the story behind 50 of their greatest songs through...
- Author:Fidelman, Geoffrey MarkSummary:
Ella Fitzgerald. The name alone conjures up images of the Savoy Ballroom; of the Chick Webb, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie bands; of hot jazz, sweet ballads, and a genuinely unique presence. Ella Fitzgerald, an artist who has been...
- Author:Brookes, ChrisSummary:
On the anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death, a smoking-hot blues guitarist in a small Canadian city announces a tribute concert in a local tavern. The place is packed with fans and memories, as spectators squeeze into the tiny pub to...
- Author:Fontana, KaitlinSummary:
Fresh at Twenty: The Oral History of Mint Records is first and foremost the story of an independent record label and the people who helped build it. But it’s also the story of a place and time in popular music —; Vancouver...
- Author:Gray, NowickSummary:
Friday Night Jam is an anecdotal, instructional how-to (and sometimes painful how-not-to) guide to group improvisation, based on the firsthand learning experiences of author and African drummer Nowick Gray in a weekly open jam in rural...
- Author:RaekwonSummary:
Legendary wordsmith Raekwon the Chef opens up about his journey from the staircases of Park Hill in Staten Island to sold-out stadiums around the world with the Wu-Tang Clan in this revealing memoir- perfect for fans of The...
- Author:Walker, AlanSummary:
A landmark biography of the Polish composer by a leading authority on Chopin and his time.Based on ten years of research and a vast cache of primary sources located in archives in Warsaw, Paris, London, New York, and Washington, D.C.,...
- Author:Norman, PhilipSummary:
From the premiere Beatles biographer-author of the New York Times bestseller John Lennon: The Life and Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation -a rare and "absorbing biography" (Wall Street Journal) of George Harrison, the...
- Author:Peart, NeilSummary:
A bold narrative written by a man trying to stay alive by staying on the move. Within a ten-month period, Neil Peart suffered family losses so devastating that they left him a ghost — physically a man but with nothing inside: no hope,...
- Author:Pipar, RosetteSummary:
Timide et hypersensible, Giorgia ressent, depuis sa tendre enfance, une connexion avec son âme et avec un univers invisible. Guidée par son intuition, sa foi et surtout son coeur, elle abandonne des études en droit et décide d’honorer...
- Author:Kingwell, MarkSummary:
Glenn Gould, one of the twentieth century’s most renowned classical musicians, was also known as an eccentric genius—solitary, headstrong, a hypochondriac virtuoso. Abandoning stage performances in 1964, Gould concentrated instead on...
- Author:Konieczny, VladimirSummary:
Glenn Gould (1932-1982) was a prodigy who loathed the word, a brilliant pianist who disliked performing, and a public figure who craved solitude. With his recording of the Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach, Gould became an international...
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