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Trans es la historia íntima de la enigmática fundadora de Against Me!, que entremezcla el recorrido musical de la banda con el personal de Grace, e incluye numerosas entradas del diario que la cantante cultivó y conservó durante años. Más que una autobiografía musical llena de sexo, drogas y rock and roll—que, por otro lado, tampoco faltan—Trans aborda uno de los episodios más extraordinarios de la historia del rock.

After thirty-five years as an “on-again, off-again, uncoached closet pianist,” poet and writer Robyn Sarah picked up the phone one day and called her old piano teacher, whom she had last seen in her early twenties. Music, Late and Soon is the story of her return to studying piano with the mentor of her youth. In tandem, she reflects on a previously unexamined musical past: a decade spent at Quebec’s Conservatoire de Musique, studying clarinet—ostensibly headed for a career as an orchestral musician, but already a writer at heart.

De amor a primera vista. Así será la relación de cualquier lector con este libro, que recoge apenas una mínima parte de lo que es el Universo Chavela Vargas. Belleza, sabiduría, inteligencia, simpatía, sensibilidad. De todo eso estuvo llena esta mujer extraordinaria y todo eso, y mucho más, regaló al mundo porque era tanto lo que en ella habitaba, que después de cantar o de hablar o de simplemente vivir, iba dejándole a los otros las puertas abiertas para que cada cual encontrara las verdades que le correspondían.

Come the late '70s, the rock music landscape was littered with the bloated carcasses of bands who partied too hard, burned out, or became complacent in success. The door was open for something fresh, wild, and enrapturing. Enter Van Halen. Van Halen: The Eruption and the Aftershock tells the story of how one of America's greatest bands weathered arguably the most dramatic soap opera in rock and roll history with songs that would weave themselves into the fabric of every musician who heard them, alongside an incendiary and unrivaled live show.

How does time shape consciousness and consciousness, time? Do we live in time, or does time live in us? Uncommon Measure explores these questions from the perspective of a young Korean American who dedicated herself to perfecting her art until performance anxiety forced her to give up the dream of becoming a concert solo violinist. Anchoring her story in neuroscience and quantum physics, Natalie Hodges traces her own passage through difficult family dynamics, prejudice, and enormous personal expectations to come to terms with the meaning of a life reimagined.

Performing with David Bowie, surviving the murky depths of the music business, enduring a painful divorce, and making the first music video in outer space, award-winning recording artist Emm Gryner has navigated through life’s highs and lows using a secret compass: singing. Her voice, and her desire to express herself in music, has been a constant, from the early days of playing in bands while growing up in a small town, to playing arena rock shows and stadiums. Across these years and on many travels, she’s discovered the human voice to be an unlikely guide.

The Notorious B.I.G. was one of the most charismatic and talented artists of the 1990s. Born Christopher Wallace and raised in Clinton Hill/Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, Biggie lived an almost archetypal rap life. Biggie released his first record, Ready to Die, in 1994, when he was only 22. Less than three years later, he was killed just days before the planned release of his second record Life After Death. Journalist Justin Tinsley’s It Was All a Dream is a fresh, insightful telling of the life beyond the legend.

Roberto «Bob» Bissonnette, le marchand de bonheur. Décédé à l’âge de 35 ans dans un accident d’hélicoptère, le hockeyeur devenu vedette du rock a certes connu une vie trop courte, mais n’en a assurément gaspillé aucune seconde. La pédale au plancher, donnant son 110 % sur la glace, sur scène ou même autour d’un feu de camp, il aura été l’incarnation même de la maxime carpe diem, «saisir le jour».

«Non ero brava a ballare, ma a cantare sì. Ci misi cuore e anima, così come bisognerebbe fare quando si canta un blues. Quando ebbi finito, tutti stavano piangendo nella loro birra». Reno Brandoni racconta un'altra indimenticabile leggenda del jazz, Billie Holiday (1915-1959), attraverso la voce narrante di Debora Mancini. Un viaggio appassionato negli abissi più profondi del blues, per raccontare la storia di una delle più grandi cantanti jazz di tutti i tempi.

En novembre 1948, un jeune artiste français de 24 ans débarque à Montréal. Il a pour nom Charles Aznavour. Poussé par Édith Piaf, il y vient avec son fidèle compagnon Pierre Roche dans l’espoir de remplir un engagement parmi d’autres.

London. Wham! Pop, glitz and glamour. Two girls with stars in their eyes. Our friendship began one windy day in 1982, outside Finsbury Park tube. It was an instant like at first sight. We were on our way to a Wham! rehearsal. Pepsi was the new girl in the band and over a car stereo, a cassette tape and that journey to Bushey we bonded. We had no idea that we were on the first of many journeys together and that soon we'd be travelling all over the world. What we didn't know was that we were saying yes to a lifetime of connection that has endured whatever we've done, wherever we've been.

The Beatles, the Bible and Bodega Bay presents two portraits: the young man in London on top of the Apple building (and on top of the world!) as he watches the Beatles perform for the last time, and the older man on a remote Sonoma beach on his knees looking out to sea and into the heart of his Creator.

Bob Kingsley’s mark on country music and radio is unmatched. His decades-long career put him face-to-face with the genre’s biggest stars. American Country Countdown and Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40 were the pillars of country music’s community. In this audiobook, Bob Kingsley’s Book of Records, listeners will experience Bob’s dynamic life and career narrated by fellow National Radio Hall of Fame member Blair Garner.

Music for Life: The Salani Brothers is based on the adventures of two brothers, Renato and Giulio Salani, who reaped lots of success in life thanks to their love for music, persistence, courage, hard work, and their faith in God. The main sources used to write this book are: Renato Salani’s diary, the numerous interviews with the leading characters of the book itself and the research carried out by the author, Barbara Salani, over the course of four years.

Aquest famós recull d’històries de Gay Talese, peça de museu del periodisme nord-americà d’ara i d’abans, mostra un Frank Sinatra malhumorat amb un fort refredat que li ha fet perdre la veu. A més a més, conté històries del bevedor i perdedor Patterson, del genial Peter O’Tootle, de les models de Vogue, de Joe Louis i l’anècdota del seu pare amb la màfia siciliana, de la patètica trobada entre Fidel Castro i Muhammad Ali, o dels seus inicis com a periodista.

"Cantar para respirar" es un recorrido por la carrera de Pablo Alborán a través de las conversaciones que el propio artista mantiene con las personas más influyentes que le han acompañado durante todos estos años, tanto desde un punto de vista personal como profesional.

Bing Crosby dominated American popular culture in a way that few artists ever have. More than just a charismatic crooner, Bing Crosby redefined the very foundations of modern music, from the way it was recorded to the way it was orchestrated and performed. In this much-anticipated follow-up to the universally acclaimed first volume, acclaimed music critic Gary Giddins now focuses on Crosby’s most memorable period, the war years and the origin story of White Christmas.

April 1994. Över en natt finns de bara där. Nordman, folkpopbandet som svenskarna älskade. Singeln Vandraren blev en av de största singelframgångarna i svensk musikhistoria och frontmannen Håkan Hemlin blev kändis över en natt. Han kastades in i en värld han tidigare bara kunnat drömma om och han var synnerligen dåligt rustad för ett liv bland pengar, droger och vilda fester. Nordman blev snabbt ett av de mest omskrivna banden i svensk press, i stor utsträckning till följd av Håkan Hemlins tragiska och stökiga liv.

Redan som femåring fick Christina Lindberg sitt första arvode. När hon var elva vann hon sin första talangtävling och två år senare fick hon ett skivkontrakt. Hon har uppträtt med flera av Sveriges största artister och slagit rekord på Svensktoppen tillsammans med Lasse Stefanz och succén "De sista ljuva åren". Men att gå från barnstjärna till countrydrottning var ingen enkel resa. Framgången hade ett högt pris. Bakom alla succéerna hotade de mörka molnen: en ständig rädsla för att hennes bakgrund och de svåra ätstörningarna skulle avslöjas.

No other book about Leonard Cohen gets so close to the man, his city, his poems and songs, his friends, his background, and the many original influences that forged this world-famous poet, songwriter and performer as the Song of Leonard Cohen. Based on the documentary film Rasky made centred on Leonard Cohen in 1979, this book includes texts taken from the film with numerous notes and personal reminiscences from this long-standing friendship with Leonard Cohen.