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Reflective and expansive, Mirror in the Sky situates Stevie Nicks as one of the finest songwriters of the twentieth century. This biography from distinguished music historian Simon Morrison examines Nicks as a singer and songwriter before and beyond her career with Fleetwood Mac, from the Arizona landscape of her childhood to the strobe-lit Night of 1000 Stevies celebrations.

The Music Man stands as one of the greatest achievements in American musical theatre, but few know about its rocky beginnings and the against-all-odds success story of its creator, Meredith Willson. Mark Cabaniss steps back into the Golden Age of Broadway and brings to life the origins of this classic show, the music behind it, and the unlikely story of its creator. Interweaving behind-the-scenes accounts of people who worked with Willson, Cabaniss looks at his long and unusual career as a composer, conductor, radio personality, and flutist.

Bing Crosby was a real legend. Celebrated across the country and beyond, he was essentially America’s first superstar. With catchy tunes, a catchy name, and a laid-back, charming personality that everyone just seemed to love, Crosby was a star both on and off stage.

Los Clash fueron un grupo insólito, una perfecta anomalía que pronto trascendería su militando en el punk más atroz, en compañía de bandas como los Sex Pistols, a fin de ir incorporando, sin renunciar a su combativo ideario ni a sus principios estéticos, otras tradiciones musicales a su paleta sonora. Pioneros, pues, del efervescente punk rock que haría las delicias de las hordas de encrestados imberbes que abominaban del jipismo burguesito, los mods, los Teddy Boys y la edulcorada grandilocuencia del Canterbury Sound y el prog rock no sin antes abjurar del folk.

Fragmentos de diarios, dietarios, epifanías, aforismos y poemas que dan fe de los extraordinarios logros del "Dylan negro". Al tiempo que componen una conmovedora estampa de sus tempranas vivencias y de su peripecia vital; salpicada con los recuerdos de los momentos compartidos con otros compañeros de armas Bob Marley, Michael Jackson y también por la aparición de sus mentores en la industria musical Clive Davis, Stevie Wonder y en las procelosas aguas del mundo del libro.

Williamson takes us through his life, from growing up on the land in the Mallee and Moree in a family of five boys, to being the voice of Australia. John got a lucky break that kickstarted his music career with ‘Old Man Emu’, which he wrote and performed on New Faces in 1970. After huge initial success, his music career floundered for a decade until he reinvented himself.

Sam Hollander has spent 30 years trudging through the peaks and valleys of a songwriting career. Before he was stacking Billboard hits, he was piling up bad luck, calamitous flops, false starts, and feeling like the world was moving on and up without him while he spun in place. Now he wears his failures like a badge of honor. In 21-Hit Wonder, he’s collected anecdotes from his weird waltzes around the banquet of pop to help aspiring songwriters and other creatives learn about survival, endurance, scheming, hustle, and the importance of laughing.

This biographical book explains Taylor Swift's rise to fame. Taylor Swift's rise to fame was due to many factors. But one thing is certain. She will be remembered as one of the greatest female artists of all time, given her numerous musical achievements online and offline. She managed to enter the Guiness World Book of Records because of her exceptional music.

Across seven decades, Bob Dylan has been the first singer of American song. As a writer and performer, he has rewritten the national songbook in a way that comes from his own vision and yet can feel as if it belongs to anyone who might listen. In Folk Music, Greil Marcus tells Dylan’s story through seven of his most transformative songs. This is not only a deeply felt telling of the life and times of Bob Dylan, but a rich history of American folk songs and the new life they were given as Dylan sat down to write his own.

Do you know how much BTS contribute to the South Korean economy each year? What Spotify record does the band hold? What video game has Jin played since he was five years old? And which alternative stage names did Jungkook consider before settling on the one we all know and love? In this fantastic audiobook, Lizzie Abbott talks us through more than hundred facts about BTS, the band that has conquered the world.

The year 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the song “Timothy”. Banned by radio stations and called "the worst song ever recorded", its lyrics about cannibalism in a Pennsylvania coal mine eerily parallel the real-life Sheppton disaster. Still, the Billboard hit launched the career of The Buoys, later known as Dakota. Here is the story of an amazing American AOR band who, despite the “Dakota Curse” and the Coal Region Hoodoo, achieved acclaim abroad. Their story is also a cautionary tale of substance abuse, the pitfalls of fame, and the true price of rock and roll.

Born out of the fields of cotton and tobacco, the roots of country music spring from the rural soils of the South. Rising as a testimony to the hardships of poverty and despair, the music often reflects the seeds of hope while being firmly planted in the personal agony of heartache. In the genre of country music, there has never been a person who embodied this conflict of struggle more than Hank Williams Sr. Widely regarded as a major force in country music, this entertainer brought the soulful, simple music of the rural South into the mainstream conscience of America.

Weeds Like Us is the stunning memoir from Janiva Magness, six years in the writing and a lifetime in the making. This Grammy-nominated artist possesses an earthy, raw honesty, and beauty born from her life experience. She has been awarded the blues' highest honors. Now comes her miraculous and deeply moving story about a life worth living, in audio, in her own voice. New music recordings made just for this audiobook are included, as well as unique remixes of her songs "Pearl" and "Strong as Steel".

Many people will recognise the famous zebra crossing. Some visitors may have graffitied their name on its hallowed outer walls. Others might even have managed to penetrate the iron gates. But what draws in these thousands of fans here, year after year? What is it that really happens behind the doors of the most celebrated recording studio in the world? It may have begun life as an affluent suburban house, but it soon became a creative hub renowned around the world as a place where great music, ground-breaking sounds and unforgettable tunes were forged.

Formed in Hermosa Beach, California, in 1978, for eight brutal years Black Flag made and played brilliant, ugly, no-holds-barred music on a self-appointed touring circuit of America’s clubs, squats, and community halls. They fought with everybody: the police, the record industry, and even their own fans. They toured overseas on pennies a day and did it in beat-up trucks and vans. Spray Paint the Walls tells Black Flag’s story from the inside, drawing on exclusive interviews with the group’s members, their contemporaries, and the bands they inspired.

For 10 years, they exchanged notes, letters, faxes, and phone calls. Stephen Sondheim would contact him, and Paul Salsini, the founder and editor of The Sondheim Review, would respond. And vice versa. Now, Salsini, a Milwaukee journalist, has described his unlikely long-distance relationship with the fabled composer/lyricist. Almost none of the book material has been seen by the general public. To thoroughly understand the great, revolutionary artistry of Stephen Sondheim, Sondheim & Me is indispensable.

"Musik ist King" feiert die unglaubliche Kraft der Musik. In seinem vierten Buch beschreibt Martell wie sie ihn hat einmal um die Welt reisen lassen, von Australien nach Kasachstan und wie sie ihn auf die Main-Stage von Rock am Ring oder auf die Hochzeit von Pink gebeamed hat. Ein Kraft-Buch für alle die Musik lieben und die an ihrem Traum festhalten, egal was kommt. Dazu gibt es eine Playlist mit Songs aus über 100 Alben an denen er mitgewirkt hat und Musik, die ihm besonders am Herzen liegt.

All the varieties of power—star, political, sexual, criminal and emotional—are on show in this definitive, untold story of Frank Sinatra and the Mafia. Drawing on an enormous archive of previously unseen records held by international law agencies, the FBI, the CIA and big-city police departments, Rothmiller and Thompson reveal Sinatra’s pact with the Mob in shocking detail. With additional evidence from decades of investigations and testimony, they expose Sinatra’s lifelong association with the Mafia, which he always denied, and its deadly collateral damage.

Dami Im was an aspiring singer-songwriter and pianist when she auditioned on The X Factor in 2013. Mentored by Dannii Minogue, she would go on to win. From that time on, her life changed as audiences discovered her incredible voice and her electric stage presence. One of Australia's greatest musical talents, Dami is a long way from the girl born in Seoul who came to Australia on what she thought was a holiday only to find out, when she started school—not speaking a word of English—that she was here to stay.

DJ Ötzi macht Laune – Gerry Friedle macht Mut. Mit seinem Hit "Anton aus Tirol" wurde er über Nacht zum Star. Doch die Karriere als Entertainer und Sänger war ihm nicht vorgezeichnet: Gerry Friedle alias DJ Ötzi begeistert seit über zwanzig Jahren Fans auf der ganzen Welt. Er ist einer der bekanntesten österreichischen Musiker und Performer und brachte es mit "Hey Baby" zu Gold und Platin in England. Aber der Weg zum Erfolg führte ihn durch tiefe Täler und über hohe Gipfel. In seiner exklusiven Autobiografie blickt Gerry Friedle auf seine bewegte Lebensgeschichte zurück.