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The life and times of a living legend, the most successful and influential singer/songwriter of the past fifty years throughout the Spanish-speaking world, who also happens to be an acclaimed Hollywood and Broadway actor, a Harvard Law School graduate with a Masters degree in international law, and a political activist who ran for president in his native Panama.Blades has lived a life in full, and he tells of it with infectious brio, honesty, and wit:He writes about his mother, a Cuban child prodigy musician and radio drama actress, and his father, who was born in Colombia and was a percussionist and officer of the secret police. He also writes about his arrival in New York City from Panama in the 1970s and his rise as a leading light among the Fania-All Stars in salsas glory years.Blades writes about his initially productive and ultimately fraught collaborations with the great trombonist/singer Willie Colon, which resulted in the release of Siembra, the best-selling salsa album of all time. It sold millions of copies, and every track became a hit throughout Latin America and the Spanish speaking world, including "Pedro Navaja," his best-known song, which was inspired by Kurt Weils "Mack the Knife." He talks about his refusal to allow his music to be pigeonholed, which set the stage for his inventive and eclectic 1983 solo breakout, Buscando America, one of the great albums of that decade.He writes about his embrace of other popular musical genres and his collaborations with Linda Ronstadt, Sting, Elvis Costello, and Wynton Marsalis. He discusses his acting career and his appearances in films such as Predator 2, Color of Night, Safe House, and Hands of Stone, and about his performances in The Josephine Baker Story, Crazy from the Heart, and The Maldonado Miracle, for which he received Emmy nominations.Finally, Blades writes about his own political activism: his stance against American imperialism, which is most evident in his 1981 song Tiburon (Spanish for shark), his denunciation by anti-Castro Cubans in Florida, and his creation of a progressive political party in Panama under whose banner he made a run for president, in which he came in third place with 20% of votes.

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The definitive autobiography from Alice Cooper, the Godfather of Shock Rock and one of the worlds most iconic musicians with a career spanning six decades.In the beginning, Alice Cooper was the name of a rock group. Then my stage name. And then a monster. Now Ive written a book that tracks Alices evilution, how he and I became almost fatally intertwined, and how Ive tamed him at last.After over thirty records and sixty-plus years, the story of Alice Cooper has become a tangle of embellishments, elaborations and outright fabrications, that I think its time to sort reality from myth: the slaughtered chickens, the bans and record burnings, the evangelical terrors, Ouija boards and poltergeists, resurrections and revenge from the grave, the cross-dressers, thieves, drug addicts and hopeless alcoholics, the house fires and car crashes all will be revealed for what they really were.Im also coming clean about the extent of my addictions, my blackout years, the creative process fuelled by alcohol, drugs and round-the-clock TV, my scramble to the top of the pile and the terrible slide back down. I want to talk about the origin of Cold Ethyl, the guillotine and the dead babies, the best and worst of my reviews, my feelings of guilt and regret after people got hurt or died, what life was like on the road until the wheels came off the bus, what a romantic I am at heart and how Ive stayed married for half a century even after my wife came at me with a frying pan.And I want to talk about God. Dont worry, Im not gonna bang you on the head with a Bible, I just want to describe how it is that I found Him dwelling in me. Alice, that inveterate liar, was a voice in my ear for so long, whispering lies and sweet nothings, pretending to be my better conscience and my inspiration, pretending to be me, that I think its only right to present both sides of the story: the angel on one shoulder, the devil on the other.

It was so obvious she had something. You know, she was 13, and she had that sparkle. So much sparkle dust around her - Renee Bell, head of A&R at RCA RecordsMeet Taylor, 2003. Shes a teen who came to Nashville with blisters on her fingers from learning to play a 12-string guitar. In every room she enters, shes the youngest person (by decades) and often the only woman. And if anyone asked if she could see herself becoming the biggest superstar on the planet, her answer probably would have been yes.Writing alongside industry veterans after school, Taylor Swifts song-writing ability set her apart. But her origins are more complex than a teen tapping into a new generation of country music fans. Its a story of taking risks, like walking away from powerhouse label RCA to strike out with an unknown, unfunded new label, and of trusting her instincts when no one else did.Washington Post reporter Emily Yahr pulls back the curtain on the country music industry?from executives who said yes to Taylor (and those who regret saying no), to collaborators like Scott Borchetta, Nathan Chapman, and Liz Rose, to Nashville itself. Intimate and immersive, Yahr takes us to iconic locations like Music Row and The Bluebird Cafe, as well as to Hendersonville High and the Swifts own lakefront house.Taylor Swift: The Debut Years tells the definitive origin story of todays biggest star, with never-before-published interviews. Taylors decade in Nashville shaped her as a musician, and ultimately changed country music itself long after she left the genre.

A forensic investigation into a single LP: Dr. John, the night trippers Gris-gris.Two-Headed Doctor is a forensic investigation into a single LP: Dr. John, the night trippers Gris-gris. Though released in 1968 to poor sales and a minimum of critical attention, Gris-gris has accumulated legendary status over subsequent decades for its strangeness, hybridity, and innovative production. It formed the launch pad for Dr. Johns image and lengthy career and the ghostly presence of its so-called voodoo atmosphere hovers over numerous cover versions, samples, and re-invocations. Despite the respect given to the record, its making is shrouded in mystery, misunderstandings, and false conclusions. The persona of Dr. John, loosely based on dubious literary accounts of a notorious voodooist and freed slave, a nineteenth-century New Orleans resident known as Doctor John, provided Malcolm "Mac" Rebennack with a lifelong mask through which to transform himself from session musician in order to construct a solo career. Somewhere between puzzle, experimental rhythm, blues disguised as rock, and elaborate hoax, Gris-gris was a collaborative project between Rebennack and producer/arranger Harold Battiste (at the time musical director for Sonny & Cher). A few brief sessions held at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles brought together many of New Orleans finest musicians, including Shirley Goodman, John Boudreaux, Plas Johnson, Jessie Hill, Ernest McLean, and Tami Lynn. Along with their complex histories, the cast of characters implicated in the story includes Ornette Coleman, Lafcadio Hearn, Zora Neale Hurston, Cher, Sonny Bono, Sam Cooke, Ishmael Reed, Black Herman, Prince La La, and many others. The story details in discursive style the historical context of the music, how it came together, its literary sources, production and arrangements, and the nature of the recording studio as dream state, but also examines as a disturbing undercurrent the volatile issue of race in twentieth-century music, the way in which it doomed relationships and ambitious projects, exploited great talents, and distorted the cultural landscape.

Pre-order the latest book from the international bestselling author of If It Makes You Happy. . .A grumpy rock star and a joyful childrens show creator revive television magic in this standalone, cosy small-town romance.Griffin Harvey lives his life in the spotlight. Reluctantly. The brooding famous singer-songwriter is on the cusp of composing his sophomore album . . . if only he could find the notes. But after gaining custody of his two-year-old daughter, the only music hes writing is about shapes and counting to ten.Enter Beverly, who lives her life in the background producing childrens television and laughter. Except joy is hard to find when her non profit loses funding. She sinks all of her savings to revive the childrens show by herself, but when her variety show appearance collides with Griffins, their banter and chemistry is caught on live television.Suddenly, Griffin is singing a new tune. He needs a muse, and Beverly needs all the help she can get. With his secret daughter in tow, they hide out in her cosy mountain hometown, attempting to script, compose, and revive television magic. Their dynamic shouldnt work. Hes all harsh tattoos and rough hands while shes bright colours and gentle touches. Once their three months of work are done, theyll return to their separate worlds. But what happens when it seems the true magic might be found in each other? Praise for If It Makes You Happy:If It Makes Your Happy is pure romcom magic.New York Times bestselling author B.K. BorisonEvery page of this brilliant book is filled with tenderness, warmth, and nostalgia that will wrap readers up in a giant, cozy hug. USA Today bestselling author Hannah Bonam-YoungJulie Olivia has written the perfect cosy romance. .Lauren Connolly, author of PS: I Hate YouIf It Makes You Happy is a delicious romance full of yearning, hope, and second chances. Julies characters will capture your heart from the very first chapter.Thien-Kim Lam, author of Something Cheeky

From a dedicated member of Beyoncés "BeyHive", an in-depth exploration of the lessons and affirmations of Beyoncé’s work and how she continues to speak for the historically unspoken for.This is not a

UMA BIOGRAFIA ELETRIZANTE DA MAIOR E ÚLTIMA BANDA DE ROCK AMERICANA DO MILÊNIO, CUJA MÚSICA INCENDIOU UMA GERAÇÃO — E REAFIRMOU O PODER DO ROCK N ROLL."Um livro para fãs com as vozes de fãs. O prazer

A HISTÓRIA DA BANDA QUE DEFINIU UMA GERAÇÃO EM UMA OBRA OFICIAL NARRADA PELO PRÓPRIO PAUL MCCARTNEY E PELOS EX-INTEGRANTES DA WINGS!Narrado em primeira pessoa, este relato imersivo do próprio Paul Mc

O LIVRO ORIGINAL DE MEMÓRIAS DO EMPRESÁRIO DOS BEATLES PELA PRIMEIRA VEZ NO BRASILTodo mundo conhece os Beatles: John, Paul, George, Ringo... e Brian. A ascensão meteórica dos Fab Four é uma das hist

A musical prodigy and his mother spend years searching for each other in this beautiful, sweeping novel of hope, perseverance, and love, from Jenna Bush Hagers Thousand Voices imprintSong is a nobodyjust a food delivery worker from a village in Northeastern Chinabut her son, River, is a little wonder.At the age of three, he toddled to a piano and tapped out his favourite song. At five, he mastered Liszts three Liebestraume; at eight, he blazed through the complete set of Chopins etudes. And at every step, through loss, illness and poverty, Song has been there to light his wayuntil finally, at the age of eleven, River is invited to study with a preeminent teacher in Beijing.But in the chaos of Beijing Railway Station on the busiest day of the year, Song faces every mothers nightmare: she loses her grip on Rivers little hand and is unable to find him after a desperate, harrowing search.Over the next days, weeks, and eventually, years, Song and River fight to forge a path back to each other as they carve out new lives that carry them farther apart. An evocative exploration of a mothers love and a sons yearning, Little Wonder takes us on an extraordinary journey through a modern Beijing that pulses with the music of humanity and its impossibleand impossibly bravehopes.As every musician knows: You start in one key. You wander to other keys, strange and distant places. But in the end, you always come back home.Extraordinary ... A wonderful story AMANDA PETERS, AUTHOR OF THE BERRY PICKERSExquisite ... A book to be savoured SUSIE YANG, AUTHOR OF WHITE IVYBeautiful, heartfelt and deeply moving JEAN KWOK

Captures that era of Hong Kong music with such warmth and clarity... Transcendent and transportiveAngela HuiA wondrous thing: fresh, evocative, self-aware, fantastically light of touch and wholly original Sarah HoweA story of music, fandom and identity, from the acclaimed singer-songwriter Emma-Lee Moss (a.k.a. Emmy the Great)For 11-year-old Emma-Lee, the sound of Hong Kong in the summer of 1995 is Cantopop. The Cantopop stars she idolises are everywhere - their images are on every billboard and their music spills from shop speakers onto the streets. When she and her family move to England later that year, Emma-Lees love of Cantopop will be pushed underground the sound and symbol of her secret childhood identity.My Cantopop Nights is the story of how Emma-Lee found herself in a Hong Kong bar twenty years later, listening to a Cantopop song and realising that this music was her inheritance. Its about suffering an identity crisis just as the citys post-colonial tensions erupt into protests. Its a story of uncanny coincidences, magical thinking and a quest to reconcile the different sides of her heritage: Hong Konger and British, Cantopop and indie.Its a story of falling in love with a city, its people and its music, while trying to find your own place to belong.An author of exceptional vision... for anyone seeking to understand how complicated, tender histories unfurl in our present and how art emerges to help us through Jessica J. LeePrepare to meet your new favourite playlistDan Schreiber

Offbeat, ironic, humane and hilarious, Experts in a Dying Field is an earworm youll be humming along to for a long time to come.PAUL MURRAYA wonderfully evocative novel from a major storytelling talent. JOSEPH OCONNORJust pure joy and pure heartbreak and GENUINE LAUGHS all the way through. I cried a few times too. MARINA HYDE---The Heathens thought of themselves as the 1000th best band of all time. Then their tour van crashed, and one of their members died.Twenty years later, weird things are happening in Dublin, bringing the surviving members of the band together in ways none of them could have anticipated and lifting the lid on mysteries from their shared past.Experts in a Dying Field is a gloriously sharp, witty and surprising novel about friendship, secrets, the strange workings of grief and guilt, and the joyful alchemy of music, from a writer with a unique ability to access humour and deep emotion.---Hums with life, told with the rigour and brilliance of one of Irelands finest minds. As profound as it is hilarious, Freynes voice is unmistakable: clever, tender, and original. Read it once, then read it again. Then go to the pub. ELAINE FEENEYA paean to friendship, forgiveness and the power of music, told with the blend of empathy and wit that is Freynes trademark. I loved this book LOUISE KENNEDYKaleidoscopic ... Clever, warm and moving, its a remarkable book, thrumming with music and with love.DOIREANN NI GHRIOFABeautiful, big-hearted, silly and profoundSEAMAS OREILLYRich, funny, moving and alive. The Commitments for a generation who grew up burning their own CDs off dodgy LimeWire MP3s.ROISIN LANIGANPoignant and beautifully observed. Patrick Freyne writes about his characters with humour, care and loving attention. RONAN HESSIONWitty, boisterous and warm. Confirms Freyne as a writer who cares deeply about people. LISA MCINERNEYA sharply funny and tender book. You can hear the music coming off every page. Wonderful. JULIA RAESIDESizzles with hope, laughs and the tensions that come from knowing someone in their brighter, younger days and wishing, perhaps, that youve left them there. Nostalgic, darkly funny, and real perfect for anyone trying to make sense of what it means to have history.JUSTIN MYERS---Praise for Patrick FreynePatrick Freyne is a comic geniusMARIAN KEYESA writer of rare humour, depth, and humanity MARK OCONNELLNo one makes me laugh like Patrick FreynePAUL HOWARDA brilliant writerBLINDBOY BOATCLUBPatrick Freyne has a distinct and enviable gift for story-tellingSINEAD GLEESONOne of the funniest writers in IrelandIRISH EXAMINER

A beautiful, frequently extraordinary book. Part biography, part social commentary and part love letter, it somehow does full justice to the magnificent man it examines - JAMES OBRIENNo ordinary pop biography, this is a very personal exploration of a very unusual artist- DORIAN LYNSKEYFar more than a biography of a pop icon its a sharp, insightful look at George Michaels life and how he challenged society, from politics to identity, in ways that still resonate today- SADIQ KHANHe wrote one of the biggest hits of our age in about an hour in his childhood bedroom.He would go on to collaborate with some of the greatest musicians of all time, from Aretha Franklin to Stevie Wonder.He was a pop star who bleached his hair blonde, wore tiny shorts and, at the same time, critiqued his own image mercilessly.He lived through the AIDS crisis and one of the most homophobic periods of British history and yet when he finally came out, he did so boldly and unapologetically.Wham! were the first Western pop group to play in Communist China and he repeatedly broke boundaries in music too.Ten years after his death, George Michael is still everywhere: the annual success of Last Christmas, new covers of his songs, and endless memes on social media.Tonight the Music Seems So Loud is at once a kaleidoscopic portrait of one of Britains most beloved musicians and an account of a strange and turbulent period of British history. In his unconventional and enthralling book, bestselling author Sathnam Sanghera explores the connection between music and politics, exposes what secrecy does to the soul, and reveals how fame rots the sense of self. Throughout, Sanghera captures, joyfully and poignantly, one of Britains greatest artists in all his musical glory.

This is a marvelPublishers WeeklyCompelling and dramaticBooklist...the allure of an opera legend is rendered with humanizing gritForeward ReviewsMaria Callas, called La Divina, is widely recognised as the greatest diva who ever lived. Jerome Charyns Callas springs to life as the headstrong, mercurial, and charismatic artist who captivated generations of fans, thrilling audiences with her brilliant performances and defiant personality.Callas was one of the first divas to come from an impoverished background. As an outsider, she was shunned by the Italian opera houses, but through sheer force of will and the power and range of her voice, she broke through the invisible wall to sing at La Scala and headline at the Metropolitan Opera, forging an unforgettable career. Adored by celebrities and statesmen, the notable and notorious alike, her every movement was shadowed by both music critics and gossip columnists until, having lost her voice, she died alone in an opulent, mausoleum-like Paris apartment.In Charyns inimitable style, Maria La Divina humanizes the celebrated diva, revealing the mythical artist as a woman who survived hunger, war, and loneliness to reach the heights of acclaim.

The masterpiece The Beatles deserved Vox The finest piece of Fabs scholarship ever published MOJO Revolution in the Head goes to the heart of The Beatles their records. Drawing on his unique knowledge and experience to read their tracks, Ian MacDonald offers a detailed examination of the 241 tracks the Fab Four wrote, placing them in their musical, cultural and social context and creating an engrossing classic of popular criticism. Fully updated to include material from The Beatles Live at the BBC and the Anthology series.

A dazzlingly original reassessment of the power and plurality of womens singing voices by the critically acclaimed author of Art Monsters and ScaffoldingIt took me ten years to go from shy young girl to punk rocker, if Id had this book Id have got there much quicker Viv AlbertineFor millennia, womens raised voices have been heard as unruly, uncivilized, dangerous. Women singing were cast as sirens: mythical creatures who lured sailors to their death.In Vocal Break, Lauren Elkin seamlessly blends memoir, feminist manifesto and cultural history to explore a plurality of female singing voices and how women have used them to defy convention, genre, capitalism, racism and sexism. Drawing on her own experiences training as a young soprano in the 1990s, Elkin reflects on the way power and identity shape our voices, focusing on the women who most excited her when she was learning to sing.A vocal break refers to the place where the voice shifts from lower to higher registers and this is a book about what kind of meanings, and sounds, can be made there. Immersing readers in an eclectic soundscape, from musicals and pop music to art punk, what follows is a full-throated tour of womens voices, including Edith Piaf, Maria Callas, Cyndi Lauper, Kathleen Hanna, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Beyonce, FKA Twigs and Billie Eilish.Reflecting on what makes womens singing so powerful to the point where others feel the need to control or manipulate it Vocal Break is a joyous call to arms, a siren call:Girls to the front: NOW.

The definitive biography of one of the most critically acclaimed and enigmatic groups of all time.When Mark Hollis died suddenly in 2019 aged 64, he left behind a slim but perfectly formed collection of Talk Talk albums, one solo album in twenty-three years and an ever-burgeoning mystique which only continues to grow with each passing year.The bands reputation is formed on the imperious run of three albums released between 1986 and 1991, yet Hollis and the band remain a carefully shrouded mystery.For the first time, Graeme Thomson seeks to unpick this knottiest of musical locks and understand the other world of Talk Talk.

Riding the Rollercoaster tells the story of how artists and bands carve out long and successful careers in the music business, despite the numerous pitfalls and pratfalls.Who lasts in the music industry and why?The music business is defined by volatility. For every artist who sustains a career, many more fall away, despite talent, acclaim, or early success. Riding the Rollercoaster examines why some musicians endure while others fade away.Drawing on in-depth interviews with more than seventy artists and industry insiders, Keith Jopling provides a clear-eyed, behind-the-scenes account of how careers in music are built, tested, and sustained. These are artists who have been dropped by labels, lost bandmates, experienced both commercial failure and success, broken up and re-formed and still found ways to continue.Looking beyond individual stories, Riding the Rollercoaster situates artistic longevity within the wider structures of the modern music industry, from the attention economy to the growing concentration of power among platforms and corporations. Why do so few musicians retain control over long-term careers in a global industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars?An insiders guide to survival in modern music, Rollercoaster offers a grounded, accessible account of what it really takes to last.

Les mémoires inédits de Laurent Voulzy. Dans ce récit intime et sincère, Laurent Voulzy revient sur son enfance, ses émerveillements, ses fractures, sa quête spirituelle, ses doutes et ses moments de