TODOS HABLARON DE ELLA HASTA QUE FUE ELLA LA QUE HABLÓ. Cantante, icono pop y personaje mediático convertido en leyenda de la televisión española, Yurena no necesita presentación.Amada y criticada a partes iguales, pocas figuras han generado tanto ruido, fascinacion y titulares como ella. Ahora, tras varias producciones audiovisuales en las que se ha ficcionado su vida, llega su propio relato: el libro donde, por primera vez, cuenta sin filtros toda la verdad.En estas paginas, Yurena repasa su trayectoria desde sus inicios como Tamara hasta convertirse en un fenomeno nacional e internacional, comparte sus vivencias en el centro del huracan mediatico y revela lo que nunca pudo decir en ningun plato.Un testimonio emocionante, lleno de luces y sombras, pero tambien de humor, musica y, sobre todo, amor.Mas que unas memorias, este libro es un viaje al corazon de una mujer que, contra todo pronostico, se convirtio en inmortal.LA HISTORIA REAL DETRAS DEL FENOMENO YURENA.Te aviso de algo: voy a abrirme en canal. () Dare nombres, sere explicita siempre que eso no vaya en mi contra, pero no me escondere. Preparate para un relato honesto escrito desde el corazon, pero tambien desde la herida. No quiero dejar al margen nada que sea importante para mi. Ya no.

The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteens most surprising album, Nebraska, revealing its pivotal role in Springsteens careernow with a new afterwordSoon to be a major motion picture starring Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)Brilliant . . . For fans of American music, Deliver Me from Nowhere makes a great ghost story.The Boston GlobeAN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARWithout Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen might not be who he is today. The natural follow-up to Springsteens hugely successful album The River should have been the hit-packed Born in the U.S.A. But instead, in 1982, he came out with an album consisting of a series of dark songs he had recorded by himself, for himself. But more than forty years later, Nebraska is arguably Springsteens most important recordthe lasting clue to understanding not just his career as an artist and the vision behind it, but also the man himself.Nebraska is rough and unfinished, recorded on cassette tape with a simple four-track recorder by Springsteen, alone in his bedroom, just as the digital future was announcing itself. And yet Springsteen now considers it his best album. Nebraska expressed a turmoil that was reflective of the mood of the country, but it was also a symptom of trouble in the artists life, the beginnings of a mental breakdown that Springsteen would only talk about openly decades after the albums release.Warren Zanes spoke to many people involved with making Nebraska, including Bruce Springsteen himself. He also interviewed more than a dozen celebrated artists and musical insiders, from Rosanne Cash to Steven Van Zandt, about their reactions to the album. Zanes interweaves these conversations with inquiries into the myriad cultural touchpoints, including Terrence Malicks Badlands and the short stories of Flannery OConner, that influenced Springsteen as he was writing the albums haunting songs. The result is a textured and revelatory account of not only a crucial moment in the career of an icon but also a record that upended all expectations and predicted a home-recording revolution.

La historia del skate criollo contada en primera persona por su máximo referente en la Argentina y líder de la banda de rock Massacre.«Ya tenía mi skate y mi guitarra eléctrica...ya empuñaba las arma

A biografia da rainha do funk brasileiro. Valesca é, sem dúvida, uma das mais importantes representantes do funk no país. Com letras irreverentes e ritmo contagiante, suas músicas ajudaram a disseminar o ritmo carioca ao redor de todo o Brasil, quebrando tabus e levantando importantes discusses acerca do papel da mulher na sociedade.Em Sou dessas: Pronta pro combate, Valesca Popozuda compartilha a sua viso sobre assuntos como feminismo e liberdade sexual, alem de contar, de forma leve e divertida, detalhes de sua vida pessoal, de sua carreira e como o funk mudou a sua historia. "Engana-se quem acha que o poder de Valesca esta no popozo ou na pussy - a moça tem cabeça pensante. Provocando os homens, Valesca inspira as mulheres, da exemplo de coragem e inconformismo." - Pedro Bial"Valesca e o paradoxo do sexo fragil, e sinonimo de superaço e sucesso e tal qual a fenix renasce a cada dia, talhando em marmore a sua bela trajetoria de vida" - David Brazil

Toteking, leyenda viva del rap español, pero sobre todo lector incansable, escribe: "Viajar a tus recuerdos es buscar pelea". Y lo hace. Sin miedo. La figura de un padre que lo inicia en la lectura, los primeros mates en la cancha publica y la vocacion insobornable de la rima perfecta, la honestidad a tumba abierta, la necesidad de rodearte de tres (cuatro, a lo sumo) personas que te quieren, la esclavitud de tener que vivir para contarlo en canciones y en cuentos. La obligacion de encerrarte en un bunker para gritar todo lo que odias de la vida. Tambien lo que te hace seguir vivo.

"Im scared and scarred but Ive survived" Tom Wilson was raised in the rough-and-tumble world of HamiltonSteeltown in the company of World War II vets, factory workers, fall-guy wrestlers and the deeply guarded secrets kept by his parents, Bunny and George. For decades Tom carved out a life for himself in shadows. He built an international music career and became a father, he battled demons and addiction, and he waited, hoping for the lies to cease and the truth to emerge. It would. And when it did, it would sweep up the St. Lawrence River to the Mohawk reserves of Quebec, on to the heights of the Manhattan skyline. With a rare gift for storytelling and an astonishing story to tell, Tom writes with unflinching honesty and extraordinary compassion about his search for the truth. Its a story about scars, about the ones that hurt us, and the ones that make us who we are. From Beautiful Scars: Even as a kid my existence as the son of Bunny and George Wilson seemed far-fetched to me. When I went over it in my head, none of it added up. The other kids on East 36th Street in Hamilton used to tell me stories of their mothers being pregnant and their newborn siblings coming home from the hospital. Nobody ever talked about Bunnys and my return from the hospital. In my mind my birth was like the nativity, only with gnarly dogs and dirty snow and a chipped picket fence and old blind people with short tempers and dim lights, ashtrays full of Export Plain cigarette butts and bottles of rum. Once, when I was about four, I asked Bunny, "How come I dont look anything like you and George? How come you are old and the other moms are young?" "There are secrets I know about you that Ill take to my grave," she responded. And that pretty well finished that. Bunny built up a wall to protect her secrets, and as a result I built a wall to protect myself.

“Love’s got everything to do with it.”Tina Turner es la reina del Rock ‘n’ Roll, un icono musical que celebra sesenta años en la industria musical. En esta dramática autobiografía cuenta la historia

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLING AUTOBIOGRAPHY FROM THE QUEEN OF ROCK N ROLL_______________________Astonishing, soul-baring - the must-read memoir by rocks greatest survivorDAILY MAIL***The full, dramatic story of one of the most remarkable women in music history, whose legacy will never be forgotten***Unbearably poignantTHE TIMES, Book of the Week_______________________Loves got everything to do with it.Tina Turner was the Queen of Rock n Roll. In this dramatic autobiography, she tells the story of a truly remarkable life in the spotlight.From her early years picking cotton in Nutbush, Tennessee to her rise to fame alongside Ike Turner, and finally to her phenomenal success in the 1980s and beyond, Tina candidly examines her personal history, from her darkest hours to her happiest moments and everything in between.In her honest and heart-felt voice, Tina reveals:· How (love) and a kidney transplant saved her life - and how her new husband made an incredible personal sacrifice· How she has coped with the tragic suicide of her son· How ex-husband Ike Turner forced her to go to a brothel on their wedding night... and why she tried to kill herself because of Ikes mistresses· The Cinderella moment when David Bowie made Tina a star ...· ...and the day Mick Jagger ripped her skirt off!AND MUCH MOREBrimming with her trademark blend of strength, energy, heart and soul, My Love Story is a gripping, surprising memoir, as memorable and entertaining as any of her greatest hits._______________________The book is written with a warm heart and a generous spirit... It is a thoughtful, moving reflection on a life of spectacular achievementDAILY EXPRESSTurner comes across as courageous, optimistic, big-hearted and generousSUNDAY TIMESFascinating, dramatic, surprisingOK! MAGAZINEAn honest, thoughtful and touching reflection on a full and fulfilling lifeSUNDAY EXPRESS

La música es el único arte que nos acompaña siempre: desde el primer latido en el vientre materno hasta que nos vamos de este mundo.Mira el segundero de tu reloj.Repite siguiendo su avance: «Pan. Pan

"Little Willie John is the soul singers soul singer." - Marvin Gaye"My mother told me, if you call yourself Little Stevie Wonder, youd better be as good as Little Willie John." - Stevie WonderLittle Willie John lived for a fleeting 30 years, but his dynamic and daring sound left an indelible mark on the history of music. His deep blues, rollicking rock n roll, and swinging ballads inspired a generation of musicians, forming the basis for what we now know as soul music. Born in Arkansas in 1937, William Edward John found his voice in the church halls, rec centers and nightclubs of Detroit, a fertile proving ground that produced the likes of Levi Stubbs and the Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Smokey Robinson, and Hank Ballard and the Midnighters. One voice rose above the rest in those formative years of the 1950s, and Little Willie John went on to have 15 hit singles in the American rhythm & blues chart, with considerable cross-over success in pop. Some of his songs might be best known by their cover versions ("Fever" by Peggy Lee, "Need Your Love So Bad" by Fleetwood Mac and "Leave My Kitten Alone" by The Beatles) but Little Willie Johns original recording of these and other songs are widely considered to be definitive. It is this sound that is credited with ushering in a new age in American music as the 1950s turned into the 60s and rock n roll took its place in popular culture. The soaring heights of Little Willie Johns career are matched only by the tragic events of his death, cutting short a life so full of promise. Charged with a violent crime in the late 1960s, an abbreviated trial saw Willie convicted and incarcerated in Walla Walla Washington, where he died under mysterious circumstances in 1968. In this, the first official biography of one of the most important figures in rhythm & blues history, author Susan Whitall, with the help of Little Willie Johns eldest son Kevin John, has interviewed some of the biggest names in the music industry and delved into the personal archive of the John family to produce an unprecedented account of the man who invented soul music.

From the first Police album, Outlandos DAmour, through Sacred Love, here are the collected lyrics written by Sting, along with his commentary.Publishing my lyrics separately from their musical accompaniment is something that Ive studiously avoided until now. The two, lyrics and music, have always been mutually dependent, in much the same way as a mannequin and a set of clothes are dependent on each other; separate them, and what remains is a naked dummy and a pile of cloth. Nevertheless, the exercise has been an interesting one, seeing perhaps for the first time how successfully the lyrics survive on their own, and inviting the question as to whether song lyrics are in fact poetry or something else entirely. And while Ive never seriously described myself as a poet, the book in your hands, devoid as it is of any musical notation, looks suspiciously like a book of poems. So it seems I am entering, with some trepidation, the unadorned realm of the poet. I have set out my compositions in the sequence they were written and provided a little background when I thought it might be illuminating. My wares have neither been sorted nor dressed in clothes that do not belong to them; indeed, they have been shorn of the very garments that gave them their shape in the first place. No doubt some of them will perish in the cold cruelty of this new environment, and yet others may prove more resilient and become perhaps more beautiful in their naked state. I cant predict the outcome, but I have taken this risk knowingly and, while no one in their right mind should ever attempt to set The Waste Land to music, in the hopeful words of T. S. Eliot, These fragments I have shored against my ruins. Sting, from the Introduction

The extraordinary group of Russian composers who came together in St Petersburg in the 1860s - long known as The Mighty Handful, but, as the moguchaya kuchka, better translated as the great little heap - gave rise to one of the most fascinating and colourful stories in all musical history. Stephen Walsh, author of a major biography of their direct successor, Stravinsky, has written an absorbing account of Musorgsky and his circle - Borodin, Cui, Balakirev and Rimsky-Korsakov. With little or no musical education they created works of lasting significance - Musorgskys Boris Godunov, Borodins Prince Igor and Rimsky-Korsakovs Sheherazade. Written with deep understanding and panache, The Kuchka, is highly engaging and a significant contribution to cultural history.

In 1934, Igor Stravinsky was fifty-two, a Russian expatriate living in Paris and already regarded by many as the most important composer of his generation. Stravinsky: The Second Exile follows him through the remainder of his long life, which he would spend largely in the United States. These are the years during which he would compose such masterworks as The Rakes Progress and Symphony in C, and achieve a new level of fame as a conductor and concert pianist in his own right. In this second and final volume of Stephen Walshs acclaimed biography, the author traces and illuminates Stravinskys increasingly complex and often agonised family life and his crucially important relationship with his associate Robert Craft. As a musicologist and critic, Walsh is able to speak with authority and wit not only about Stravinskys life, but also about his work, expertly following the composers musical journey from the neoclassicism of his late French and early American periods, through his early essays in serial technique, and on finally to the astonishing complexities of this protean geniuss final works. Based on exhaustive research, Stephen Walsh uncovers new and controversial material, making this the second volume of the most definitive biography of the most significant and influential composer of the twentieth century.

Debussys life is of extraordinary interest because, like Wagner and Stravinsky, he crossed artistic boundaries, associating as much with poets and artists as with musicians. His father was active in the 1871 Paris Commune and the composers childhood was thus unsettled, his musical preparation erratic, and his subsequent lifestyle somewhat bohemian by the bourgeois norms of the French musical establishment. He never went to a proper school, but was enough of a pianist to enter the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 10. Whilst still a student he rebelled against the academy-taught "rules of composition" and constructed a language of his own, in constant rebellion against the heavy Wagnerian influence prevalent at that time. In the early 1900s he worked in Paris as a music critic. His own music during these years includes some of the greatest and most influential works of the early twentieth century: the opera Pelleas et Melisande, his orchestral masterpieces La Mer and Images, a series of profoundly original piano works (including two books of Preludes), and the ballet Jeux, premiered in Diaghilevs 1913 season just before Stravinskys Rite of Spring (which Debussy attended). His later years were plagued by the rectal cancer that eventually killed him in 1918. But he continued to compose until 1917 This was a period of political and cultural turmoil in French life, the Franco-Prussian war and its aftermath, the Dreyfus affair with its religious and military undercurrents, the general instability of the Third Republic, and the First World War. Stephen Walshs study combines chronological biography with a contextualised picture placing Debussy in the broad artistic and social environment of turn-of-the-century France, making this a significant contribution to the cultural history of the time.

Joan Manuel Serrat era, en 1969, alguien casi desaliñado. Alguien que cantaba la frase "tu nombre me sabe a hierba" como si se la estuviera diciendo en secreto a quien lo escuchaba. Era un músico, un cantante de quien se decia que era un poeta, que frecuentaba los programas interminables de los sabados, en la television argentina, con apenas una guitarra en la mano y un puñado de canciones que recorrian el mundo de Jacques Brel aprendido desde el franquismo. Y que pintaban el retrato mas acido y tambien el mas tierno de esos personajes de pueblos blancos, que espiaban tras los visillos. Pero su historia, o, mejor, la historia de amor con la Argentina, contada con meticulosa pasion por Tamara Smerling, es a su vez otras historias. La de una epoca pero, sobre todo, la de un cambio notable en las maneras de escuchar y en las formas de relacionarse con la musica. Las canciones de Serrat podian bailarse. Pero tambien debian escucharse. Como toda Gran Historia, se construye con las pequeñas historias. La de la chica que llamo por telefono a su mejor amiga para decirle que se habia enamorado, despues de haberlo visto por primera vez, aun un desconocido, en la television; el improbable encuentro con Anibal Troilo y Ruben Juarez, mientras empujaba su auto descompuesto hasta la vereda; los tira y afloja con los productores de la epoca. La historia de una voz, finalmente, contada, como se debe, a muchas voces.Diego Fischerman

«Si queremos expresar la derrota común, procuremos hacerlo dentro de los límites estrictos de la dignidad y la belleza.» Leonard CohenCuando aún era un adolescente, Leonard Cohen se asomó un día al

All the singles, all the albums, all the tours, all the TV specials and movies... all the ABBA! For four decades ABBA - the combined talents of Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - has been a global music phenomenon, clocking up record sales of over 360 million. Unquestionably one of the most respected and recognisable brands in pop, Scandinavias all-conquering musical export actually remained together for only ten years but the groups influence resonates as much today as it did in the 1970s. Thanks to the global success of the musical Mamma Mia!, ABBAs hit songs are cherished by millions of new admirers, but it is the original recordings which set the bench-mark for 20th century pop. The beautiful, cascading melodies and unmistakable harmonies of Dancing Queen, SOS, Take a Chance on Me and The Winner Takes It All have a unique power to inspire passion and devotion in equal measure. For the very first time The Complete ABBA compiles all of the Swedish supergroups singles, albums, TV specials, tours and movies. Beginning with their 1972 debut single People Need Love, the book chronicles the bands incredible story right through to Bjorn and Bennys triumphant Thank You for the Music tribute concert held in London in 2009, and beyond, to 2012, the bands 40th anniversary. This is all the ABBA youll ever need!

Sheila a décidé de nous faire partager son incroyable bonheur de vivre. Ce nouveau livre, fruit de son expérience de chanteuse et de danseuse, rassemble ses secrets pour rester, à 70 ans, en forme, m

En 1963, Sheila décrète que lécole est finie. Sa carrière débute... Cinq décennies après, elle se retourne sur sa carrière, et sur sa vie. On sait sa passion pour la danse, qui a rythmé son existence

How are conductors silent gestures magicked into sound by a group of more than a hundred brilliant but belligerent musicians? The mute choreography of great conductors has fascinated and frustrated musicians and music-lovers for centuries. Orchestras can be inspired to the heights of musical and expressive possibility by their maestros, or flabbergasted that someone who doesnt even make a sound should be elevated to demigod-like status by the public. This is the first book to go inside the rehearsal rooms of some of the most inspirational orchestral partnerships in the world - how Simon Rattle works at the Berlin Philharmonic, how Mariss Jansons deals with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, and how Claudio Abbado creates the worlds most luxurious pick-up band every year with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. From London to Budapest, Bamberg to Vienna, great orchestral concerts are recreated as a collection of countless human and musical stories.