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A volte, un solo momento può cambiare tutto. Basta una giornata di sole, la campagna che brilla, la voglia di dedicarsi a lavori di bricolage, lavorare al legno, a un vecchio carro che un tempo lontano era stato un calesse. L'incidente è improvviso. Il sangue, poi il dolore, la paura, lo shock. La corsa verso l'ospedale. La mano squarciata. La possibilità di non recuperarne l'uso. Ma che vuol dire perdere la funzionalità di una mano per un musicista? La stessa mano che ha sempre usato per suonare, comporre, creare?

A legendary folk singer and activist, Woody Guthrie and his songs changed the world. Born in an Oklahoma oil-boom town, Guthrie traveled America by boxcar, thumb, and foot. Along the journey, he composed and sang songs that have become a national heritage. His songs, however, are but part of his legacy. This remarkable autobiography brings to life both his vibrant personality and a vision of America we cannot afford to let die. Funny, cynical, and earthy, Bound for Glory is the stirring account of Guthrie's life and a superb portrait of America's Depression years.

Questo audiolibro svela la biografia e l`ascesa al successo di Taylor Swift. L`ascesa al successo di Taylor Swift è dovuta a diversi fattori. Ma una cosa è certa. Lei verrà ricordata come una delle più grandi artiste di tutti i tempi grazie ai numerosi traguardi musicali raggiunti in carriera, sia online che offline. La cantautrice è inoltre riuscita a entrare nel Guinness World Book of Records grazie alla sua musica eccezionale.

New York City Blues: Postwar Portraits from Harlem to the Village and Beyond offers a deep dive into the blues venues and performers in the city from the 1940s through the 1990s. Interviews in this volume bring the listener behind the scenes of the daily and performing lives of working musicians, songwriters, and producers. The interviewers capture their voices—many sadly deceased—and reveal the changes in styles, the connections between performers, and the evolution of New York blues.

In this fascinating collection of archive interviews with the famed lead singer of the Rolling Stones, we hear—in his owns words—about being the voice of his generation. Mick Jagger talks about touring with one of the biggest bands in the world and why he needs to perform. He discusses his favourite Stones songs and is extraordinarily open about some of his personal experiences, which have included drugs and alcohol, prison and being anti-establishment.

As the son of Cuban immigrants, Grammy winner Armando “Pitbull” Perez experienced: a dangerous street life, a dysfunctional family, abandonment by each of his parents at different points, a period of foster care, and a bout of drug dealing and drug dependency all in his formative years. In his native Miami; pit bulls are illegal, that combined with the fact that they latch on and don’t give up led him to adopt “Pitbull” as his stage name. He made this a bedrock of one of the many philosophies he shares in this title.

11 1/2 Welthits und ein Reisebericht. Im Frühjahr 2015 erhält der ostwestfälische Musiker Richie Arndt den Blues in Germany Award 2014 als bester zeitgenössischer Bluesmusiker Deutschlands und liefert damit die perfekte Stilschublade für Presseberichte und Interviews.

In 1985, Mark Bryan heard Darius Rucker singing in a dorm shower at the University of South Carolina and asked him to form a band. For the next eight years, Hootie & the Blowfish-completed by bassist Dean Felber and drummer Soni Sonefeld-played every frat house, roadhouse, and rock club in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast, becoming one of the biggest independent acts in the region.

Sanremo, 26 gennaio 1967. La Riviera è pronta a ospitare il Festival della Canzone Italiana: i giornalisti già parlano di un'edizione rivoluzionaria, perché sul palco si sfideranno la vecchia guardia guidata da Claudio Villa e Domenico Modugno e le voci nuove, come I Giganti, Little Tony, Lucio Dalla. E Luigi Tenco. Tenco è più conosciuto come autore che come interprete ed è lì perché vuole che il grande pubblico impari ad apprezzarlo: ha deciso che d'ora in poi nelle sue canzoni parlerà di problemi sociali.

Lennon, Dylan, Alice, and Jesus examines wretched excess, self-absorption and miraculous redemption; the book is a raw, sensitive, and unforgettable journey of sex, drugs, rock and roll, and sweet salvation. Author Greg Laurie traces the lives of rock stars and entertainment figures and legends who wallowed in the decadence of both the high life and low life, as they alternately experienced Heaven and Hell on Earth. He travels with them into their demonic abysses and joyfully chronicles their ultimate ascension to their prodigal moments.

Leading Australian Icons in Music covers several different genres of Australian music that have made the most significant impact on the music scene in the past 50 years. The profiles of these talented individuals are explored in greater detail than other books, focusing not only on their sales but also their upbringing and personal experiences. You’ll find that a lot of these musicians have similar values and morals, and these values are what helped them become the musical influences that they are today.

Vom Austeilen und Auf-die-Fresse-Kriegen: eine Nachwendejugend in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Hendrik Bolz, geboren 1988, ist in Stralsund aufgewachsen, im nordöstlichsten Winkel Deutschlands, in einer Welt, die, obwohl das Land längst nicht mehr "DDR" heißt, wenig mit dem zu tun hat, was im Westen als Normalität durchgeht. Lediglich das RTL-Nachmittagsprogramm, das im Hintergrund zu hören ist, deutet darauf hin: Es sind dieselben Nullerjahre.

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.

Die größte Challenge ihres Lebens: Eva Ries und der Wu-Tang Clan. Sie sind unangepasst, wütend und stets auf Ärger aus – und sie erfinden den Hip-Hop neu. Von Beginn an lehren die Members des Wu-Tang Clan, allen voran der völlig irrationale Ol' Dirty Bastard, jeden das Fürchten. Doch die junge Musikmanagerin Eva Ries lässt sich davon nicht abschrecken. In New York City erarbeitet sie sich den Respekt des Clans und gehört über zwanzig Jahre lang zum engsten Kreis der größten Hip-Hop-Band der Welt.

Aiming to cash in on the success of The Beatles, American television producers created a television show that featured a quartet of fun-loving musicians, achieving instant success with The Monkees. Davy Jones, a young, aspiring actor was cast in the series. In this lively and entertaining memoir, Jones recounts his life and career—from The Monkees' beginnings to the 1980s reunion and revival—with funny, nostalgic, and revealing memories of the glamorous people and high-rolling deals that lie behind the scenes of show business.

Brace yourself for a roller coaster thrill ride as you join the "Tattoo the Earth 2000" summer tour of America, the most insane tour ever inflicted on a continent. Featuring 20 of metal's biggest bands, including Metallica, Slipknot, and Slayer, plus Filip Leu, Sean Vasquez, and the world's best tattoo artists, these renegade outsiders pissed off all the wrong music business heavyweights but left delirious inked fans in their wake.

With the gradual shift away from traditional hip-hop, a new style of music known as trap paved way for inner-city youth, bringing out new flavor from new and old artists all over the globe. This is now referred as the "Era of Trap". T.I., Waka Flocka Flame, Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Travis Scott, and many more brought in a new urban sound that is now competing with America‘s loudest street voice, known as hip-hop. This book takes you behind the scenes, giving you a fresh look at the new era of urban artistic talent that hopes to stay for many years to come.

"LA VITA OGGI È DURA PER UNA DONNA CHE CONTA." E se lo dice M¥SS KETA, la Diva definitiva della musica italiana, c’è da crederci. Ma niente paura, questo libro è qui per aiutarvi. Tra ricordi di festini memorabili e incontri licenziosi con le massime autorità della politica e del mondo dello spettacolo, la nostra Dea mascherata rivela a tutti noi comuni mortali gli amori (e gli odi) che costellano il suo oscuro passato e i segreti che l’hanno resa celebre, invincibile e immune al tempo che passa.

This book is all about being in a band in the 1970s and 1980s and features Paul Anthony Cooke who rose to fame with the band Sade in 1984. Along with his bass partner from the same city of Hull Paul Denman these two musicians literally took London by storm from 1980 to 1984 accumulating in the album Diamond Life by Sade selling over 10 Million copies.

One of the most influential musical forces of our time, David Foster—producer, arranger, songwriter, performer—has worked with superstars every decade since the 1970s. In this compelling and outspoken memoir, Foster shares revealing portraits and stories from over five decades of working with music superstars, including Michael Bublé, Celine Dion, Natalie Cole, Josh Groban, Whitney Houston, Barbra Streisand, and many others. A hitman who produced the soundtrack of our lives, Foster offers glimpses of the musical icons at work and shares secrets for success in the music industry.