Ergebnis für "Taken" in Komponisten & Musiker

In a career that spanned decades, John Denver earned international acclaim as a singer, songwriter, actor, and environmental activist. Songs like "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Rocky Mountain High", and "Annie's Song" have entered the canon of universal anthems, but at his start John Denver was a young man with little more than a fine voice, a guitar, and a dream. Growing up in a conservative military family, he was not expected to drop out of college and head to Los Angeles, where the music scene was flourishing. Nor was he expected to succeed.

1996 musste Anja Rützel zwei Mal bitterlich weinen: um ihr eingestelltes Lieblingsmagazin Tempo - und um ihre aufgelöste Lieblingsband Take That. Aus ihren Liedern hatte sie alles gelernt, was man über das Suchen und Erfinden der Liebe wissen muss. Aus der Trennung und der glücklichen Wiedervereinigung lernte sie dann alles über Hass und Versöhnung. Und über würdevoll cooles Erwachsenwerden im Pop und anderswo.

Skin, the trail-blazing lead singer of multi-million-selling rock band Skunk Anansie, is a global female icon. As an incendiary live performer, she shatters preconceptions about race and gender. As an activist and inspirational role model she has been smashing through stereotypes for more than 25 years. With her striking visual image and savagely poetic songs, Skin has been a groundbreaking influence both with Skunk Anansie and as a solo artist.

An inspiring and revealing essay about motherhood, self-acceptance, and overcoming the fears that hold you back by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Open Book.

The fifth in my series of audiobooks of highlights from my printed books. This one is 120 minutes from I'm Coming to Take You to Lunch, the story of how I arranged for Wham!, whom I managed, to go and play in China. This is Part One of the book.

Take Your Protein Pills... is the biography of underground psychedelic rock band Poisoned Electrick Head, as seen through the eyes of their keyboard player Brian Carney. It's a no-holds-barred, manic, tragic, and often hilarious account of life at the unglamorous end of rock's underbelly.

Mike Dixon has been involved in the British music industry for over 40 years and has been a musical director for more than 20 West End productions. His career has taken him all over the world, working with some of the most iconic artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The book follows his journey as his exciting and eclectic musical career develops. From his early musical experiences in Plymouth, studying at Trinity College of Music, to conducting in the Royal Albert Hall, with plenty of humor along the way, it is a little peek behind the scenes into the world of entertainment.

On the Road Not Taken is a memoir about the transformational power of music. It begins with a boy growing up in a small town on the Kent coast in the 1970s who learns to play the guitar and dreams of heading out on the open road with a head full of songs. But when the moment comes to make the choice, he is not brave enough to give it a go.