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Violinist Vijay Gupta’s searing memoir of prodigy, ambition, collapse, and renewal reveals how music is not just performance but also survival, a lifeline of human connection—for readers of Jeremy Denk's Every Good Boy Does Fine, Hua Hsu's Stay True, and Patrick Bringley’s All the Beauty...

Steven Van Zandt gehört zu den letzten wahren Rock'n'Rollern. Mit seinem Kopftuch, den schweren Stiefeln und der Gitarre in Hüfthöhe symbolisiert er den Rebellen und zugleich den Romantiker der endlosen Highways der USA. Als Mitglied von Springsteens "E Street" Band spielte Van Zandt auf Megaerfolgen wie "Darkness On The Edge Of Town", "The River" oder "Born In The U.S.A." und während seiner Aktivitäten als Solokünstler schrieb er Songs für Meat Loaf, Pearl Jam sowie Jackson Browne.

From Prince's superstardom to studio seclusion, this second book in the award-winning Prince Studio Sessions series spotlights how Prince, the biggest rock star on the planet at the time, risked everything to create some of the most introspective music of his four-decade career. Duane Tudahl takes us on an emotional and intimate journey of love, loss, rivalry, and renewal revealed through unprecedented access to dozens of musicians, singers, studio engineers, and others who worked with him and knew him best.

Rolling Stone Best Music Books of the Year "Definitive...Not just for Talking Heads fans—it’s a masterful dive into downtown New York in the 70s, and the changing face of rock music.”—Town & Country "Riveting"—New York Post "A masterful achievement." —Booklist (starred review) On the...

Roger Daltrey is the voice of a generation. That generation was the first to rebel, to step out of the shadows of the Second World War... to invent the concept of the teenager. This is the story from his birth at the height of the Blitz, through tempestuous school days to his expulsion, age 15...

Brought to you by Penguin. Featuring integrated music and full orchestra recordings. Ludwig van Beethoven: to some, simply the greatest ever composer of Western classical music. Yet his life remains shrouded in myths, and the image persists of him as an eccentric genius shaking his fist at...

John Eliot Gardiner grew up passing one of the only two authentic portraits of Bach every morning and evening on the stairs of his parents’ house, where it hung for safety during World War II. He has been studying and performing Bach ever since, and is now regarded as one of the composer's greatest living interpreters. The fruits of this lifetime's immersion are distilled in this remarkable book, grounded in the most recent Bach scholarship but moving far beyond it.

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.

An exploration of all aspects of the Abba member’s lives and careers. Amazingly detailed, it examines the group member’s family backgrounds, the pre-Abba days, the legendary 70s, the marriages, the divorces, the business ups and downs, and the post-Abba solo careers.

A landmark release, this is the first of a two-volume biography of Metallica, the biggest metal band of all time, told via exclusive interviews with the band and their world.

On Thursday, 1st July, 1999, Dr Nina Simone gave a rare performance as part of Nick Cave's Meltdown Festival. After the show, in a state of awe, Warren Ellis crept onto the stage, took Dr Simone's piece of chewed gum from the piano, wrapped it in her stage towel and put it in a Tower Records bag. The gum remained with him for 20 years—a sacred totem, his creative muse, a conduit that would eventually take Ellis back to his childhood and his relationship with found objects, growing in significance with every passing year.

John Lennon called himself a working class hero. George Harrison was a working class mystic. Born in Liverpool as the son of a bus conductor and a shop assistant, for the first six years of his life he lived in a house with no indoor bathroom. This book gives an honest, in-depth view of his personal journey from his blue-collar childhood to his role as a world-famous spiritual icon.

Based on all-new interviews and including 72 rare photos, Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements is the definitive boigraphy of one of the last great rock 'n' roll bands of the twentieth century. Written with the participation of the group's key members, including reclusive...

Suze Rotolo chronicles her coming of age in Greenwich Village during the 1960s and the early days of the folk music explosion, when Bob Dylan was finding his voice and she was his muse.   

In this New York Times bestseller, Rolling Stone founder, co-editor, and publisher Jann Wenner offers an expansive memoir from the beating heart of classic rock and roll. “Touchingly honest” and “wonderfully deep.” —Bruce Springsteen​ Jann Wenner has been called by his peers “the...

A gritty, revealing heavy metal memoir by Lamb of God’s lead guitarist and co-lyricist, which explores both his life in music and his tumultuous path through addiction and into recovery. DESOLATION is the story of Morton's lifelong quest for clarity and self-acceptance, and shows how the...

This is the official authorized biography of musician and vintner Maynard James Keenan, the enigmatic vocalist for Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer. Co-author Sarah Jensen's 30-year friendship with Keenan gives her unique insight into his history and career trajectory. The book traces Keenan's journey from his Midwest childhood to his years in the army to his time in art school, from his stint at a Boston pet shop to his place in the international spotlight and his influence on contemporary music and regional winemaking.

Five decades in the music industry, 100 albums, 10 Grammys, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the Country Music Hall of Fame. Add high-profile activism for the legalisation of marijuana, the foundation of a groundbreaking philanthropic organisation, and a much-publicised personal life - Willie Nelson's is a story like no other.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A handsome six footer with a warm and engaging personality, Davie Jones has all it takes to get to the show business heights including . . . talent.' David Bowie at 17 in May, 1964 writing his own press biography. Respected arts commentator Paul Morley, one of the...

Go West! Ein autobiografischer Blick auf eine Band, die mühelos und widerspruchsfrei ganz unterschiedliche Gruppen von Fans miteinander vereint: von Intellektuellen, die sie als ambitionierte Konzeptkünstler bewundern, über Familien bis hin zur schwulen Partyszene. Kristof Magnusson nahm zum ersten Mal Popmusik im späten Grundschulalter wahr - und da waren die Pet Shop Boys für ihn der Inbegriff der Popmusik schlechthin. Später prägten sie seine musikalische Sozialisation in den Teenagerjahren und begleiteten seine Anfänge als Autor während der Studienzeit.