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Anything for a Hit
An A&R Woman's Story of Surviving the Music Industry
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Dorothy Carvello knows all about the music biz. She was the first female A&R executive at Atlantic Records, and one of the few in the room at RCA and Columbia. But before that, she was secretary to Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic's infamous president, who signed acts like Aretha Franklin and Led Zeppelin,...
Still on the Road
The Songs of Bob Dylan, 1974–2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
The second of two volumes, this companion to every song that Bob Dylan has yet written is the most comprehensive examination of Dylan’s oeuvre. Arranged in a chronology of when they were written rather than when they appeared on albums, the songs are accompanied by surprising facts and information....
Lifting My Voice
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Growing up African American in segregated Arkansas in the 1950s, Barbara Hendricks witnessed firsthand the painful struggle for civil rights. After graduation from the Juilliard School of Music, Hendricks immediately won a number of important international prizes, and began performing in recitals...
Country Music Changed My Life
Tales of Tough Times and Triumph from Country's Legends
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
In this book based on new interviews, some of country music's greatest stars share personal moments of redemption, inspiration, and heartache related to the music that shaped their lives. Brenda Lee explains how her childhood singing gift raised her entire family out of dire poverty, and Pat Boone...
Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars
The Fast Life and Sudden Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
This intimate story of Lynyrd Skynyrd tells of how a band of lost souls and self-destructive misfits with uncertain artistic objectives clawed their way to the top of the rock 'n’ roll world. Based on interviews with surviving band members, Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars shares how lead singer...
Sweet Dreams and Flying Machines
The Life and Music of James Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
In 1970 a scraggly, antiheroic young man from North Carolina by way of Massachusetts began presenting a comforting new sound, a kind never heard before. Within a year, when young ears sought a new sound, there was "Fire and Rain" and "You've Got a Friend," and a new Southern...
In the All-Night Café
A Memoir of Belle and Sebastian's Formative Year
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Belle and Sebastian have been making music to critical acclaim since their formation in 1996. They have played hundreds of gigs and won a Brit Award; their music has been featured in popular films; and their unsettling, often surreal songs, delicate melodies, and alternative approach to pop stardom...
The Book of Klezmer
The History, the Music, the Folklore
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2002
Klezmer is Yiddish music, the music of the Jews of Europe and America, a music of laughter and tears, of weddings and festivals, of dancing and prayer. Born in the Middle Ages, it came of age in the shtetl (the Eastern European Jewish country town), where "a wedding without klezmer is worse than...
Somebody's Daughter
The Hidden Story of America's Prostituted Children and the Battle to Save Them
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
They are America’s forgotten children, the hundreds of thousands of child prostitutes who walk the Las Vegas Strip, the casinos of Atlantic City, the truck stops on interstates, and the street corners of our cities. Many people wrongly believe sex trafficking involves young women from foreign lands....
Duke Ellington
His Life in Jazz with 21 Activities
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Celebrating one of the most influential figures in jazz, this comprehensive biography incorporates the legendary Duke Ellington’s talents into engaging activities for children. Enlisting the musician’s gifts as a pianist, composer, and band leader, this interdisciplinary approach shows how to...
Lennon on Lennon
Conversations with John Lennon
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
John Lennon was a highly opinionated and controversial figure with a commanding personality and quick wit. And he made a point of living his adventurous life as openly as possible. Whether he was experimenting with LSD, Transcendental Meditation, primal therapy, macrobiotic diets, or recording techniques,...
Dirty Blvd.
The Life and Music of Lou Reed
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
A tremendously insightful biography of the man who helmed the Velvet Underground and single-handedly created alternative rock This book covers not only the highlights of Reed's career, but explores lesser-known facets of his work, such as his first recordings with doo-wop group the Jades, his key...
Magnus Hirschfeld
The Origins of the Gay Liberation Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935) was one of the first great pioneers of the gay liberation movement. Revered by such gay icons as Christopher Isherwood and Harry Hay, founder of the Mattachine Society, Hirschfeld’s legacy resonates throughout the twentieth-century and around the world. Guided by his...
by Amiri Baraka
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
The complete autobiography of a literary legend.