Títulos en Compositores y músicos

Jusqu'à ses dix-sept ans, Kendji Girac n'a jamais voyagé autrement qu'en caravane ni rêvé d'une autre vie que la sienne. Découvert dans The Voice (TF1) en 2014, il touche immédiatement le cœur des Français avec son large sourire, sa voix chaleureuse et sa guitare entraînante. Mais un matin d'avril 2024, après dix ans d'une carrière fulgurante, un drame fait la une des médias, révélant un visage plus fragile et tourmenté de l'artiste.

The Indiana Jones of rock history and founding curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum narrates the Hall's wild history and his quest to build its collection from scratch—from Ozzy Osbourne's country manor to Keith Moon’s childhood bedroom and Art Garfunkel’s personal archives—including stories about Debbie Harry, Mick Jagger, Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and more.

New York Times bestselling author Bill Janovitz delivers the definitive story of The Cars, one of the most popular, beloved, and influential bands to emerge from New Wave—with a foreword by Cars keyboardist Greg Hawkes. The Cars formed in the late 1970s as an alliance of five journeymen...

A memoir by Mason Loika who grew up in Miami, Florida where he tanned as brown as a berry. His dark complexion kept him from touring at Princeton's (N.J.) American Boychoir School in 1956 out of fear audiences would consider the school had become integrated. After a pedophile attack by the school's guidance counselor, he found solace after his participation in a Carnegie Hall's Annex to perform the same Mozard sonata for an audience of one: Louis Armstrong. Rock 'n' roll embraced his soul as he obsessed over watching American Bandstand on TV.

Kim Larsen er hele Danmarks folkekære gavflab og, ifølge rockanmelder Erik Jensen, Danmarks mest populære kunstner nogensinde. Forfatter Peder Bundgaard har fulgt Kim Larsen på nært og venskabeligt hold siden Gasolin'-dagene i 70'erne, og i bogen giver han et kærligt og loyalt portræt af sangeren fra barndommen og den tidlige ungdom i 50'erne, over 60'erne, gennembrudsårene med Gasolin' og frem til tiden med Kjukken. Historien om Larsen er fortalt med masser af anekdoter og et nysgerrigt blik på samtiden fra efterkrigsårene til årtusindskiftet.

Én af landets mest populære sangskrivere sætter ord på sit livs lyse nætter med musik, skæve Dalton-dage, kvinder og lidenskab men også et liv med dystre dage, dæmoniske drukture og en evigt, borende længsel. Lars Lilholt fortæller sin egen families historie og giver et enestående indblik i, hvad der har formet mennesket bag Danmarks største kærlighedssang "Kald det Kærlighed.

What if the love of your life had been listening to the same songs, dreaming the same dreams, and wandering the same English hills... long before you ever met? Shadows of the Beatles is a true, once-in-a-lifetime love story—told in two voices, across two continents, and united by one timeless soundtrack. Gary was a Yorkshire boy raised on steam trains, ghost stories, and Beatles records played on a Dansette gramophone. Valerie was a Chicago girl growing up in a Polish American household filled with secrets, Broadway ballads, and a father whose life whispered of espionage.

La biografía más completa que se haya publicado del líder de Virus, banda vanguardista y una de las más influyentes del pop y el rock argentino de los 80 hasta la actualidad.

The emotional, epic story of James “Cornbread” Harris—a self-proclaimed “blessed dude” and one of Minneapolis’s most influential musicians. Read by the author, Andrea Swensson, with interview excerpts and music by Cornbread Harris and an afterword read by his Grammy-winning son, James "Jimmy Jam" Harris III. “I am a blessed dude,” Cornbread says, taking us along on a musical journey that evolves into a heartfelt tale of reconciliation and forgiveness, all to the tune of his signature blues sound.

The Shepherd Who Lost His Sheep is a raw, gripping account of the rise and fall of a globally recognized Jamaican band—and the leadership failures that caused it all to crumble. Blending memoir with powerful leadership insights, author Oneil Peart shares hard-earned lessons from his journey through fame, ego, mismanagement, and redemption. With unflinching honesty, he explores how charisma without character leads to collapse, how success can expose immaturity, and how true leadership is rooted in service, not status.

Es ist das Buch zum Sound der Babyboomer-Generation. Das Hörbuch funktioniert wie eine Unterhaltung mit Freunden, bei der man sich gemeinsam an die Jugendzeit erinnert, staunt, lacht und gelegentlich ins Nachdenken kommt. Warum waren bestimmte Platten, Sänger oder Bands wichtig für einen? Warum man sich an manche Dinge glasklar erinnern kann und an andere nicht?

As a iolinist and teacher, Emily devoted her life to her art, rising through the ranks of a music conservatory. But behind the stage lights and sonatas, she endured repeated sexual abuse at the hands of a trusted professor—an experience that would fracture her sense of safety and identity. She works to break free from her abuser, enduring a battle with complex PTSD and a confrontation with an institutional system more invested in reputation than justice. While struggling to access protections and recognition, Emily also faces the pressure of coursework, recitals, and graduation requirements.

Aus der westfälischen Provinz zum Rockstar Seit fünf Jahrzehnten spielt Schlagzeuger Bertram Engel als festes Bandmitglied bei zwei absoluten Stars der Rockmusik: Udo Lindenberg und Peter Maffay. Mit beiden verbinden ihn große Erfolge, vor allem aber zahlreiche legendäre Erlebnisse.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Buffett offers his philosophy on life and how to live it, “like sitting with Buffett at a beachside bar, listening to him spin tales” (Time). “Buffett took his family on a three-week trek around the Caribbean...

Two brave journalists dare to expose the music industry's darkest secret; that country music legend, Garth Brooks, may very well be, a blood-thirsty serial killer. Through a combination of interviews with federal law enforcement, criminologists, and music insiders, as well as exhaustive research into Garth’s connection to hundreds of unsolved homicides and missing persons, the authors piece together their satirical case.

The life of a maestro appears glamorous from afar, but seen through the eyes of a conductor with more than one thousand performances on the podium throughout the United States and around the world, it isn’t all curtain calls and champagne. We make the choices critical to our success and happiness when we are least able to see the consequences, and it may take the better part of a lifetime to understand where we chose wisely, where we went astray, and where we had more luck than sense.

This irreverent biography provides a rare window into the music industry from a promoter’s perspective. From a young age, Peter Jest was determined to make a career in live music, and despite naysayers and obstacles, he did just that, bringing national acts to his college campus at UW–Milwaukee, booking thousands of concerts across Wisconsin and the Midwest, and opening Shank Hall, the beloved Milwaukee venue named after a club in the cult film This Is Spinal Tap.

This is the first biography to chronicle the life and career of one of the most distinguished and beloved musical artists to come out of Wisconsin: Al Jarreau. From his earliest days singing in the 1940s until his death in 2017, Jarreau defied categorization. While his biggest hit, “We’re In This Love Together,” is pure pop, he smashed music industry stereotypes as the first artist to win Grammy Awards in three genres: jazz, pop, and R&B. Never Givin’ Up traces Jarreau’s singing career from humble beginnings in his hometown of Milwaukee to international fame.

In this unflinchingly honest memoir, a man born into privilege but starved of emotional connection takes listeners on a California journey through ambition, excess, and the painful search for self-worth. Raised in a dysfunctional household, he spent his childhood yearning for love and validation, only to chase approval in all the wrong places—first in the cool cliques of his youth, then in the seductive but empty world of entertainment.

In acht colleges van een uur behandelt Leo Samama de ontwikkelingen van de Nederlandse klassieke muziek vanaf het einde van de Renaissance tot het begin van onze eeuw. Daarbij komen ook de maatschappelijke aspecten aan de orde die in ons land tot zo'n kenmerkend eigen muziekleven hebben geleid, met weinig pracht en praal, maar niet minder allure. En hoewel ook in de late 20e en de vroege 21e eeuw de staat en de politiek een breed ontwikkelde muziekcultuur niet ondersteunden, staat het muziekleven hier te lande nog steeds bekend als vooruitstrevend en nieuwsgierig.