Composers category: 3267 books

Adeles has taken both the music industry and music fans alike by storm. She sings from the soul and personal experience allowing her to touch the human emotion. She’s not just a powerful voice, but a songwriter that writes from her own experience. By allowing herself to share her personal...

In 1950 a couple of rhythm and blues-loving teenagers named Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller met for the first time. Leiber was looking for someone to help compose music for lyrics he'd written, and a friend recommended a piano player named Mike Stoller. They discovered their mutual affection for R&B,...

De biografie 'Bob Marley; laat de The King of Reggae zien zoals hij werkelijk was, door de ogen van mensen die hem het best kenden. Auteur Roger Steffens legde in veertig jaar 's werelds grootste reggae-archief aan, met daarin talloze intieme interviews met Marley zelf, zijn familie, vrienden en bandleden....

Influenced at a young age by classic country, Tejano, western swing, and the popular music of wartime America, blues musician Delbert McClinton grew up with a backstage pass to some of the most significant moments in American cultural and music history. From his birth on the high plains of West Texas...

Famous for her avant-garde outfits, over-the-top performances, and addictive dance beats, Lady Gaga is one of the most successful pop musicians of all time. But behind her showmanship lies another achievement: her wildly successful strategy for attracting and keeping insanely loyal fans. She's one...

Talking Music is a collection of nineteen of Holger Petersens in-depth radio interviews with artiststhe pioneering men and women who created the blues and roots sounds that have influenced the course of popular culture and music in North America. Many of his interview subjects are no longer with ustheir...

“Barnes gets the story, and with the full participation of those brave musicians who attempted to interpret Beefheart's sometimes otherworldly methodology”  The Times Through new interview material, and with reference to reports and eulogies that appeared in the media, Mike Barnes studies...

From one of America's most successful and beloved country music artists, Rascal Flatts's Jay DeMarcus shares the never-before-told stories that have shaped his journey. Honest, entertaining, and inspiring, Shotgun Angels will rally your own courage to find hope where you least expect it. From...

A moving and uplifting history set to music that reveals the rich life of one of the first internationally renowned female violinists Spanning generations, from the shores of the Black Sea to the glittering concert halls of New York, The Nightingale's Sonata is a richly woven tapestry centered...

La première fois qu'elle apparaît dans la loge de Line Renaud, au théâtre du Palais-Royal, Jenny n'a pas dix-sept ans. Sous son bras l'énorme dossier dans lequel, depuis son plus jeune âge, elle collectionne tous les articles consacrés à son idole. Dix ans ont passé, l'ado introvertie a laissé...

Prince Rogers Nelson released his first album in 1978. In the years that followed until his death in April 2016, he became a superstar, a recluse, an inspiration, an enigma, a slave and a symbol. He was a master of reinvention, but the one constant in his astonishing career was his genius: as a singer,...

Atlantic Records partner and producer, Wexler presided over the evolution of the modern music business and made prodigious contributions through to our cultural history. Wexler has worked with the entire range of American genius: Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and others. 75 photographs.

Though many books have chronicled Jimi Hendrix’s brilliant but tragically brief musical career, this is the first to use his own words to paint a detailed portrait of the man behind the guitar. With selections carefully chosen by one of the world’s leading Jimi Hendrix historians, this work includes...

Sound, throb, and a long low wail of pure, hard pain...Nine Inch Nails. The world's most disturbing rock band is in effect one man singer and songwriter Trent Reznor. Since stealing the show during the original Lollapalooza tour in 1991, NIN has limned the hard edge of the techno revolution....