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This is the definitive biography of Freddie Mercury. Written by an award-winning rock journalist, Lesley-Ann Jones toured widely with Queen forming lasting friendships with the band. Now, having secured access to the remaining band members and those who were closest to Freddie, from childhood to death, Lesley-Ann has written the most in depth account of one of music's best loved and most complex figures.

From his electrifying rise as a child prodigy in the Jackson 5 to his reign as the King of Pop, Michael Jackson’s life was a tapestry of genius, complexity, and unmatched influence. In The King of Pop: The Life and Legacy of Michael Jackson, take a deeply inspiring journey into the story of a man whose music, dance, and compassion transcended borders and changed culture forever.

"I will never forget that day!" The true story of Young American Showcase, a radical experiment in evangelism, as told by those who lived it. Between 1968 and 1991, over ten million teenage students across the United States and Canada had a shared experience: one day they were called from class to their gymnasium, where they cheered their way through a rock and roll show the likes of which most had never seen. Students saw young men with rock star personas, iconic clothes, and wild hair, whose musical talent was only exceeded by their extreme showmanship.

The following audio is from a television interview from the early 1970s.

The following audio includes several brief interviews Holly made in the late 1950s.

Del legendario productor musical, un maestro en el arte de ayudar a los demás a conectar con las fuentes de su propia creatividad, llega un libro maravillosamente fraguado a lo largo de muchos años con una visión profunda de la creatividad y de la vida dirigida todo el mundo. "Me propuse a mí mismo escribir un libro acerca de cómo crear una gran obra de arte. En lugar de eso, se reveló como un libro acerca de cómo Ser." Los grandes productores musicales suelen ser reconocidos por un sonido único que solo ellos son capaces de lograr.

Relato da vida de um dos mais importantes compositores brasileiros e umas das principais figuras da Bossa Nova, o livro revela detalhes da história da MPB e da vida de Bôscoli, também conhecido por sua personalidade extremamente sedutora. Nas mais de 500 páginas de A Bossa do Lobo, Denilson Monteiro conta a vida de Ronaldo com riqueza de detalhes, revelando como nasceram as canções que ele compôs; os bastidores dos shows que produziu; seu trabalho como jornalista; o relacionamento com a família, amigos e colegas de trabalho; a paixão pelo Fluminense Football Club; seus amores e seus desafetos.

Nasi não nasceu para ser santo. Nasceu para ser a voz de um pecado capital. Quando foi fundo ele acabou indo além do permitido e recomenda¬do. E, na volta, trouxe com ele tudo que o dragou - do melhor e do pior. Nas travessias ao céu e nas travessuras abaixo do inferno das drogas químicas e das porcarias das pessoas físicas e jurídicas que experimentou, o ex-vocalista do Ira! se tornou homem com todas as letras. Desde as bem feitas e de boa métrica até as malfaladas e malditas.

Janis Joplin brilhou na cena musical dos anos 1960. Com uma voz rouca inconfundível e performances inesquecíveis no palco, a rainha do rock teve a vida interrompida tragicamente aos 27 anos, após uma overdose de heroína. Inspirada pelas centenas de cartas que Janis enviava para a família ao longo da carreira, a irmã Laura mostra em Com amor, Janis seu olhar sem julgamentos sobre uma artista talentosa que foi pouco compreendida simplesmente porque escolheu viver à sua maneira.

Em 1972, o jovem radialista Elliot Mintz instalou em seu quarto uma luz vermelha. Quando ela piscava, em geral tarde da noite, era sinal de que John Lennon, Yoko Ono ou ambos queriam falar com ele. Raras vezes Mintz deixou de atender: em geral, ele pegava o telefone e dava início a longas conversas que entravam pela madrugada. Foi assim durante quase dez anos, até o assassinato de Lennon, em 1980. A proximidade com Yoko prosseguiu, mesmo marcada pela tragédia.

Drawing on over 150 interviews with Lin Manuel Miranda’s family, friends, and mentors, including insights from Miranda himself, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner delves into the formative experiences that shaped Miranda’s artistic vision. From his early musicals in high school and college to the creation of his professional masterpieces, this book reveals the sources of Miranda’s creativity—not only as innate genius, but also as a result of exceptional openness and collaboration. .

And After All gives the mic to the fans that launched Oasis to stratospheric fame and takes a deep dive into the band’s formation, history, and reunion. Through the lens of the fans who were there for all the songs, feuds, and incredible shows, journalist Melissa Locker examines the path Oasis charted as they cemented their place in modern rock history.

L'histoire fascinante de la chanteuse qui a révolutionné le paysage musical français et conquis le monde. Cette biographie, nourrie d'interviews exclusives des proches de la chanteuse, retrace le parcours extraordinaire d'Aya Nakamura, depuis ses premiers pas dans la musique jusqu'à sa consécration internationale.

In Star of the Show, the culminating book in Dolly Parton’s photographic memoir trilogy—following Songteller (lyrics) and Behind the Seams (fashion)—the global superstar finally shares a definitive look at her career as one of the world’s most dazzling and beloved performers.

Como um terremoto, o Planet Hemp abalou as estruturas do rock nacional nos anos 1990. A mistura explosiva de rap e rock e o discurso de legalização da maconha fizeram a cabeça de milhões de jovens brasileiros, mas também incomodaram muita gente. Coragem, polêmica, irreverência e muito sucesso. Disco de Ouro e de Platina, shows lotados e a polícia nos calcanhares, culminando com a prisão da banda em Brasília, em 1997: um enredo digno de livro. E aqui está ele. A biografia definitiva de rock mais polêmica do Brasil, nos mínimos detalhes. Até a última ponta.

Die Incantatio, die Beschwörung der Liebe − das ist die Grundstimmung in der Musik des Amadeus, unabhängig von den Auseinandersetzungen um Freimaurerhintergrund und Zauberflötenpathos. Mit diesem Hörbuch soll − in dem Rahmen eines fragmentarischen Porträts − vor allem versucht werden, Mozarts "heroische Leidenschaft" in einem größeren geistesverwandtschaftlichen Zusammenhang aufzuzeigen. "Ich küsse Dich 1000mal und sage in Gedanken mit Dir: Tod und Verzweiflung war sein Lohn!" (Mozart in einem Brief vom 11. Juni 1791 an Constanze Mozart).

A obra explora estudos pouco conhecidos pelos brasileiros e torna oportuno aos músicos e admiradores uma interpenetração no universo villalobiano. Essa composição dialoga com várias obras de Villa-Lobos; e em seu diapasão há importantes relações com destacadas referências musicais, culturais e literárias da Europa e da América. No audiolivro, o musicólogo realiza pesquisas quantitativas e qualitativas inéditas no Brasil...

There are few things in life more uplifting and inspiring than witnessing someone seemingly quite ordinary do something quite extraordinary. The walk-on athlete who lifts his team to the championship. The high school drop-out who gets the company he started in his garage listed on Nasdaq. We admire their success, but more importantly their brash, unreasonable ambition brings our own dreams a little closer. Does a seventy-six-year-old non-musician’s quest to play all the instruments in the orchestra seem brash and unreasonable enough?

Before his murder at twenty-five, Tupac Shakur rose to staggering artistic heights as the pre-eminent storyteller of the 90s, building, in the process, one of the most iconic public personas of the last half century. He recorded several platinum-selling albums, starred in major films and became an activist and political hero known the world over. In this cultural history and brilliantly researched biography, Van Nguyen reckons with Tupac's coming of age, fame and influence and how the political machinations that shaped him as a boy have since buoyed his legacy as a revolutionary.

The story goes like this: on a freezing winter night in 1941, a new piece of chamber music was performed to a crowd of prisoners of war on a three-stringed cello, clarinet, violin and pub piano with sticky keys. It was the premiere of Olivier Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du Temps. Listeners since then have been captivated by the ecstatic music and mythology of Messiaen’s masterpiece. Michael Symmons Roberts’ own lifelong fascination with the Quartet leads him on a quest to understand its enigmatic power.