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La música es una manifestación artística presente en la totalidad de la historia. Desde el nacimiento de las primeras sociedades tribales hasta la actualidad, ha acompañado al hombre no sólo en los acontecimientos históricos más relevantes, sino en la vida cotidiana de los seres humanos. Es por esto que un acercamiento a la historia de la música es necesario para cualquier hombre, pero muchas veces los conceptos musicales pueden ser complejos o nuevos para el oyente.

From our talent-rich neighbor to the north comes this biography of one of the most successful Canadian rock bands, The Tragically Hip, which announced a year-long tour after sharing the news of lead singer Gord Downie’s inoperable cancer. Now available to US listeners, The Never-Ending Present details what led up to the memorable night when music fans all over the world watched Downie’s heroic final performance.

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.

In her bestselling autobiography, Bedsit Disco Queen, Tracey Thorn recalled the highs and lows of a 30-year career in pop music. But with the touring, recording and extraordinary anecdotes, there wasn't time for an in-depth look at what she actually did for all those years: sing. She sang with warmth and emotional honesty, sometimes while battling acute stage fright.

Music managers and artists will learn the secrets of successful management with scenarios from a manager’s work life, along with the legal and business skills to master them. The book teaches future music managers and artists how to acquire clients, negotiate contracts, develop image, administer taxes and finances, and deal with promoters, media, attorneys, and unions. Packed with industry guidelines and sure-fire career tips from industry icons, this book is a professional springboard for music managers, recording artists, singers, and rock bands alike.

As a cofounding member of the Beach Boys in the 1960s, Wilson created some of the most groundbreaking and timeless popular music ever recorded. With intricate harmonies, symphonic structures, and wide-eyed lyrics that explored life's most transcendent joys and deepest sorrows, songs like "In My Room", "God Only Knows", and "Good Vibrations" forever expanded the possibilities of pop songwriting.

No one other than Warren Zanes, rocker and writer and friend, could author a book about Tom Petty that is as honest and evocative of Petty's music and the remarkable rock and roll history he and his band helped to write. Born in Gainesville, Florida, with more than a little hillbilly in his blood, Tom Petty was a Southern shit kicker, a kid without a whole lot of promise. Rock and roll made it otherwise.

In this lucid, illuminating profile, journalist David Handelman presents Sean Combs as he strives to make a positive impact on black lives despite the ever-present shadow of the East Coast/West Coast hip-hop feud, showing us why, in addition to being a CEO, visionary, father, and role model, Puff Daddy reigns as The Notorious VIP.

In the late 1980s Jon Ronson was the keyboard player in the Frank Sidebottom Oh Blimey Big Band. Frank wore a big fake head. Nobody outside his inner circle knew his true identity. This became the subject of feverish speculation during his zenith years. Together, they rode relatively high. Then it all went wrong. Twenty-five years later and Jon has co-written a movie, Frank, inspired by his time in this great and bizarre band. Frank is set for release in 2014, starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Domhnall Gleeson and directed by Lenny Abrahamson.

Purple Rain is a song, an album, and a film - each one a commercial success and cultural milestone. How did this semiautobiographical musical masterpiece that blurred R&B, pop, dance, and rock sounds come to alter the recording landscape and become an enduring touchstone for successive generations of fans?

John Farnham is the quintessential Aussie legend. As a teenager he gave up an apprenticeship to chase his musical dreams, hitting the big time with the catchy pop ditty "Sadie (the Cleaning Lady)". But it wasn't smooth sailing from there. A family man at heart and the most loyal of friends, John was sometimes uncomfortable with the spotlight and for many years struggled to make his music career as successful as those close to him - including Glenn Wheatley and Molly Meldrum - could see it could be.

Cured is not only the first insider account of the early days of the band, it is a revealing look at the artistic evolution of the enigmatic Robert Smith, the iconic lead singer, songwriter, and innovative guitarist at the heart of The Cure. A deeply rebellious, sensitive, tough, and often surprisingly "normal" young man, Smith was from the start destined for stardom, a fearless nonconformist and provocateur who soon found his own musical language through which to express his considerable and unique talent.

Down the Highway is an essential biography for Bob Dylan fans and all music enthusiasts, delivering the full, fascinating story of the life and work of this great artist. Author Howard Sounes interviewed more than 250 key people in Dylan’s circle, and gained access to previously unseen documents, to create a fresh and compelling book that takes the reader on a journey from Dylan’s childhood in a Minnesota mining town, through his rise to fame in the 1960s, to his current status as the senior figure in popular music.

Trecento tacchini d'allevamento duettano con un cantante e finiscono in un disco. Un branco di lupi "ricama" sul riff di una chitarra e finisce in un altro disco. E il delicato coro delle feroci orche marine in altro ancora. Assurdo? No, perché le vie della musica, popolare o colta che sia, complessa o semplicissima, che provenga da strumenti musicali o dalla voce, anche da quella animale, sono davvero infinite, spesso sorprendenti.

Nel 1989, in provincia di Cuneo, nasceva una delle band più importanti della musica rock italiana: i Marlene Kuntz. Gloriosi, eleganti, poetici, potenti, refrattari a piegarsi ai dettami delle mode, della critica e dei fan, hanno attraversato trent'anni di carriera inseguendo sempre e soltanto la loro ispirazione e il desiderio di battere terreni inesplorati e mai scontati.

Presente in tutte le culture umane da migliaia di anni, la musica ha poteri straordinari. Ma che cosa accade al nostro cervello quando facciamo musica? Di certo essa è in grado di scolpirlo nelle sue strutture e funzioni, influenzando la percezione del linguaggio, l'attenzione e la memoria. Tuffandoci nel condotto uditivo, trasformandoci in segnali elettrici capaci di raggiungere la corteccia, cavalcando le creste delle onde cerebrali, proveremo a svelare il mistero di questa forma così sofisticata di comunicazione, porta d'ingresso privilegiata per lo studio della mente.

Cosa è successo dal 2006 al 2016? Il rap italiano è sbarcato nel mainstream. Con Clementino, Fabri Fibra e Marracash il genere è uscito dai circuiti underground per approdare al grande pubblico. Dietro a questi artisti c'è il nome di una donna capace di interpretare le regole di un gioco fatto prevalentemente da uomini: Paola Zukar. In questo audiolibro si ripercorre l'esperienza personale di Paola alla guida della sua agenzia di produzione, la Big Picture Management, e il percorso umano e artistico che l'ha portata a trasformare la sua passione in una professione.

Claudio Baglioni racconta se stesso attraverso le note di un diario che lo ha accompagnato in trent'anni di viaggi, di carriera, di vita. L'autore alterna cenni biografici e narrativi, racconti, bozzetti, riflessioni sui temi della guerra e la fine del secondo millennio, considerazioni sulla vita dell'artista girovago, sferzanti critiche musicali e sociali, intensi appunti che hanno seguito il suo primo tour in Africa, Sud America ed Est Europeo. Claudio Baglioni offre nelle pagine di questo libro uno sguardo inedito sul rapporto trentennale tra un cantore e il suo secolo.

This is a richly detailed portrait of a woman who has lived an incredible life, one that far transcends her best known role as courtesan to the chief Rolling Stone. From aristocratic lineage to convent school, stardom to attempted suicide, junkie to punk, Marianne has seen her life flash by in banner headlines. Researched through over 50 interviews with her family, former lovers and friends, this reveals the truth behind the headlines, the person behind the profile.

Vienna, 1871. Al terzo piano di un appartamento al numero 4 di Karlsgasse, un «vagabondo senza indirizzo» ha trovato casa e concluso così, dopo i pellegrinaggi degli anni di formazione e dei primi successi, la sua giovinezza raminga. L'uomo si chiama Johannes Brahms e dieci anni dopo quel rigido giorno di dicembre decide di ripercorrere la sua vita, sottraendo i frammenti di una storia lontana e unica dalla nebbia della memoria.