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For eighty-six years Boston Red Sox baseball fans lived in the shadow of their rivals, the New York Yankees, who more or less dominated the sport each season. Red Sox fans grew dejected as their team often got close, but ultimately would be eliminated from contention each year as New York went on to win yet another World Series championship. Author Chris Wrenn, a member of the Boston hardcore punk scene, had a dream of his own—to start his own record label. Embracing the do-it-yourself ethos of the scene, Chris set out to make it happen, networking and forging relationships with local bands.

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.

Romance de geração, memórias de um Brasil conturbado e trágico, mas culturalmente rico? Autobiografia política e artística de um grupo–os músicos mineiros que romperam as fronteiras com sua arte universal? Biografia não-autorizada de Milton Nascimento, um dos maiores músicos do mundo? É dificíl classificar este livro, do qual Milton Nascimento é o personagem central.

He was one of America's most popular entertainers by the time he was 21 years old. But for Eddie Fisher, that was only the beginning of a two-decade affair with fame and fortune that made him more famous than Frank Sinatra, turned out more consecutive hit records than the Beatles, and earned him millions of dollars. He married America's sweetheart, Debbie Reynolds, then left her for the world's most glamorous woman, Elizabeth Taylor. In between it all there were wild parties with Sinatra and the Rat Pack, and meeting's with Sam Giancana and the high-roller's life in Las Vegas.

Told in his inimitable style, Karma will reflect on Boy George's life as a kid growing up in sixties London, through the hedonism of the seventies and the glam rock and punk rock revolution that birthed Culture Club, and the heydays of the nineties meeting musical legends like David Bowie, Madonna and Prince - as well as addressing all those rumours. The book will reveal the highs and lows of love, loss, addiction, recovery, prison, and celebrity on Boy George's journey through fame to finally embracing the man and artist that he is today.

Part memoir, part oral history, Poets and Dreamers: My Life in Americana Music traces Tamara Saviano’s remarkable journey through the rise of the Americana music genre. Spanning more than three decades, Saviano unfolds the story of Americana—country music’s bohemian cousin—from her unique perspectives as a journalist, historian, Grammy-winning music producer, filmmaker, and artist emissary.

In 2000, an international manhunt was underway for Mexican superstar Gloria Trevi, her manager Sergio Andrade, and the young girls in their entourage. They had gone on the run after Trevi and Andrade were accused of the abuse and rape of the girls in their care. How had a superstar gotten involved in a sex cult with nearly a dozen teenage girls?

From One Stage to Another is the inspiring journey of Dr. Glenn Medeiros, a former teen pop sensation turned respected educational leader. From his humble beginnings on the island of Kauai to selling millions of records and touring the world, Glenn’s life took an unexpected turn—one that led him from the spotlight to the classroom.

He wasn’t just famous. He was mythic. Michael Jackson lived in the spotlight but never stepped fully into the world. From child prodigy to cultural phenomenon, his life was one of performance, projection, and impossible expectations. This isn’t a tribute. It’s not a takedown. It’s the story of a boy who flew too far, gave too much, and never really landed. A mirror. A myth. A man the world never truly saw.

In this powerful memoir, Charles W. Wright—legendary frontman of the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band—recounts a journey that cuts deep into America’s racial past while climbing toward artistic greatness. With raw clarity and poetic grit, Wright chronicles his youth in the Jim Crow South, the family struggles that shaped him, and his early coming-of-age battles with schoolyard injustice, poverty, and police brutality in 1950s Los Angeles.

Mit 69 Jahren war Ozzy Osbourne auf einer triumphalen Abschiedstournee, spielte vor ausverkauften Stadien und erhielt begeisterte Kritiken auf der ganzen Welt. Dann das Desaster. Innerhalb weniger Wochen musste er nach einem Krankenhausaufenthalt wegen einer Fingerinfektion seine Tournee – und sein gesamtes öffentliches Leben – aufgeben, da er vom Hals abwärts fast vollständig gelähmt war.

Despite being one of the biggest metal bands by the dawn of the '90s, many of Megadeth's members battled personal demons. And in some cases, defied death–during which time many members came and went within their line-up. The World’s State-of-the-Art Speed Metal Band: The Megadeth Story 1983-2002 focuses on the era of the band that many consider to be their best.

It’s a reckoning. A celebration. A sacred spotlight on the courage, chaos, and charisma that redefined what it means to live out loud. We journey from backstage breakdowns to stadium triumphs, from AIDS hysteria to divine glamor, from addiction to rebirth.

After forty years of playing together, more than fifty million albums sold, a 2017 sold-out US arena tour co-headlining with Def Leppard, and a 2022 sold-out US stadium tour with Mötley Crüe, Rikki Rockett is the first band member of Poison to break his silence. Ghost Notes: My Life in Poison is the story—as crazy as it is unlikely—of how Rikki and singer Bret Michaels founded the group that would evolve into one of the world's biggest rock bands of all time.

50 Cent é hoje um ícone do hip-hop e megaempresário, mas nem sempre foi assim. Criado em uma área violenta do Queens, já vivenciou tantas situações perigosas que nada é capaz de abalá-lo, inclusive no mundo corporativo. Inspirado na atitude implacável do rapper, Robert Greene, autor do consagrado As 48 leis do poder, instituiu a 50ª Lei para quem busca se tornar um mestre do poder: não tenha medo.

In 1985, with £100+ million in his back pocket from Live Aid – the greatest rock concert the world had ever seen – Bob Geldof took a trip across Africa to decide how to spend the money he had raised for the Ethiopian famine. He asked Paul Vallely to go with him. Over the next four decades Vallely became one of Geldof’s closest advisers – travelling with him to meet the world’s top rock stars and politicians. Here, for the first time, Vallely gives his full eye-witness account of those 40 years.

A raw and powerful coming-out story from the beloved American Idol finalist traces David Archuleta’s journey from closeted Mormon teen to global pop star to openly queer man, revealing the hidden pressures of fame, the weight of religious expectations, and the courage it takes to live authentically.

Hustle, Heart, & Healing is the powerful true story of Ronald D. J. Brown aka The Realest — a Detroit-born producer, entrepreneur, and fighter who turned his pain into purpose. From the basement to the studio, from heartbreak to healing, from near rock bottom to rebuilding his dream from scratch — Ronald shares his raw, unfiltered journey through the battles most people never see. With honesty, faith, and wisdom earned through real-life experiences, he breaks down how the hustle saved him, how the struggle shaped him, and how God carried him through it all.

They were 'the last great band of the sixties; the first great band of the seventies'; they rose, somewhat unpromisingly, from the ashes of the Yardbirds to become one of the biggest-selling rock bands of all time. Mick Wall, respected rock writer and former confidant of both Page and Plant, unflinchingly tells the story of the band that wrote the rulebook for on-the-road excess - and eventually paid the price for it, with disaster, drug addiction and death.

In It’s All in the Lyrics: How Music Helped Me Heal and Find My Voice, Tony Kessel invites you on a deeply personal journey where music becomes more than background noise—it’s a transformative force that shapes his life. From the echoes of his parents’ divorce to navigating his own mental health struggles, Tony’s story unfolds like the lyrics of a powerful song.