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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.

The authoritative, official inside story of 40 years of Live Aid, from Band Aid to today 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...

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.

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.

Maria Callas, born Maria Anna Cecilia Sophia Kalogeropoulos (December 2, 1923 to September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. The following recordings are from 1959 and 1962 TV interviews.

Alice Coltrane (1937-2007) was one of the most forward-looking yet misunderstood artists of the last sixty years. For most of her life—and even in the decades since her passing—she was primarily known as the widow of the late John Coltrane. John Coltrane is widely seen as being one of the greatest tenor saxophonists and composers of the 20th century, with a fervor and devotion approaching sainthood. Yet ever so slowly, that level of love and appreciation is also being bestowed upon pianist, organist, harpist, and composer Alice Coltrane.

Even the Good Girls Will Cry begins with Melissa Auf der Maur’s bohemian upbringing in Montreal, where her early, deep connection to art and music gave her entry to the colorful and thriving local creative scene. Working as a cassette DJ and ticket girl, she would see (and sometimes meet) the luminaries who’d pass through town–Nirvana, Jane's Addiction, Pavement, Sonic Youth. Thanks to a thrown beer bottle and a long-shot fan letter to a P.O. BOX, her band Tinker scored a life-changing opening slot for The Smashing Pumpkins.

To understand Taylor Swift is to understand the modern entertainment industry itself. She is not just a singer-songwriter. She is a brand, a businesswoman, a strategist, and a mirror reflecting the cultural, emotional, and political zeitgeist of each era she occupies. Her presence transcends music charts and tour stages. It inhabits the corridors of corporate boardrooms, the timelines of millions of social media accounts, and the private emotional landscapes of listeners worldwide.

Tina Davidson is three-and-a-half when she is adopted from her foster home in Sweden by a visiting American professor. Soon she is the oldest of five children, living with her mother and stepfather in Turkey, Germany, and Israel. She studies music and becomes a prolific pianist and composer. But something about her birth remains unnamed and hidden. When she returns to Sweden, she contacts the Swedish adoption agency. “Come,” says the voice on the phone, “I have information for you.”

Neste livro, o jornalista Sérgio Cabral, amigo pessoal de Ataulfo, apresenta a trajetória de vida e as grandes obras que consagraram o compositor como um dos maiores expoentes do samba no país. Além de curiosidades e grandes histórias, a obra registra toda a musicografia do artista, que...

Especialista em história da música popular brasileira, o jornalista e escritor Sérgio Cabral compõe um relato da vida da cantora, voz que não apenas esteve na linha de frente dos principais momentos da moderna música brasileira, mas também se engajou como poucas na política de seu tempo...

Tom Jobim foi mais que um nome da música popular. Ao compositor, músico e orquestrador, reconhecido mundialmente, somava-se uma personalidade tão fascinante e multifacetada como sua obra. De sua atilada inteligência saíram observações definitivas sobre o Brasil e seus costumes. Nesta...

By the time he was 21 years old, Eddie Fisher was one of America's most popular entertainers. But for Eddie, that was only the beginning of a two-decade affair with fame and fortune that made him more popular than Frank Sinatra, turned out more consecutive hit records than the Beatles, and earned him millions of dollars.

While documenting his own personal identity struggles with gender and self-identity, British K-Pop singer Oli London explores the root cause of the issue of trans ideology and gender identity, tackling the pressures of social media, the education system, media, and other factors that are pushing a growing number of young people into transitioning. He takes a close look at real world examples and examines laws, research, and data to help lift the lid on the multibillion-dollar gender affirming care industry.

With his fiery piano-playing style and powerful stage presence, Jerry Lee Lewis enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame. Although his time as a relevant artist was comparably brief, that short time in the sun was nothing short of revolutionary. While his run lasted, Lewis played a pivotal role in forging what would become classic rock and roll and rockabilly.

Few songs have captured the contradictions and ambiguities of the 1960s as memorably as "California Dreamin'," the iconic folk music single that catapulted the Mamas & the Papas into rock and roll history. In All the Leaves Are Brown, author Scott Shea details how John Phillips, Denny Doherty, Michelle Phillips, and "Mama Cass" Elliot became standard-bearers for California counterculture, following their transformation from folk music wannabes to rock sensations and chronicling the tumultuous events that followed their unexpected success.

Matthias Georg Kendlinger, ein Freigeist, der in keine Schublade passt. Eigenwilliger Visionär, dessen Berufung es ist, die Welt ein Quäntchen besser zu machen. Über seine Musik. Über seine Gedanken. Über seine Fragen. Spannend beschreibt er seinen eigenwilligen Weg und die Art, sich autodidaktisch die Welt zu erobern, als Musiker, als Dirigent und als Komponist.