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If you’ve never heard of Nick Panaseiko, that’s entirely understandable. He was a backstage guy, making sure that the act onstage is playing to a full house, making sure their records were on the radio and in record stores. He was a promo man. Kelly Jay of Crowbar referred to the Canadian music industry of the era as a matter of ‘six degrees of Nick Panaseiko’. Taking off from a popular Panasonic ad campaign of the day, legendary rocker Ronnie Hawkins dubbed him, ‘Nick Panaseiko, a man slightly ahead of his time’.

While other kids were enjoying the head-bashing pleasures of tackle football, a freshly bar mitzvahed Steven Blier was inhaling operas and getting his first taste of accompanying professional singers. Beginning with impromptu piano gigs in the 1960s, Blier ascended to a dazzling career as an accompanist, teacher, and producer that has taken him to the highest reaches of artistic achievement. Today, Blier has partnered many of the brightest stars in music and thousands have fallen in love with his work via his acclaimed New York Festival of Song.

In this compelling new exploration, Tupac Shakur: The Revolutionary Artist Who Changed Music, Jasmine Dyggan delves deep into the man behind the myth. Each chapter examines a different facet of his extraordinary life — from his politically charged upbringing and his meteoric rise to fame, to his profound social commentary, cinematic promise, and the mystery surrounding his tragic death.

Unbreakable Rhythm isn’t your typical rock-star memoir. It’s not about fame, excess, or ego — it’s about purpose, perseverance, and using your platform to lift others. From playing massive festivals and television stages to hosting life-changing workshops for young people around the world, Frank Zummo shares his journey from humble beginnings to international success — and how music became a vehicle for healing, hope, and connection.

Las muy diversas mutaciones en las que se ha embarcado el artista diseccionado en estas páginas, por muchos conocido como C.

HITz N Vision is an inspirational memoir detailing the life of Eli, better known as DJ BAD THA PROBLEM. From his early days in New Jersey to becoming an upcoming dominant figure in the music industry. Eli shares his journey of discovering his passion for music, mastering the art of DJing, and breaking barriers in a competitive industry. Filled with personal experiences and insights into the music business. This Audiobook provides a behind-the-scenes look at the rise of a DJ who defied the odds to solidify his place. A must-listen for aspiring artists, producers, DJs, and entrepreneurs alike.

For decades, Los Tigres del Norte have been more than just a band—they have been the voice of millions. From their humble beginnings in rural Mexico to becoming global icons of norteño music, their journey is a testament to perseverance, cultural pride, and the unbreakable spirit of immigrants. Through their signature corridos, they have told the stories of the working class, migrants, and those forgotten by mainstream history.

Este libro es mucho más que la historia de cómo un niño, que rasgaba una escoba imaginando que era una guitarra en la vereda de una de las polvorientas calles de Santa Cruz, se convierte en el líder, cantante y compositor del grupo de música pop más exitoso del Bolivia: Azul Azul. Es mucho más que la historia del compositor del hit La bomba, que sonó en todos los rincones del planeta, y que alcanzó a ser la canción latina número uno del mundo, certificada por la revista Billboard y convertida hoy en un clásico mundial que ha vendido más de 16 millones de copias.

Now fully revised and expanded, this new edition of While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison is the most comprehensive evaluation of George Harrison's musical career ever published. Treating each of Harrison's songs with unprecedented analysis, author Simon Leng reveals Harrison's eclectic approach – from teenage Nashville twang through Indian raga, psychedelia, gospel, soul, and pure pop – and thoroughly defines Harrison's role in the Beatles.

Mountain Notes: A Nature Diary is a captivating, poetic journal that celebrates the rugged beauty of the Dromara Hills in County Down, Northern Ireland where the author returned home to live on her family farm in 2020. Maggie Doyle grew up on this small dairy farm and feels a deep, emotional connection to this landscape and the rhythms of the natural world. Following a thirty-year career in radio production at BBC Northern Ireland, she took early retirement in 2019.

En los años sesenta, Celia Cruz emprendió una nueva vida lejos de su Cuba natal, el lugar donde brilló por primera vez. Exiliada y con el corazón dividido entre la nostalgia y la esperanza, Celia decidió conquistar escenarios que parecían inalcanzables. Peldaño a peldaño, durante más de cuatro décadas, la Guarachera forjó una carrera extraordinaria a fuerza de talento, carácter, visión y su inconfundible sello personal: ¡Azúcar!

El verano londinense de 1995 fue una locura. Con uñas, dientes, guitarras eléctricas y declaraciones arrogantes, se libraba la batalla del britpop; desde la de Beatles versus Rolling Stones que no se veía una competencia tan feroz como la que protagonizaron Oasis y Blur. Fue memorable: el Reino Unido había recobrado su histórica fortaleza rockera.

Sobre el escenario, bajo las luces y frente a su público, Pastora Soler sintió el silencio y la sombra de la inseguridad. Sin embargo, ese oscuro momento se convirtió en el inicio de una historia de fuerza y superación inspiradora. En este conmovedor relato, Pastora Soler abre su corazón y nos lleva por aquellos momentos que han marcado su vida. Con humildad, valentía y gran honestidad, la autora comparte en estas páginas cómo, a pesar de la angustia y los miedos, aprendió a amarse a sí misma y encontró su auténtica melodía.

The first all-encompassing biography of Elliott Smith, offering an intimate portrait of his life and musical legacy with brand-new interviews, lyrics, and correspondence from the people closest to him, many speaking for the first time Nobody Broke Your Heart is a tender, nuanced narrative of...

From the house authors of the critically acclaimed oral history on Eddie Van Halen, Eruption, a revealing narrative biography of legendary British guitarist Jeff Beck featuring brand new interviews with the icon himself as well as his famous colleagues, collaborators, and loved ones With his...

“One of the most casually insightful rock bios ever.”—Entertainment Weekly Told in the words of his musical accomplices, fellow-travelers, friends, and lovers, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead is an intimate and unusual biography of fabled singer–songwriter Warren Zevon, the musical force...

Las radiantes memorias definitivas de uno de los más grandes iconos de nuestro tiempo, ganadora del National Book Award: un canto a la creación, el amor y la esperanza.

“Take the backroads, not the highways,” Minnie Pearl often said—a sentiment that captures her life’s winding journey. Born Sarah Ophelia Colley in 1912, she grew up in Centerville, Tennessee. This small-town upbringing inspired her imagined hometown of Grinder’s Switch. Minnie Pearl’s break came in 1940 when she debuted on the Grand Ole Opry, which marked the beginning of a career that spanned more than fifty years. Garth Brooks remarked, “When she walked out, everybody waited for the ‘How-dee!’ It’s just two syllables, one word, but every time she said it—it felt like it was just for you.”

Nur wenige Künstler schaffen es, sich auf so vielseitige Weise in die Herzen seines Publikums zu spielen wie Manuel Rubey. Er war einst Sänger der deutschsprachigen Band Mondscheiner und ist es aktuell bei der großartigen Allstar-Formation Familie Lässig, er spielt erfolgreich Kabarett, hat im Jahr 2020 mit seinem Buch-Debüt "Einmal noch schlafen, dann ist morgen" (Molden Verlag, Styria) einen Bestseller gelandet und ist überdies im deutschsprachigen Raum gefragter Schauspieler (u.a. Falco, Braunschlag, Aufschneider, Waren mal Revoluzzer).

In Michael Rabin: America's Virtuoso Violinist, Anthony Feinstein tells the poignant story of the life and career of one of history's greatest violinists. As a child prodigy, Rabin had the classical music world at his feet. Notable successes abounded. Yet no sooner had Rabin taken his place alongside such illustrious colleagues as Heifetz, Milstein, and Stern than he abruptly and inexplicably disappeared from the concert stage. For three years, the public saw and heard little of him.