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George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is arguably the greatest piece of participatory art ever created. Adored by millions, it is performed each year by renowned choirs and orchestras, as well as by audiences singing along with the words on their cell phones. But this work of triumphant joy was born in a worried age. Britain in the early Enlightenment was a place of astonishing creativity but also the seat of an empire mired in war, enslavement, and conflicts over everything from the legitimacy of government to the meaning of truth.

Growing up in London and Melbourne, music was always part of John Farnham's world. But the young John never dreamed of what was to come. Pop stardom in the 1960s. The release of Whispering Jack, the critically acclaimed and highest-selling Australian album of all time. A decades-long touring career. Twenty-one ARIA awards. Australian of the Year. The list of accolades and achievements is long - so, at first glance, the John Farnham story is one filled with remarkable highs.

Born Vincent Capuccio on December 3, 1955, Vinnie Stigma—as his countless friends and fans lovingly refer to him—is the founder and guitarist of New York City's legendary hardcore band Agnostic Front. He's also one of the Big Apple's earliest punk rockers, having frequented such eclectic downtown haunts as Max's Kansas City, The Electric Circus, and of course, CBGB while it was still known as Hilly's on the Bowery during the early 1970s.

Reclaiming Venus: The Many Lives of Alvenia Bridges chronicles the remarkable journey of Alvenia Bridges from segregated Kansas to the heights of fashion and rock 'n' roll, breaking barriers and rubbing shoulders with legends. It is a powerful testament to resilience and the pursuit of dreams against all odds.

Told with acclaimed New Yorker writer Ariel Levy, Brothers is seventy-year-old drummer Alex Van Halen’s love letter to his younger brother, Edward (maybe “Ed,” but never “Eddie”), written while still mourning his untimely death.

A personal and revealing look at the last 10 years of John Lennon’s life and his partnership with Yoko Ono, written by the friend who knew them best, publicist and music industry insider Elliot Mintz. From the moment he interviewed Yoko Ono on his late night radio show in September 1971, Elliot Mintz’s life would never the same again. That phone call would lead him to an intense and revealing friendship with Yoko and her husband, John Lennon, until John’s untimely death in 1980, and beyond, to the present day.

Neil Innes was an English musician and comedian. He rose to prominence as the creative genius behind Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and went on to collaborate with Monty Python and co-created the Beatles parody band the Rutles. Yvonne met Neil in the 1960s and the couple married in 1966. They had three sons and were together for over fifty years until Neil's death in 2019.

John Winston Lennon (October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician. He gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. His works included music, writing, drawings, and films. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history as the primary songwriters of the Beatles. The following recording is from a 1975 interview.

Легендарный барабанщик Nirvana и фронтмен Foo Fighters впервые оглядывается назад, чтобы с юмором и самоиронией рассказать о самых трогательных, грустных и счастливых моментах своей жизни — о трагическом уходе Курта Кобейна, рождении второй дочери, о ноге, сломанной в самом начале концерта, домашнем ужине с Полом Маккартни и многом другом.

In A FEW WORDS IN DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY, veteran music journalist Robert Hilburn presents the definitive portrait of an American legend. Hilburn has known Newman since his club debut at the Troubadour in 1970, and the two have maintained a strong connection in the decades since, conversing over the course of times good and bad. Though Newman has long refused to talk with potential biographers, he now gives Hilburn unprecedented access not only to himself but also to his archives, as well as his family, friends, collaborators, and famous fans.

In 1972, Elliot Mintz installed a red light in his bedroom in Laurel Canyon. When it started flashing, it meant that either John Lennon or Yoko Ono—or sometimes both—were calling him. Which they did almost every day for nearly ten years, engaging Mintz in hours-long late-night phone conversations that all but consumed him for the better part of a decade. In We All Shine On, Mintz—a former radio and television host in Los Angeles—recounts the story of how their unlikely friendship began and where it led him over the years.

In this intimate and open account—nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you’ve ever read—Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother and band mate. In his rough yet sweet voice, Alex recounts the brothers’ childhood, first in the Netherlands and then in working class Pasadena, California, with an itinerant musician father and a very proper Indonesian-born mother.

1972 installierte Elliot Mintz ein rotes Licht in seinem Schlafzimmer im kalifornischen Laurel Canyon. Wenn es zu blinken begann, wusste er: John Lennon oder Yoko Ono rufen an. Über einen Zeitraum von fast zehn Jahren telefonierten sie täglich miteinander, oft stundenlang. Elliot Mintz wurde zum engsten Vertrauten eines der öffentlichsten Paare der Welt. Er begleitete Yoko und John durch gute und schwierige Zeiten. Und er war in den Stunden, Tagen und Wochen nach Johns Ermordung an Yokos Seite.

Charles-Olivier Dupuis, tel qu’ici raconté par deux de ses fidèles apprentis, est un protagoniste fascinant, sensible, multipliant les contradictions. Le captivant récit de sa vie, de la fin des années 1920 jusqu’aux balbutiements du XXIe siècle, incarne à merveille les bouleversements ayant mené à l’avènement d’une société moderne.

『양준일 MAYBE_ 너와 나의 암호말』은 가수로서 활동을 중단한 지 19년, 생각지도 못한 팬들의 소환으로 돌아온 가수 양준일이 팬들의 소환으로 돌아와 내놓은 첫 오디오북이다. 양준일은 이 오디오북를 통해 춤과 노래를 좋아하던 미국에서의 어린 시절과 한국 사회의 뿌리 깊은 편견과 불운 탓에 재능을 만개하지 못하던 2, 30대, 서빙과 청소 등 다양한 육체 노동으로 가족을 부양하던 최근까지의 여러 에피소드와 그동안의 좌절과 상처를 극복하고 마침내 세상과 자기 자신을 긍정할 수 있었던 오랜 생각을 세상과 나눈다.

The storyteller Yang Joon-il brings alive his stories and emotion that used to be delivered via his music and dance, or as he puts it, his whole body! 『Yang Joon-il MAYBE_ Password of You and I』 is the first book released by Korean singer Yang Joon-il, also known as JIY, who returned to the...

『양준일 MAYBE_ 너와 나의 암호말』은 가수로서 활동을 중단한 지 19년, 생각지도 못한 팬들의 소환으로 돌아온 가수 양준일이 팬들의 소환으로 돌아와 내놓은 첫 오디오북이다. 양준일은 이 오디오북를 통해 춤과 노래를 좋아하던 미국에서의 어린 시절과 한국 사회의 뿌리 깊은 편견과 불운 탓에 재능을 만개하지 못하던 2, 30대, 서빙과 청소 등 다양한 육체 노동으로 가족을 부양하던 최근까지의 여러 에피소드와 그동안의 좌절과 상처를 극복하고 마침내 세상과 자기 자신을 긍정할 수 있었던 오랜 생각을 세상과 나눈다.

『Yang Joon-il MAYBE_ Password of You and I』 is the first book released by Korean singer Yang Joon-il, also known as JIY, who returned to the stage thanks to the calls from fans after 19 years. In this audio, JIY unfolds his life story in a poem-like short and thoughtful composition, to share with the world his deep thoughts and episodes that could make him fundamentally positive toward the world and himself

Abarcando desde 1925 hasta 1962, el tiempo que Celia pasó en Cuba, esta es una biografía completa de Celia Cruz, la Reina de la Salsa, como nunca antes se la había visto. En esta primera entrega de la biografía de Celia Cruz, la autora explora con minucioso detalle sus primeros años como cantante cubana. Desde los modestos comienzos de Celia en la radio cubana, hasta su orgullo por su identidad afrolatina, los afrobeats y las guarachas, Celia en Cuba documenta el ascenso meteórico de una estrella latinoamericana.

Johnny Lappin is one of the exceptionally genuine characters in the international music industry often dominated by Charleston's and posers.