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Woodstock es el festival más mítico de la historia del rock, ¿por qué? Parece claro que los astros se alinearon: una guerra ininteligible a la otra punta del mundo, una juventud hastiada de las mentiras que la generacion anterior dio por buenas y un futuro incierto llevaron a la creacion del festival acuariano de Woodstock (Ulster, Nueva York), donde no les dejaron celebrar el festival, y donde la contracultura hippy del momento engullo e hizo suyas las premisas de aquella juventud que no deseaba ser lo mismo que sus padres, ni para ellos ni para sus hijos. Medio millon de personas acudieron y destruyeron la idea de que tanta gente junta provocaria incidentes. Fueron tres dias de paz y armonia, de una comunion por el respeto a la vida y a la creatividad. Como autor auno tres de mis pasiones: la musica, la psicologia social y la sociologia para intentar explicar el resplandor y la mitologia de este festival que nos regalo algunos momentos magicos y algo que parece que nunca regresara: la calidad cultural como bandera de la lucha contra la injusticia Lo demas fue lluvia, barro, hierba, acido y excitacion por las palabras y los sonidos alli expresados.

A charmingly modest tale of a long brush with stardom with all its pleasures and frustrations Kirkus A captivating and intimate window into the complicated lives of one of rock s most legendary couples Publishers Weekly Starred Review It s hard to define the relationship Elliot had with our family But I ultimately think the best word to describe him is friend Perhaps our closest friend The reason I wanted Elliot to write a book first and foremost is because he is a good storyteller The fact that he was there in the lives of John and Yoko and mine is really just icing on the cake I like hearing him talk and I m sure you will too Sean Ono Lennon 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 In 1971 then the talk host on American airwaves Elliot Mintz was talking to all of the major figures in the burgeoning West Coast music scene when he was asked whether he would interview Yoko about her new album Their talk quickly lead to other private calls and then to John Len

The long awaited memoir of legendary Lionel RichieAs a storyteller second to none Lionel Richie is ready to tell it all In this intimate deeply candid memoir Lionel revisits hilarious and harrowing events to inspire all who doubt themselves or feel their dreams don t matter Lionel chronicles lessons learned during his unlikely story of remarkable success his dramatic transformation from painfully shy tragically late bloomer to world class entertainer and composer of love songs that have played as the soundtrack of our lives Funny warm and riveting Lionel recalls his childhood in Tuskegee Alabama where he grew up on its university campus during the heyday of the Civil Rights movement raucous adventures as a member of The Commodores coming of age in late 1960s Harlem culture shock playing gigs on the French Riviera the big break of being signed to Motown his meteoric solo career that included an Olympics performance witnessed by two billion around the globe all the way through to writing and recording We Are the World and his current multi generational fame as a judge on American Idol Even with its turbulence loss and near calamity Lionel s journey takes us on a thrill ride and delivers a memoir for the ages reminding us of the power of love t

Reflecting on the re vitalisation and vibrancy of the current jazz scene The Philosophy of Jazz is an ideal gift book for lovers of this genre of music Authored by an expert on the jazz scene Kevi

With wit and humour Michael Bradley recounts his adventures as a teenage musician capturing the chaos excitement and mischief of life in The Undertones

If you re a passionate Swiftie who wants to know EVERYTHING about your favorite icon especially her music this luxuriously illustrated deep dive should take center stage Featuring fresh insights from all eleven studio albums from Taylor Swift to The Tortured Poets Department Taylor Swift Album by Album mines her life lyrics and music like nothing else before it This book also features several chapters on all the Taylor s Version albums released to date with panel discussions from noted Swift scholars accompanied by vibrant photography that captures Swift in each and every era from an aspiring country musician to the dominant global force she is today Swift s artistry awards and accolades are hard to encompass from the youngest artist with a No 1 song on the Hot Country chart to the first recipient of Billboard s Woman of the Decade award Swifties will find that and more inside including Fresh insight into her lyrics life and loves from her earliest days as a recording artist Tons of sidebars that explore her influences lyrical references musical knowledge and more Details on album personnel special guests awards and tours A special section on the Taylor s Version albums that explains how they came about and why they matter to Taylor and scores of

SWIFTIE STORIES es un homenaje único a la comunidad de fans de Taylor Swift, escrito por decenas de Swifties que han querido compartir su pasión, sus recuerdos y la forma en que la música de Taylor ha marcado sus vidas. El proyecto, coordinado por Bauke van den Bossche, nace del amor sincero de una fan que descubrio a Taylor en YouTube con "You Belong With Me", se enamoro definitivamente con "Shake It Off", y encontro en "Folklore" y "Mirrorball" un espejo emocional durante los dias de confinamiento. Pero este libro no es solo la historia de una persona: es el reflejo de una comunidad global. Desde fiestas improvisadas en habitaciones hasta eventos multitudinarios como "Swiftieverse" en Amberes, donde se agotaron 1.100 entradas en diez minutos, las experiencias compartidas muestran como Taylor no solo compone canciones, sino que crea vinculos entre miles de seguidores que se reconocen entre si. En sus paginas encontraras testimonios llenos de autenticidad, amor y gratitud. Cada fan aporta su propia voz, convirtiendo SWIFTIE STORIES en un gran mosaico de emociones: risas, lagrimas, sueños cumplidos y amistades nacidas al calor de una misma pasion. El resultado es un libro que late como un hogar comun para Swifties, un lugar donde sentirse acompañado y comprendido. Si Taylor Swift es parte de tu vida, SWIFTIE STORIES sera tu libro de cabecera. Aqui estan tus (nuestras) historias, y la confirmacion de que ser Swiftie significa nunca estar solo.

Pedro Morales Muñoz es un nombre imprescindible para entender la música procesional andaluza, pero detrás de sus célebres marchas existe un hombre forjado en la pasión, la entrega y el sacrificio. Este libro es mucho mas que una biografia: es un viaje intimo y novelado por su vida, desde su infancia en Lopera hasta su consolidacion como referente en Sevilla, desvelando la faceta mas humana de un compositor que convirtio cada experiencia en melodia.A traves de un relato envolvente, repleto de memorias familiares, anecdotas desconocidas y un exhaustivo catalogo de su obra, esta obra se convierte en un homenaje imprescindible para los amantes de la musica, de la Semana Santa y de la historia cultural de Andalucia. Una historia llena de vocacion, trabajo y amor, narrada con la cercania de quienes compartieron su vida.

Empathy is the currency of all music and Joe Mulhall does a great job of explaining how that quality has been used to generate solidarity for the struggle and sympathy for those who suffer injustice Billy Bragg While the global history of the dictatorships oppression racism and state violence over the last century is well known the role that music played in people s lives during these times is less understood This book is a collection of stories and hidden histories about how music provided light in the darkest of times over the past century How it steeled souls and inspired resistance to oppression Rebel Sounds will explore freedom songs in the Republic of Ireland the Soviet Union s oppression behind the Berlin Wall authoritarian dictatorships in Brazil and Nigeria institutionalised racism and police violence in America and South Africa street violence in Britain ethnic cleansing in the Balkans and musical resistance in war torn Ukraine This is a social history of the twentieth century but one that takes in the human impulse to create share and enjoy the one thing that connects cultures and spans generations music Illuminating uplifting and important James O Brien

There are pop stars and then there is Prince In this kaleidoscopic freewheeling biography John McKie examines the remarkable life and career of one of the most mysterious figures in music through the prism of the record most widely considered his masterpiece 1987 s Sign o the Times Drawing on more than 200 interviews with friends ex girlfriends bandmates recording engineers bodyguards personal assistants wardrobe designers and hairdressers accomplished music writer John McKie examines the life of this musical polymath with the help of many of the people who knew him best Family members and friends discuss his childhood when he learned to master several instruments there is new information on how he made the soundtrack to Purple Rain the full story about why he decided to stop using his name the now legendary Super Bowl half time show and that guitar solo at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame which has been viewed on YouTube 100 million times McKie also dives into the personality of the man what made him laugh the way he hired and fired colleagues what he was like to live with how his relentless drive to make music led to him recording for hours without sleep how he changed his car stereo to road test his new hits and even booked his guitar and album

* Después de dos álbumes teñidos de funk y disco, Prince Rogers Nelson se convirtió en el maestro del Minneapolis Sound en 1980 con su tercer álbum, el sulfuroso y acertadamente llamado Dirty Mind.

El célebre tenor Ian Bostridge pasó casi dos años sin poder pisar los escenarios a causa de la pandemia, hecho que lo llevó a reflexionar sobre el valor irrenunciable del contacto directo con el público, a la vez que le permitio ahondar en el amplio catalogo de clasicos que ha interpretado a lo largo de su carrera. Mediante una prosa lucida y absorbente, Bostridge explora en estas paginas el modo en que Monteverdi, Schumann y Britten emplearon y subvirtieron los roles de genero en sus composiciones, cuestiona la jerarquia y el poder coloniales en Chansons madecasses de Ravel, y analiza las meditaciones de Britten sobre la muerte en obras como War Requiem o Death in Venice. Las singulares reflexiones de Bostridge nos permiten comprender la asombrosa intensidad de sus interpretaciones, en las que la extraña fusion de melodia y pensamiento brinda autenticas epifanias tanto al cantante como a su publico.

The long awaited memoir from Simple Minds founder members and lifelong collaborators Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill

The instant Sunday Times bestseller A straight talking yet frequently astonishing memoir The Times A book as idiosyncratic as it is nostalgic The Observer When Never Gonna Give You Up propelled Rick Astley into the pop stratosphere it irrevocably changed his life Nothing could have prepared the boy from Lancashire for what was in store for him At just nineteen years old Rick agreed to sign with legendary production team Stock Aitken Waterman giving him a peek into the mechanics of the music industry and eventually leading him to platinum selling albums and global tours To outsiders it would appear that the world was at Rick s feet Then suddenly at the height of his fame it wasn t Behind the hits and the glitz and glamour was a young man coming to terms with his new found fame the realities of a career in the pop music machine and the pressures of life on the road not to mention the fallout from a childhood spent torn between divorced parents in a volatile family dynamic Time away from the industry offered Rick room for much needed reflection and unknowingly helped set the stage for his triumphant return to music This is Rick s story in his own words

La música y el vino comparten la epistemología del misterio. La subjetividad determina el efecto que causan en nosotros. La música de Bach es infinita y eterna. Encierra los secretos del arte y los enigmas de la existencia y, despues de trescientos años, continua despertando pasiones, calmando el hambre de respuestas y cautivando a las almas curiosas. El vino de Champagne es infinito y eterno. Guardian del placer de los sentidos, encierra un jardin diferente en cada botella, un viaje a las personas que lo han hecho posible. Despues de trescientos años, lejos de haber permanecido en el olvido, el Champagne continua proporcionando inspiracion como uno de los extras elegantes de la vida. Musica liquida: champagne y (des)variaciones Goldberg nos ofrece una mirada inedita sobre la belleza que comparten el vino y la musica, se acerca a los debates contemporaneos como el concepto de terroir y las formas de produccion sostenibles, e incide en la importancia del vino (concretamente el vino de Champagne) y el arte (en este caso, la musica, las Variaciones Goldberg, de Bach) como elementos culturales identitarios de nuestra civilizacion. El vinculo entre los treinta y dos productores de champagne que el autor considera esenciales, y las Variaciones Goldberg, de Bach, proporciona al relato nuevos elementos que transforman y enriquecen los aspectos puramente sensoriales.

En Mozart, Patrick Mackie nos traslada al fastuoso y embriagador siglo XVIII para profundizar en la vida y obra de uno de los compositores más deslumbrantes e influyentes de la historia de la música. Desde su juventud en Salzburgo, su viaje a Paris con su madre, la dificil relacion con su padre, sus aventuras amorosas, su matrimonio con Constanze Weber, sus operas y composiciones para teclado, hasta sus ultimos años y su prematura muerte acaecida en 1791, la vida de Mozart estuvo abocada casi por entero al trabajo como compositor, profesor, interprete, director y productor. Sin embargo, no es posible comprender esa vida fuera del contexto de una Europa que esta inmersa en las corrientes de pensamiento ilustradas, asiste al progresivo declive de Francia, a la inestabilidad de Jose II, emperador del Sacro Imperio Romano Germanico, y, por extension, de la Viena de los Habsburgo. En aquella epoca de transicion musical del Barroco al Clasicismo, Mozart fue un innovador. Su produccion abarca practicamente todos los generos musicales de su tiempo. Patrick Mackie abre una nueva via de reflexion acerca de la vida y la obra del compositor y pone de manifiesto su talento para trascender las estructuras musicales tradicionales y crear melodias complejas, en las que auna lo clasico y lo vanguardista, una de las muchas razones por las que, hoy en dia, Mozart sigue siendo una fuente de inspiracion para musicos y oyentes de todo el mundo.

El presente estudio aborda el paso de una música de tradición oral hacia su documentación escrita, así como las relaciones entre la música escrita medieval y su formulación teórica; un intercambio lento y largo, que asento dos tradiciones paralelas y a la vez independientes, en el que quedaron muchos espacios vacios.La parcialidad de la teoria modal medieval, centrada solo en el canto gregoriano, hacia necesario estudiar la modalidad tomando como referencia las obras conservadas y deducir de ellas sus codigos de funcionamiento, teniendo en cuenta que los modos, las armonias y las estructuras son tres elementos indispensables para poder seguir la evolucion de esta musica.

Explore the makings of a musical phenomenon in this definitive celebration of Coldplay Life in Technicolor is the ultimate tribute to Coldplay telling the complete story one of the most successful bands of the twenty first century Co authored by Debs Wild the A&R scout who discovered Coldplay this fully illustrated book reveals rare behind the scenes moments from the band s rise to global superstardom from their acclaimed debut album Parachutes to the record breaking Music of the Spheres World Tour Featuring individual profiles of Chris Martin Guy Berryman Will Champion and Jonny Buckland and packed with exclusive interviews and rare original memorabilia including setlists flyers tour passes and candid snapshots this is an essential companion for any Coldplay fan and the most complete celebration of the band to date

A collection of letters written through the ages from musicians of all genres from Mozart to Elton John For tens of thousands of years across various civilisations our species has been creating music But what is behind the human fascination with music This new volume in the Letters for the Ages series explores that question through the personal correspondence of history s most brilliant musical talent ranging from Hildegaard of Bingen to Amy Winehouse Spanning from the 12th to the 21st centuries the letters assembled in this collection combine to delve into musicians personal relationship with music and the creative process behind their greatest works of art Witness your musical idols warm hearted and compassionate arrogant and angry insecure and egocentric defeated and morose The letters give a rare insight into the innermost thoughts of these great musicians who have created some of the most recognisable and beautiful music ever heard But despite the mass of talent within these pages these letters also provide the realisation that even the most extraordinary music has been created by normal people with everyday worries and preoccupations

Este libro te atrapará con su historia llena de descubrimientos y su amor contagioso por la música. Si alguna vez te has preguntado de dónde viene la música pop, este libro es para ti. Antes de que E