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En svensk visbok. 99 visor och en psalm
Av Johan Melbi
Den svenska visskatten innehåller ett överflöd av glimrande pärlor från skilda tider. I En svensk visbok presenteras 99 visor och en psalm från medeltiden och fram till visvågen på 1960-talet. Fokus ligger på den litterära visan, med namn som Carl...
Cykelbudet
Av Anders Teglund
Vilka är de rosa buden som svischar förbi i staden? Pandemin har drabbat kulturarbetaren Anders Teglund hårt. Ur en vilja att dokumentera samtiden och för att sysselsätta sig när kultursektorn tvärbromsat tar han jobb som cykelbud på Foodor...
The Storyteller
Av Dave Grohl
So, I've written a book. Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ('It's a piece of cake! Just do four hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!'), I ...
Lars Gullin : saxofonist och kompositör
Av Jan Bruér
Svensk jazzmusik blev på 1950-talet internationellt uppmärksammad man talade om en gyllene epok. Längst fram bland de främsta fanns barytonsaxofonisten och kompositören Lars Gullin (19281976), med en särställning bland europeiska jazzmusiker. Hans...
Transformation
Av Rickard Söderberg
Kronprinsessan Victoria fyller år och det är tv-sänd, kunglig födelsedagskonsert. Mitt i glittret står den folkkära operasångaren Rickard Söderberg. Han ler och sjunger för full hals, samtidigt som både kropp och själ gör allt för att inte falla h...
The Beatles: Get Back
Av The Beatles
The book opens in January 1969, the beginning of The Beatles' last year as a band. The Beatles (The White Album) is at number one in the charts and the foursome gather in London for a new project. Over 21 days, first at Twickenham Film Studios and...
Reminded by the Instruments
Av You Nakai
Reminded by the Instruments offers an in-depth look at the work of post-war avant-garde pianist and composer David Tudor. Examining not only Tudor's pioneering work as a composer-performer but also his homemade modular instruments that radically a...
The First 21
Av Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixx is one of the most respected, recognizable, and entrepreneurial icons in the music industry. As the founder of Motley Crue who is now in his twenty-first year of sobriety, Sixx is incredibly passionate about his craft and wonderfully op...
One, two, three, four - När Beatles förändrade världen
Av Craig Brown
Alla ville ha något av dem, alla hade en åsikt om dem. 50 år efter att medlemmarna gick skilda vägar fortsätter The Beatles att fascinera. Deras historia fick tidigt drag av mytologi, men Craig Brown visar att det går att ta sig an bandet på ett n...
Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah
Av Kathy Iandoli
The definitive biography of Aaliyah-the talented R&B singer and artist whose tragic death at only twenty-two years old shocked the entertainment world and solidified her as an unforgettable music legend, featuring new in-depth research and exc...
Rainbow in the dark : historien om Ronnie James Dio
Av Ronnie James Dio
Rainbow in the dark: Historien om Ronnie James Dio är den officiella biografin om hårdrockens mest framgångsrike sångare genom tiderna: Ronnie James Dio, den lille mannen med den enorma rösten. Mannen bakom den världsberömda horngesten inledde fak...
I väntan på räven : Kjerstin Dellert på livets scener
Av Catarina Ericson-Roos
Kjerstin Dellert på livets scener I väntan på räven är berättelsen om en operasångerska och en storslagen artist som gärna beträdde många olika scener. Hon var en lysande medelpunkt och älskade att synas. Hos henne fanns en lust och en kraft i ska...
Like Some Forgotten Dream
Av Daniel Rachel
*** 'A fantastical journey through what might have been... Exciting and compelling' -CHRIS HAWKINS, BBC 6 MUSIC 'A detailed researcher and writer... Ingenious' -RECORD COLLECTOR This is the story of the great lost Beatles album. The end of the Bea...
Leaving the Building
Av Eamonn Forde
When a musician dies, it is rarely the end of their story. While death can propel megastars to even further success, artists overlooked in their lifetime might also find a new type of fame. But a badly timed move or the wrong deal can see the arti...
The History of Bones
Av John Lurie
The quintessential depiction of 1980s New York and the downtown scene from the artist, actor, musician, and composer John Lurie. In the tornado that was downtown New York in the 1980s, John Lurie stood in its vortex. After founding the band The Lo...
The Book of Harry
Av Charlotte McLaren
A celebration of Harry Styles - we Adore You! Harry Styles is a global superstar and fashion icon who has broken records, won awards and was the first solo man to grace the cover of Vogue, but he is also grounded, humble and down to earth. He does...
The Listening Party
Av Tim Burgess
The Charlatans' Tim Burgess invites you to the greatest listening party of all time. In 2020 when the world was forced to hit pause on live in-person gigs, Tim Burgess found an ingenious way to bring people together by inviting artists and bands, ...
Beast
Av C M Kushins
Beast: John Bonham and the Rise of Led Zeppelin is the first-ever biography of the iconic John Bonham, considered by many to be one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) rock drummer of all time. Bonham first learned to play the drums at the age o...
From the Streets of Shaolin
Av S H Fernando
This is the definitive biography of rap supergroup, Wu-Tang Clan (WTC). Widely regarded as one of the most influential groups in modern music--hip hop or otherwise--WTC has released seven albums [including four gold and platinum studio albums, as ...
The Rolling Stones: Unzipped
Av The Rolling Stones
Featuring fresh insights from Mick, Keith, Charlie and Ronnie, Unzipped digs deeper than ever before into the Stones' archives to present a comprehensive collection of Stones artworks, instruments, stage outfits and notebooks alongside key work by...
Major Labels
Av Kelefa Sanneh
An epic achievement and a huge delight, the entire history of popular music over the past fifty years refracted through the big genres that have defined and dominated it--including rock, country, punk, R&B, dance and hip-hop--woven together into a...
Eruption
Av Paul Brannigan
To mark the first anniversary of Eddie Van Halen's early death comes this new, full-length biography. 'The game changing guitar legend gets the biography he deserves ... Diligently researched, perceptive and well-written.' 8/10, Classic Rock 'An a...
Christmas with Elvis
Av Running Press
For Elvis, Christmas at Graceland was a time for family and friends, a respite from the road and the recording studio. It was a time to sing gospel songs around the piano and give out extravagant gifts. In this spirit, Christmas with Elvis is desi...
Saved by a Song
Av Mary Gauthier
Mary Gauthier was twelve years old when she was given her Aunt Jenny's old guitar and taught herself to play with a Mel Bay basic guitar workbook. and music offered her a window to a world where others felt the way she did. Songs became lifelines ...
Promise That You Will Sing About Me
Av Miles Marshall Lewis
From pop culture critic and music journalist, Miles Marshall Lewis comes a book about the power and poetry of Kendrick Lamar! Kendrick Lamar is one of the most influential rappers, songwriters and record producers of his generation. Widely known f...
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