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Tag Archives: Composers & Musicians

The Blues Brothers

by Daniel de Visé

The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, and the making of a comedic film…

King of the Blues

by Daniel de Visé

The first full and authoritative biography of an American—indeed a world-wide—musical and cultural legend

Last Chance Texaco

by Rickie Lee Jones

A tender and intimate memoir by one of the most remarkable, trailblazing, and tenacious women in music, the two-time Grammy Award-winning “premiere song-stylist and…

Zappa

by Barry Miles

The definitive biography of religion-baiting, Republican-hating, chain-smoking, coffee-addicted, classically trained guitar virtuoso Frank Zappa.

The Wagner Clan

by Jonathan Carr

“Jonathan Carr’s history is formidable and, fortunately for readers, he has not been discouraged by the essentially disagreeable nature of this sprawling saga. ….

Untouchable

by Randall Sullivan

“The first deep-dive narrative by a veteran journalist covering the King of Pop’s convoluted final years on earth . . . [Untouchable] helps cast…

Prince: A Thief in the Temple

by Brian Morton

“Efficient and carefully researched . . . Morton’s book fulfills admirably its most important duty, which is to send you back to the music…

Patient

by Ben Watt

“Told with great wit and without self-pity, Patient is a sobering look at how life can suddenly be transformed into a humbling vaudeville of…

Mozart in the Jungle

by Blair Tindall

“Her description of life in the famous Allendale building…is delightful, as are her portraits of fellow musicians and her stories of life in the…