Articles tagged "music biography"

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The Protest Singer: An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger by Alec Wilkinson

by Hillary Brenhouse

[22.Sep.09] :. Alec Wilkinson paints a simple picture of a combatant for social justice, an anti-materialist, a woodsman, a patriot, an environmentalist, a near 90-year-old with a fierce regard for even-handedness.

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Cat Power: A Good Woman by Elizabeth Goodman

by Liz Colville

[27.May.09] :. Even at her worst, Cat Power is worthy of attention, a fact she has learned to respect. But it doesn't mean she wanted this book to be written.

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Hot Burritos: The True Story of the Flying Burrito Brothers by John Einarson with Chris Hillman

by Tom Useted

[21.Apr.09] :. It seems like Einarson was more eager to include multiple perspectives, no matter how much they overlapped, than he was to craft a flowing narrative.

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Coltrane: The Story of a Sound by Ben Ratliff

by Zeth Lundy

[5.Apr.09] :. Ratliff eschews the typical trappings of routine biography to plumb more profound ideas of musical language, identity, and influence.

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I Want to Take You Higher by Jeff Kaliss

by Andrew Zender

[11.Mar.09] :. Although the Viscaynes had disbanded by the time their music hit the airwaves, Stone had solidified his decision to continue pursuing a career in the music industry.

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Dusty! Queen of the Postmods by Annie J. Randall

by Christel Loar

[2.Dec.08] :. As Randall thoroughly explores, Dusty Springfield's physical transfiguration and visual impact were only the tip of her transformation.

Who Are You: The Life of Pete Townshend by Mark Wilkerson

by Rachel Balik

[7.Nov.08] :. There is a significant amount of information about the Who, but it doesn’t tell an obsessive fan anything she doesn’t already know.

Things the Grandchildren Should Know by Mark Oliver Everett

by Diane Leach

[22.Oct.08] :. "To all the crazy girls I loved before: thank you, but I'm just too tired now."

Smart Blonde: Dolly Parton, by Stephen Miller

by Steve Horowitz

[21.Oct.08] :. The frisson between the dual natures of Parton’s appeal, that of a serious musician versus that of a dumb blonde, have made her an enigma.

Girls Like Us by Sheila Weller

by Howard Cohen [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[30.Apr.08] :. Trailblazing women of the '60s: Journalist Sheila Weller traces three enduring songwriters who defined -- and gave voice to -- a generation.

Ten years in the making, documentary sings Celia Cruz’s praises

by Oscar Corral [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[24.Apr.08] :. MIAMI - Ten years ago, two young documentarians from Miami nestled a letter to Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa, into a round, disc-shaped film canister, and sent it to her in New Jersey. They wanted her...

Willie Nelson: An Epic Life by Joe Nick Patoski

by Mario Tarradell [The Dallas Morning News]

[23.Apr.08] :. New Willie Nelson biography light on revelations, but fans will relish intimate details.

Storms by Carol Ann Harris

by John Bergstrom

[18.Jul.07] :. But is Harris describing isolated, drug-fuelled incidents that seem endemic of the time and culture she was living in -- or serial, criminal abuse?

Nirvana by Everett True

by Leslie Joseph

[25.May.07] :. One of the author's major assertions, expressed through quotes of others, is that Nirvana remains a powerful entity owing much to the fact that Kurt Cobain is gone.

Ill Sleep When Im Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon by Crystal Zevon

by Howard Cohen [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[25.May.07] :. Warren Zevon's ex-wife portrays him as a genius -- and a tyrant.

Inside the Music of Brian Wilson by Philip Lambert

by Adam Bunch

[29.Mar.07] :. It's the ultimate in the band A = band B + band C style of music criticism, and it grows old quickly.