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Este libro analiza un fenómeno musical sin precedentes en nuestro país: Mecano sigue siendo, más de dos décadas después de su separación, la formación española con más discos vendidos en el mundo.La obra nos sumerge en sus letras para señalar su dimension poetica y mostrar las influencias literarias, pictoricas y cinematograficas de sus autores. En el terreno musical, se detiene en la evolucion del sonido del grupo, desde el tecnopop hasta una propuesta de raices españolas. De este modo, el estudio de las letras y la musica de Mecano permiten valorar en su justa medida la notabilisima aportacion del grupo a nuestro cancionero popular contemporaneo.Los autores del libro se preguntan tambien si Mecano nacio para ser una banda politicamente correcta, cuyas letras exhibieran algunos asuntos de calado sociologico sin hacer mover los pilares del statu quo establecido. El estudio de los motivos liricos y musicales de sus canciones invita a concluir que el grupo fue rupturista en todos los sentidos, tambien en el plano social y cultural. Mecano. Inspiracion poetica y genio musical explica las razones por las que la banda despierta devocion entre sus fans.

A rallying, celebratory essay about Sylvia Plath, Taylor Swift and unbridled female ambition by the beloved author of Bluets and The ArgonautsIn The Slicks, Maggie Nelson positions culture-dominating pop superstar Taylor Swift and feminist cult icon Sylvia Plath as twin hosts of the female urge towards wanting hard, working hard and pouring forth and as twinned targets of patriarchys ancient urge to disparage, trivialise and demonise such prolific, intimate output.A heady and rallying melding of popular culture and literary criticism, The Slicks is an inspired and unexpected assessment of two iconic female artists by one of the most revered and influential critics of her generation.PRAISE FOR MAGGIE NELSON:Her words come as though from a great distance and strike incredibly closeAnne EnrightAmong the sharpest and most supple thinkers of her generation Olivia LaingAlways brilliant Geoff DyerOne of the most unique voices in non-fiction: enquiring, political, lyrically dazzling, empathetic Sinead Gleeson

An entertaining, heartwarming memoir detailing the adventures and valuable life lessons learned from the authors four decades of friendship with Ozzy Osbourne and the Osbourne family.Stephen Rea was born in Northern Ireland in 1969, the same year The Troubles began. Violence was everywhere. His grandmother was nearly killed when gunmen opened fire on the wrong house, leaving young Stephen to pick at the bullet holes in the walls. He found refuge from this turmoil in heavy metalespecially the music of Ozzy Osbourne. As a pre-internet teenager, he hunted down dozens of live concert bootlegscorresponding by mail with collectors around the worldand devoured every music magazine he could find. In late 1984, when Stephen was fifteen, he read about a huge festival in Rio de Janeiro that January called Rock In Rio whose bill included AC/DC, Queen, and Osbourne. As a lark, he mentioned it to his dad, and was stunned when he said they should go. He was even more shocked when his mother, looking for information about how to get tickets, began a correspondence with Osbournes secretary, who scored the family VIP passes and introduced them to Osbourne in Brazil. Thus began a friendship with Ozzy, his wife Sharon and the rest of the Osbourne family that has continued for decades. While traveling on tour in the mid-nineties, Ozzy gifted Stephen a pair of fancy leather notebooks and told him to keep a record of their adventures and conversations. The result is Ozzy & Me: a beautiful behind-the-scenes memoir that proves the life-affirming, soul-nourishing power of musicand disproves the notion that you should never meet your heroes.

O MERGULHO MAIS PROFUNDO JÁ FEITO NA VIDA CRIATIVA DE PAUL MCCARTNEY DEPOIS DOS BEATLES"Estou simplesmente surpreso com esta revelação real de Paul McCartney."- Mark Lewisohn, especialista mundialmen

UNO DE LOS MEJORES LIBROS DE 2025 SEGÚN THE NEW YORKER, ARA, EL PERIÓDICO, TELVA Y ELDIARIO.ESLas radiantes memorias definitivas de uno de los más grandes iconos de nuestro tiempo, ganadora del National Book Award: un canto a la creacion, el amor y la esperanzaEn la lista de los mas vendidos de The New York Times, LA Times, USA Today y de las librerias independientes Patti Smith es una diosa intergeneracional.Montserrat DominguezDios susurra a traves de una arruga en el papel pintado, escribe Patti Smith en estas extraordinarias memorias en las que, desde su primer recuerdo hasta sus actuales inquietudes, teje un inolvidable relato de una vida consagrada a la belleza, la musica, la poesia y el amor.Nacida en el seno de una familia de clase trabajadora poco despues de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, su infancia dickensiana transcurre entre desahucios y enfermedades, alternados con juegos y libros de cuentos que le abriran las puertas de un mundo lleno de magia y sueños de libertad. Pronto descubre en Arthur Rimbaud y Bob Dylan los modelos para sus propios poemas y canciones, y en Nueva York, un nuevo territorio artistico donde formar una banda y componer discos tan legendarios como Horses y Because the Night. Amor y familia, perdida y reconstruccion y, siempre, la escritura seran las constantes de una trayectoria vital impulsada por la libertad artistica y el poder de la imaginacion para transformar lo cotidiano en sagrado, lo comun en magico y el dolor en esperanza.La critica ha dicho: Quiza la autobiografia de Smith mas intima hasta la fecha [...]. Vivio una "realidad cruel pero magica", en la que descubrio tanto el peso del sufrimiento como la promesa del arte.The New Yorker ("Los mejores libros de 2025 hasta ahora")La voz de Smith se hace papel en estas memorias que constituyen un relato de toda una vida consagrada desde la poesia y la musica a la belleza y el amor.BabeliaSu voz comprometida con las causas justas de este mundo se escucha en sus textos. [ ] Sus memorias definitivas. Leticia Garcia, El PaisUna sinsombrerista tardia, maravillosa, que contra todo, en un mundo dominado por los hombres en el rock & roll tambien, se abrio paso y fascino a todo aquel que se cruzo con ella. Benjamin Prado, La Ventana (Cadena Ser)Ni victima, ni triunfadora; ella se presenta como alguien mas, alguien de los nuestros. Con unos valores inquebrantables para con sus seres queridos, su publico, su arte, su sentido etico. Por todo esto, por labrarse una vida coherente consigo misma sin rendirse jamas, ha inspirado a muchas generaciones. Cristina Ros, elDiario.esUna autora siempre inspirada, y rompedora en todo momento, tanto con la pluma como con una guitarra en las manos. [ ] Unas memorias muy actuales, estimulantes e, insistiria, inocentes. Historia de la contracultura. Esto es, historia. Juan Bolea, El PeriodicoComo sus canciones, el libro tiene un estilo crudo, sencillo y directo, pero envuelto en una atmosfera poetica que rehuye la grandilocuencia. Narrado con sobriedad pero sin frialdad, con un respeto maximo por las palabras, los recuerdos y lo cotidiano. Cada frase parece coloc...

Get ready to dive into the life and legacy of one of the biggest stars on the planet. The Little Guide to Drake takes you behind the curtain and into the mind of Champagne Papi himself, with a collection of iconic quotes, powerful insights and jaw-dropping facts about the man who transformed the music industry.From breaking more Billboard records than The Beatles to racking up over 10 billion streams on Spotify, Drakes achievements speak for themselves. This book explores the hustle that took him from his humble beginnings on Degrassi to becoming a global superstar, with 12 No. 1 albums and a fan base that spans the globe.Packed with the wisdom, mindset, and moments that made Drake one of the most influential figures in music, this little book follows Drakes journey: a masterclass in persistence, evolution and the power of believing in yourself. Sit back and learn from the greatest because when it comes to success, Drakes already written the blueprint.

A wondrous collection of writings to provoke the Bowie fan into deepening their understanding of the man, not just the myth. Dave Roberts, God is in the TV zineInsightful and vibrant, Far Above the World is a compelling reminder that Bowies influence didnt end in 2016. Instead, it continues to illuminate the present and chart the path ahead.The VoiceI really enjoyed the intimacy of the read. A zoetrope of the life of David Robert Jones. Bono I love Paul Morleys writing about David Bowie ... magical and inspired, like Bowie himself. Johnny MarrA compelling chronicle of David Bowies search for new ideas and where they led him. Bowie: the keen-bean enthusiast and cunning strategist, the original and the imitator, the star and the bloke, the pale intellectual and the sexy rock-and-roller. Paul Morley brings them all together in this intriguingly philosophical study of a unique artist. Neil TennantA landmark exploration of David Bowie as an everlasting cultural force and changemaker, by acclaimed writer Paul Morley. In the ten years since the death of David Bowie in 2016 there has been no loss of interest in and fascination with his life, music and driven, complex personality. He is definitely one musician, one performer, destined not to be forgotten. The significant grief and sadness that greeted Bowies death has evolved into a deeper, enduring love for his music, style, wit, artistic curiosity, sexual energy, flamboyant outsider spirit and insatiable, provocative appetite for life.Far Above the World documents one of the UKs greatest creative artists, through the spectacularly colourful and vibrant journey of a man who constantly reinvented himself and his music. Bowie lived in the future, using the pop song to chronicle overwhelming and dangerous times, searching for the light, and creating a communication channel between post-war 20th century times and where(ever) we are now. This anniversary book will place him in the now and next, as much as is past, and argue that his songs, and his messages, reflections and warnings become ever more relevant and compelling as time passes.

La première biographie consacrée à Michel Jonasz, dont les chansons nous accompagnent depuis ses débuts dans les années 1970. Issu dune famille hongroise dorigine juive, son univers artistique est fa

Sobre el escenario, bajo las luces y frente a su público, Pastora Soler sintió el silencio y la sombra de la inseguridad. Sin embargo, ese oscuro momento se convirtió en el inicio de una historia de fuerza y superacion inspiradora. En este conmovedor relato, Pastora Soler abre su corazon y nos lleva por aquellos momentos que han marcado su vida. Con humildad, valentia y gran honestidad, la autora comparte en estas paginas como, a pesar de la angustia y los miedos, aprendio a amarse a si misma y encontro su autentica melodia.Este libro es un testimonio de resiliencia, una reflexion sobre como encontrar el equilibrio mas alla de los aplausos y un recordatorio de que, a veces, hay que detenerse y parar para volver a empezar.Si alguna vez has sentido el peso de la perfeccion o el temor a fracasar, recuerda que cuando todo parece apagarse es precisamente cuando las estrellas empiezan a brillar.

Amb la mirada serena, tendra i observadora dun músic que ha sabut escoltar la vida, Arturo Gaya retrata tota una generació a través de trenta-set relats de memòria. Hi trobem la innocència de linfant

"El record immaculat duns gestos bondadosos no premeditats": això és el pa dels àngels, lor que busca Patti Smith en aquestes memòries. Al principi hi ha una nena malaltissa que creix en cases provis

Embrace the art of listening seasonally with BBC Radio 3 presenter Dr Hannah French as she explores Antonio Vivaldis evergreen work: The Four Seasons.The Four Seasons, Antonio Vivaldis famous set of highly descriptive violin concertos, was published 300 years ago, but the themes it contains continue to reveal new truths to listeners today.Through the rich imagery of each concerto and its accompanying poetry, Dr Hannah French uncovers the detail of Vivaldis personal and creative life. In conversation with fellow musicians and experts in health, nature, food, wine, and science, she helps bring a new perspective to the music through our shared experiences of the joys and fears of the ever-evolving seasons.To spend a year in the company of Vivaldi is to witness the sounds of both ancient festivals and the beauty and brutality of the natural world - a rolling year that enhances our sensory experience of the seasons today.

**A Financial Times Book of the Year**A landmark account of Paul McCartneys triumphant musical reinvention in the 1970s and the rise of one of the decades most iconic bandsThis is the story, in their own words, of a band that came to define a generation. Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run tells the madcap history of Paul McCartney and his newly formed band, from their humble beginnings in the early 1970s to their dissolution barely a decade later. Drawn from over 500,000 words of interviews with McCartney, family and band members, and other key participants, with a cast of characters including John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Chrissie Hynde, Mick Jagger and more, Wings recounts the musical odyssey taken by a man searching for his identity in the aftermath of The Beatles breakup. Soon joined by his wife American photographer Linda McCartney on keyboard and vocals, drummer Denny Seiwell and guitarist Denny Laine, McCartney sowed the seeds for a new band that would provide the soundtrack to the decade.Organised chronologically around McCartney, RAM and nine Wings albums, the narrative begins when a twenty-seven-year-old superstar, rumoured to be dead, fled with his new wife to a remote sheep farm in Scotland amid a sea of legal and personal rows. Being there gave McCartney time to create and was where this new band emerged. Wings then follows the group as they play unannounced shows at university halls, tour in a sheared-off double-decker bus with their children, survive a robbery on the streets of Nigeria, and eventually perform blockbuster stadium shows on their world tour, all while producing some of the most enduring music of the time.With extraordinary recollections collected by Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville and edited into a genre-defining oral history by Ted Widmer, Wings transports the reader to the grit and glamour of the 1970s. Introduced with a heartfelt foreword by McCartney, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run contains 150 black-and-white and colour photographs, many previously unseen, as well as timelines, a gigography and a full discography, in an art form all its own.

Après cinquante-cinq ans de carrière et plus de trois cents titres, le chanteur fait preuve dune inspiration intacte. Nourrie de nombreux témoignages recueillis auprès des proches de lartiste, cette

Le jour où les boîtes à rythmes puis les samplers sont apparus dans le champ de vision du hip-hop, plus rien n’a été comme avant.En détournant les machines de leur rôle initial, la culture partie du

Un recorrido fidedigno por la carrera de la cantante más influyente de toda una generación. Un análisis de 248 temas y (pronto) veinte años de éxitos, como ningún otro libro lo ha hecho antes, en un repaso de la trayectoria de una joven apasionada por el country, ridiculizada en sus inicios por sus elecciones artisticas y que ha sabido transformar cada dificultad en un triunfo. Desde sus modestos comienzos en Nashville, donde firmo su primer contrato a los quince años, hasta sus 11 Grammy Awards, pasando por las tormentas mediaticas a las que ha tenido que enfrentarse, Taylor Swift ha sabido imponer su voz y su estilo. Compositora prolifica, empresaria y estratega formidable, asi como una estrella comprometida con los derechos de las minorias y los artistas, tambien es para millones de fans una figura siempre tranquilizadora y a menudo catartica. A su joven edad, ya ha dejado una huella indeleble en la historia de la musica. Una invitacion a sumergirse de lleno en el fenomeno Taylor Swift y a descubrir todos sus secretos.

Né aux Etats-Unis au tournant des années 1980, le hardcore est bien plus quune nouvelle branche du punk : cest une déclaration de guerre à lapathie, une culture en ébullition, un cri brut, sans compr

"Did you hear Evan Dando died last night?"After Kurt Cobain died in 1994, everyone thought Evan Dando was next. The Lemonheads frontman and songwriter had leapt from Bostons mid-80s punk scene into international grunge royalty. Two gold records, acting roles, glam photo shoots and a roster of celebrity drug buddies made Dando quickly into a poster boy for 90s analogue excess. He was so deep in it, some people believed a fake report that he had died from an overdose.Rumours of My Demise is Evan Dandos story - raw, wild, unfiltered and straight from the source. A privileged kid who snuck into gigs and crashed on whatever floors he could find. A stunningly gifted rocker who propelled his high school band into the highest reaches of indie fame. The industrys favourite alternahunk until he wasnt, who all the same burned through the 90s like he owned them. A guitarist and singer who racked up struggles punctuated by some striking successes in the internet hashtag decades that followed, before making a wholly new home and life in Brazil.But you wont find a redemption arc here, and just a few regrets. At the end of it all, its a manifesto. In this memoir, Evan Dando explains how and why he has always lived for the music.

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. Desde sus primeros discos para Warner Bros. Records, el hombre que pronto seria apodado el Kid de Minneapolis dedico su vida a una abundante y variada produccion musical. Prince atraveso la decada de 1980 con una irreverencia y audacia que lo caracterizarian. Despues de encadenar varios exitos (Little Red Corvette, Purple Rain, Kiss, Sign O The Times o Batdance) y mas de 100 millones de discos vendidos, Prince supo reinventarse con cada uno de sus discos, burlando las predicciones de quienes lo creian muerto, resurgiendo constantemente de las cenizas, y siempre sorprendiendo a traves de nuevas direcciones artisticas. De Madonna a Miles Davis, de Michael Jackson a Kate Bush, todos los grandes nombres de la musica popular quisieron grabar con el. Tras la inesperada muerte del cantautor en 2016, The Prince Estate ha trabajado para exhumar de The Vault, su boveda acorazada de Paisley Park (su casa-estudio), albumes preciosos hasta ahora ineditos. Miles de canciones aun reposan alli; cada lanzamiento es un evento global.Obra unica en el mundo, este libro ofrece una nueva mirada a la extensa obra del artista y detalla minuciosamente la genesis de todas sus canciones, desvelando uno a uno los secretos de una discografia espectacular, digna de este extraordinario e inmortal artista.

A estreia literária de Dino DSantiago.Um autorretrato emocional de um dos artistas portugueses mais reconhecidos da atualidade.Metade de um século passou sobre a independência da sua terra ancestral,