A smart, gritty examination of the lives of touring musicians Here Goes Nothing, Eamon McGrath's brave second offering and follow-up to 2017's widely acclaimed Berlin-Warszawa Express, once again explores the world of touring musicians - but this time McGrath expands his scope and perspective from the inner dialogue of a traveling songwriter into the wider range of a multi-member touring band. Told in two interwoven narratives that blur the lines...

Joel Plaskett has earned an awful lot of honourifics in his career so far, counting folk hero, indie darling, and national treasure among them. And that's just since the Halifax musician started making records of his own in 1999. For a decade before that, he was one-quarter of Thrush Hermit, a band of scrappy Superchunk mimics who became hard-rock revivalists and one of the last survivors of the '90s pop "explosion" of major-label interest in Halifax....

In this fast-moving, candid, conversational, and entertaining memoir, Harold Prince, the most honored director in the history of the American theater (22 Tony Awards and counting), looks back over his 70-year (and counting!) career. Featuring original material from Contradictions: Notes on Twenty-Six Years in the Theatre, Prince provides a fresh, new perspective on his writing from the vantage point of today. Sense of Occasion gives an insider's recollection...

From Pee Wee Herman to John Lennon, sacramental wine to hard-drinkin' mamas, the Mississippi River to the Redwood trees, from marriage to marijuana, from Pirates to Jesus, from Spam and boogers to Uncle Sam, 'Ukulele Man' Tom Harker's poetic, funny, political, philosophical, and loving songs will touch you.

Unlike most books on rock music, Music of Yes does not focus on personalities, but instead on musical structures, lyrical vision, and cultural and historical context. Bill Martin situates one of the most creative groups from the progressive rock period, Yes, within the utopian ideals of the sixties and the experimental trend in rock music initiated by the Beatles and taken up by groups such as King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, and others. Working...

In the Game: Music and Multiple Sclerosis begins with the author's story of his rise and success in the music profession. Described as "being in the game," he lays out his method for success in one of the most difficult professions in America. Following a quick rise as a professional musician, he explains the first moment a strange malady is discovered while trying to jog, through to an eventual diagnosis of primary progressive multiple sclerosis...

During his long, energetic life Ignaz Joseph Pleyel distinguished himself as a composer, publisher, and piano manufacturer. His distinctive musical language, combining Haydn's structural sophistication with the clarity, elegance, and lyricism of the Italian style he so admired, made him the most popular composer in Europe. Although many works eventually slipped into obscurity, successful revivals of his compositions in modern times have served to...

Manuel de Falla, born in Cádiz, Andalusia, was the founding father of twentieth-century Spanish music. Following the Romanticism of Albéniz and Granados, Falla came to be appreciated as a true representative of the modern age. His operas, ballets, orchestral music, songs and instrumental works have been acknowledged internationally as being among the greatest artistic contributions to Spanish culture. His creative genius profoundly influenced the...

Multi-Grammy Nominated Meshell Ndegeocello is a rare breed in the music industry. She has survived and weathered the ups and downs of the business by evolving musically, even against fans' expectations. But, even more, she has also evolved spiritually. She's like an older sister or close relative who you watch growing up right before your very eyes, from crazy and wild to mature and content within herself. From her first album Plantation Lullabies...

A partir de entrevistas con músicos de distintas generaciones y géneros, el autor realizó un ejercicio periodístico en el que conviven la crónica, el retrato y la historia de vida, cuyo objetivo es contribuir al registro de la historia cultural de esta región a través de testimonios, anécdotas y relatos que en conjunto muestran una panorámica local no sólo de la música y sus protagonistas, sino de los acontecimientos que han transformado...