An engaging account of a troubled kid whose dreams kind of came true. Despite her numerous albums and two Grammys, Rickie Lee Jones is remembered by many in the main for her brief relationship with […]
Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan, their influences, longevity and their ‘Duende’. Having reviewed several books recently; collectively they have made me realise that a past inclination to only stick with musical biographies and autobiographies was […]
A book that asserts music’s power to bring change. Former A-list road manager, movie producer, investment banker, professor, technological inventor, and writer, Jonathan Taplin’s memoir tells you more about his life and times than about […]
Blackface or bravery – you decide. ‘Rest at pale evening / A tall slim tree / Night coming tenderly / Black like me’ – from, ‘Dream Variations‘ by Langston Hughes John Howard Griffin disguised himself […]
A timely investigation into the worlds of virtual music but not aimed at the casual reader. Subtitled, “Sound, Music, and Image In The Digital Era”, Virtual Music is seriously academic in its investigation into how […]
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