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Scar tissue
By Larry Sloman, Anthony Kiedis. 2005
In 'Scar Tissue' Anthony Kiedis, the charismatic and highly articulate frontman of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, recounts his remarkable…
life story, and the history of the band. It is the story of a man who almost destroyed himself and the band that helped him rebuild his life. Includes sex and strong language. 2005.Seeds of man: an experience lived and dreamed
By Woody Guthrie. 1976
Autobiography that mixes fact and fantasy of the legendary writer of folk songs and his search for a lost silver…
and gold mine in the big bend country of southern Texas. c1976.Schubert and his Vienna
By Charles Osborne. 1985
Selected letters of Paul Hindemith
By Geoffrey Skelton, Paul Hindemith. 1995
The first English translation of correspondence by this twentieth-century modernist German composer, musician, teacher, and organizer of contemporary music concerts.…
Fleeing Nazi Germany, where his work was banned as "decadent," Hindemith emigrated to the United States, where he taught at Yale. Much of the correspondence comes from this period in exile before his eventual return to Europe as part of the postwar rebuilding effort. 1995. Uniform title: Correspondence.Rien n'est grave dans les aigus (Collection "Documents" (Cherche midi éditeur)
By Michel Legrand, Stéphane Lerouge. 2013
Michel Legrand est l'un des compositeurs français les plus célèbres au monde. Pour la première fois, il se raconte. Avec…
humour, gravité et liberté. Entremêlant présent et passé, il réveille des souvenirs enfouis, des images intimes : l'enfance, la guerre, le Conservatoire, la révolution du be-bop, les débuts chez Philips, la Nouvelle Vague, Hollywood. Au détour du récit, des invités surgissent : Maurice Chevalier, Jacques Brel, Bill Evans, Jacques Demy, Louis Aragon, Françoise Sagan, Steve McQueen, Natalie Dessay... Tous prennent part au destin d'un créateur avide de musique au pluriel, dont l'identité doit autant à Bach, à Stravinski qu'à Dizzy Gillespie. Entre swing, lyrisme et comédie musicale, entrez dans l'univers d'un pulvérisateur de frontières, d'un monstre sacré qui a réussi, selon le mot de Malraux, à être plusieurs dans une même existence. 2013.Rolling stoned (POPculture)
By Andrew Loog Oldham, Nikola Acin. 2006
Manager des Rolling Stones de 1963 à 1967, l'auteur retrace les débuts du groupe de rock : rencontre dans la…
petite boîte londonienne du Crawdaddy, création de l'image de voyous sexy du groupe, premières compositions originales, succès de la chanson '(I can't get no) Satisfaction'. Descriptions explicites de nature sexuelle, beaucoup de langage grossier, et quelques descriptions de violence. 2006. Titre uniforme: Stoned/2 Stoned.Roman candle: the life of Bobby Darin
By David Evanier. 2004
By age 8 Bobby Darin knew he was doomed to die young. So he set out to become a showbiz…
legend by age 25. From his Grammy-winning smash hit "Mack the Knife" to his Oscar-nominated supporting role in Captain Newman, M.D., Darin left his mark on every aspect of show business that he touched. Now, 32 years after his death at age 37, we finally have a written, multilayered portrait of this brash, gifted artist. 2004.Runnin' with the devil: a backstage pass to the wild times, loud rock, and the down and dirty truth behind the making of Van Halen
By Noel E Monk, Joseph Layden. 2017
Van Halen's rise in the 1980s was one of the most thrilling the music world had ever seen--their mythos an…
epic party, a never-ending rock extravaganza. During this unparalleled run of success and drama, no one was closer to the band than Noel Monk. Sharing never-before-told stories, Monk describes Eddie Van Halen, bringing into focus the unique combination of talent, vision, hardship, and naiveté that shaped one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time. 2017.Rock'n roll: un portrait de Led Zeppelin
By François Bon. 2008
Plus fort que les Beatles, plus haut que les Stones. La décennie 70 est celle de Led Zep, dont le…
groupe anglais est l'exact marqueur : entre 1968 et 1980, deux musiciens de studio aguerris, deux amateurs d'à peine vingt ans et un producteur ancien catcheur dynamitent les canons de la pop music tout en brisant les derniers tabous d'une société déjà sens dessus dessous - sexe, drogue, alcool. Douze années, neuf albums, et le mystère à percer : que s'est-il joué alors pour que, quarante ans après, l'icône soit intacte ? Descriptions explicites de nature sexuelle, descriptions régulières de violence, et quelques passages où le langage est grossier. 2008.Richard Tucker: a biography
By James A Drake. 1984
Starting out as a salesman, Rubin Ticker rose rapidly to become famed tenor Richard Tucker. Investigates the family, friendships and…
Jewish faith that played such important roles in the singer's life. 1984.Reminiscing in tempo: a portrait of Duke Ellington
By Stuart Nicholson. 1999
Based on reminiscences from Ellington's family, friends, band members, and business associates, the author traces the musician's childhood in Washington,…
D.C., his performances in the 1920s, and his rise to fame as one of America's finest pianists and band leaders. Also portrays Ellington as a manager and renowned jazz composer. 1999.Since the 1980s successive Canadian institutions, including the federal government and Christian churches, have attempted to grapple with the malignant…
legacy of residential schooling, including official apologies, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Miller tackles and explains these institutional responses to Canada's residential school legacy. Analysing archival material and interviews with former students, politicians, bureaucrats, church officials, and the Chief Commissioner of the TRC, Miller reveals a major obstacle to achieving reconciliation--the inability of Canadians at large to overcome their flawed, overly positive understanding of their country's history. Asks Canadians to accept that the root of the problem was Canadians like them in the past who acquiesced to aggressively assimilative policies. 2017.Biography of the black musician who was blinded by glaucoma as a child. Charles left school at an early age…
to pursue his musical career. He travelled from his home in Florida to form different bands and became a popular performer of international renown. Covers periods of Charles's life from childhood to age sixty-three. For Grades 4-7. 1996.Biography of musical genius Ray Charles, who was left sightless by glaucoma as a child. While a student at the…
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, Charles learned to read and write music in braille. Describes his personal and professional struggles, including drug addiction, as well as triumphs. For Junior and Senior High readers. c1994.Raoul Jobin
By Renée Maheu. 1983
Né à Québec en 1906 et mort à Québec en 1974, Raoul Jobin, surnommé "la voix d'or du Québec", le…
"Caruso du Canada", est un des plus grands ténors que l'art lyrique ait connu à notre époque. 1983.Randy Bachman: takin' care of business
By John Einarson, Randy Bachman. 2000
A biography of rock guitarist Randy Bachman, from his early days in Winnipeg, to his years with the Guess Who…
and BTO. A songwriter, producer, guitarist, and session player, Bachman has played an integral role in the evolution and growth of the Canadian music industry. Some strong language. 2000.Raisin wine: a boyhood in a different Muskoka
By James Bartleman. 2007
Recalls the boyhood years of Ontario's future lieutenant-governor, living in a dilapidated old house complete with outdoor toilet and coal…
oil-lamp lighting. As a half-breed kid, he was caught between two worlds. His Native mother's fight with depression flowed from that dilemma, while his father, a white, working class, guy who never had any money, made the best home brew in the village - and his specialty was raisin wine. 2007.Rachmaninov (Solfèges)
By Jacques-Emmanuel Fousnaquer. 1994
Adulé comme interprète, Serge Rachmaninov (1873-1943) souffrit toutefois de voir sa propre musique presque systématiquement rejetée, suscitant les réticences de…
la critique et de ce public que l'on dit averti. Ses Concertos pour piano, mais aussi d'autres oeuvres, comme les Danses symphoniques ou L'Ile des Morts, sont pourtant d'incontestables chefs-d'oeuvre. 1994.Raga mala: the autobiography of Ravi Shankar
By Ravi Shankar, George Harrison. 1997
Memoirs of the classical sitar player from India who became popular in the U.S. in the 1960s. Recalls important events…
and people who influenced him or vice versa. Discusses his professional growth and details from his private life, and explains the history and principles of Indian music. 1997.Racialized policing: aboriginal people's encounters with the police
By Elizabeth Comack. 2012
Draws on historical records and contemporary cases of Aboriginal–police relations, such as the “Starlight Tours” in Saskatoon, as well as…
interviews conducted with Aboriginal people in Winnipeg’s inner-city communities. Examines how race and racism inform the routine practices of police officers and how they affect their encounters with Aboriginal people, and argues that resolution requires a fundamental transformation in the structure and organization of policing. Includes violence. 2012.