Boeken Singer-songwriter

Tzum-reeks 10 - Americana outlaws

In Americana outlaws portretteert Wiebren Rijkeboer Amerikaanse singer-songwriters die in de roemruchte jaren zeventig hun finest hour beleefden. Hij neemt de lezer mee in zijn beleving van al die mooie en bijzondere albums die dat decennium kleur gaven. In vijftig beschouwende stukken pikt Rijkeboer de mooiste en belangrijkste eruit en vertelt hij waarom deze platen …

Jane Hicks Gentry

"Winner of the North Carolina Society of Historians Award Jane Hicks Gentry lived her entire life in the remote, mountainous northwest corner of North Carolina and was descended from old Appalachian families in which singing and storytelling were part of everyday life. Gentry took this tradition to heart, and her legacy includes ballads, songs, stories, …

Katie Kelly and Her Miracle Voice

Saint Sinner Singer

The path to success is rarely a straight line, and for Bill Nash, neither was his faith. In his autobiography, Bill takes you through the ups & downs of his music career, as well his own personal triumphs and failures. From a border town church in Texas, to major labels in LA, NY, & Nashville. …

Ren, Rose, ren

Het eerste boek van superster Dolly Parton! 'Wie op zijn tijd kan genieten van een spannende roman zonder al te veel pretenties [...] is bij Ren, Rose, ren zonder meer aan het juiste adres. Wie gewoon van Dolly Parton houdt natuurlijk ook. ****' De Standaard 'Verdomd onderhoudend. Overduidelijk hoe zeer uit haar artiestenervaring is geput.' …

Hotel California

The story of a remarkable time and place: Los Angeles from the dawn of the singer-songwriter era in the mid-Sixties to the peak of The Eagles' success in the late Seventies.Hotel California' is an epic tale of songs and sunshine, drugs and denim, genius and greed, and is the first in-depth account of the LA …

Searching for Robert Johnson

Celebrates the life of one of American music's most influential blues guitarists while providing informative facts about Robert Johnson's life, music, and untimely death in 1938. Reprint.

Musics Modern Muse

A biography of Winnaretta Singer-Polignac, heiress to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune, who befriended and subsidized some of the most important musical and literary artists of the 20th Century, including Stravinsky, Proust, Ravel, Cocteau, and Colette.

Bad Singer

In the tradition of Daniel Levitin’s This Is Your Brain on Music and Oliver Sacks’ Musicophilia, Bad Singer follows the delightful journey of Tim Falconer as he tries to overcome tone deafness — and along the way discovers what we’re really hearing when we listen to music. Tim Falconer, a self-confessed “bad singer,” always wanted …

Guitar Chords for the Singer-Songwriter and Beyond