Rock n read is a thing especially thanks to best-selling memoirs in recent years from Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith and others.
The fourth-quarter of 2020 has been no different, with lavish, coffee table-sized photo books added to the usual mix of biographies, treatises, histories and other printed matter. And with no concerts at the moment, there s theoretically plenty of time to read em.
As the year rolls to a close, then, here s a look at some of the most notable titles the publishing world has popped out during the past few months.
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⢠All Exce$$ Occupation: Concert Promoter by Danny Zelisko (self-published): The Chicago impresario (also a sports enthusiast and souvenir collector) has tales to tell about artists, his colleagues in the business and more and plenty of entertaining Windy City wind to tell em. His extensive photo collection is on display here, too. You d definitely buy a ticket from this man. (Basebal
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From BTS to Dolly Parton: the 2020 books that tell the stories of some of music s biggest names
This year saw the release of a number of titles that pull back the curtain on the music industry Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip-Hop by Nate Patrin Can’t Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop’s Blockbuster Year by Michaelangelo Matos Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics , by Dolly Parton with Robert K. Oermann Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar , by Oliver Craske Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS , by Maria Sherman
The Meaning of Mariah Carey, with Michaela Angela Davis, is the
New York Times best-seller of the life and career of a truly influential artist and entertainer.
Born to an Irish-American mother and Afro-Venezuelan father, Carey and her family faced searing racism, causing them to move more than a dozen times, before she struck out on her own and moved to New York City. Armed with ambition and attitude, she was immediately signed to Columbia Records by music mastermind Tommy Mattola. Her amazing talent, rigorous training and passion, along with a five-octave range, led to the planet embracing her.
Unfortunately, the May-December romance and marriage of the two quickly became, by Carey s description, outrageously oppressive, professionally and personally. Literally kept under armed guard in her own home, for which she helped pay.
Fifteen music books that struck a chord in 2020 theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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