Author : Rob Burley
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 30,41 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781592400355
Discusses the late singer's intimate relationships with friends, family, and fellow performers; reveals her legacy as BBC's most-requested artist; and recounts her tragic death at the age of thirty-three to cancer.
Author : Anthony Lawrence Carter
Publisher : Vancouver
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 17,54 MB
Release : 1966
Category : AMERINDIENS.
ISBN :
Author : Johan Bakker
Publisher : Omnibus Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 23,14 MB
Release : 2012-01-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 0857127489
Eva Cassidy’s story is one of the most compelling and poignant in recent music history. In this thoughtful and probing biography, Johan Bakker explores her brief performing career and the fame that only came after her death at the age of 33. A local performer, Eva Cassidy’s performance in Iceland was the closest she ever got to Europe. Yet her music has touched millions across the world. Her posthumously released albums, Imagine, Songbird, Simply Eva and Somewhere included three UK number ones have sold more than ten million copies. Interviewing Eva’s friends, colleagues and family in Washington D.C. and Maryland, Johan Bakker traces her short life, her idealism and her disillusionment with the business side of her trade.
Author : Rob Burley
Publisher : Orion Media
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 20,77 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Singers
ISBN : 9780752847795
Eva Cassidy is the music sensation of the year. Voted one of the voices of the 20th century her albums have sold over 1.25 million copies in the last eighteen months.
Author : Johan Bakker
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,25 MB
Release : 2023-02-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781787601031
A new and expanded edition of Behind the Rainbow, Johan Bakker's definitive biography of musician Eva Cassidy. Cassidy's story is one of the most compelling and poignant in recent music history. In this thoughtful and probing study Bakker re-evaluates her career and the fame that came only after her death at the tender age of 33. Cassidy performed largely in and around Washington D.C.. Iceland was the only place she ever played in Europe, yet her jazzy folk pop would, after her death, make her a star both there and in her homeland. Since her passing she has sold more than ten million records. Bakker has interviewed Cassidy's friends, colleagues, and family, and by tracing her formative experiences, outlook, and eventual disillusionment with the music business, has crafted a detailed and considered account of her life.
Author : Thomas E. Cappiello
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 27,53 MB
Release : 2012-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 177097704X
On October 5 2007, Thomas Cappiello was diagnosed with inoperable Stage IIIA locally-advanced adenocarcinoma (Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer), an incurable disease. This book is the inspirational story of how he beat the odds and survived and thrived in the face of this devastating illness. This book is for patients and caregivers who want to know what life is like after getting a cancer diagnosis. The story is about overcoming the emotional turmoil and devastation of a cancer diagnosis, dealing with the disease, and making choices. Most of all, it's about living a full life each day. Cancer patients suddenly realize that time is a precious gift from God and there is no time to waste. By telling his story Cappiello seeks to inspire cancer patients to fight hard and live, with whatever time they have, with renewed purpose and energy. The journey is different for everyone, but no matter the stage of disease, this book aims to give cancer patients hope for living a cancer-free future. Thomas Cappiello survived late-stage lung cancer. You or your loved one can beat cancer too....
Author : Fred Taylor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 38,12 MB
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1493051857
This is the story of Fred Taylor, who since 1960 has been bringing entertainers and audiences together in Boston and New England in nightclubs, concert halls, and festival grounds. As the owner of the legendary Back Bay nightclubs Paul’s Mall and the Jazz Workshop, Taylor had a front-row seat for the greatest names in music and comedy in the 1960s and 1970s. As the entertainment director at Scullers Jazz Club for twenty-six years, he continues to present the best in contemporary music. Fred Taylor’s entertainment universe is peopled by pop superstars, jazz legends, and sparkling storytellers—a galaxy of singers, saxophonists, and stand-up comics. They’re all part of Taylor’s world, and you’ll learn about them—and the ups and downs of his utterly unpredictable career in the music business—in the pages of this book.
Author : Lisa Bailey Sullivan
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 10,93 MB
Release : 2020-02-19
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1982243228
“Atta Girl!” is a step-by-step guide to tapping into your power and moxie, especially when you’re in the middle of a sh*tshow. From multiple Happy Acts for creating change to cheeky alerts highlighting important information, you’ll soon learn how to overcome your fears and challenges and live a more authentic life, one filled with greater joy and purpose. This unique book draws from the inspirational material Lisa teaches women at her Camp Atta Girl! retreats. It’s a carefully curated ensemble of the science and the woo-woo that she has learned over the years. She writes with honesty, humor, and heart.
Author : Steve Sullivan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 22,85 MB
Release : 2017-05-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 1442254491
Volumes 3 and 4 of the The Encyclopedia of More Great Popular Song Recordings provides the stories behind approximately 1,700 more of the greatest song recordings in the history of the music industry, from 1890 to today. In this masterful survey, all genres of popular music are covered, from pop, rock, soul, and country to jazz, blues, classic vocals, hip-hop, folk, gospel, and ethnic/world music. Collectors will find detailed discographical data—recording dates, record numbers, Billboard chart data, and personnel—while music lovers will appreciate the detailed commentaries and deep research on the songs, their recording, and the artists. Readers who revel in pop cultural history will savor each chapter as it plunges deeply into key events—in music, society, and the world—from each era of the past 125 years. Following in the wake of the first two volumes of his original Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, this follow-up work covers not only more beloved classic performances in pop music history, but many lesser -known but exceptional recordings that—in the modern digital world of “long tail” listening, re-mastered recordings, and “lost but found” possibilities—Sullivan mines from modern recording history. The Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volumes 3 and 4 lets the readers discover, and, through their playlist services, from such as iTunes toand Spotify, build a truly deepcomprehensive catalog of classic performances that deserve to be a part of every passionate music lover’s life. Sullivan organizes songs in chronological order, starting in 1890 and continuing all the way throughto the present to include modern gems from June 2016. In each chapter, Sullivanhe immerses readers, era by era, in the popular music recordings of the time, noting key events that occurred at the time to painting a comprehensive picture in music history of each periodfor each song. Moreover, Sullivan includes for context bulleted lists noting key events that occurred during the song’s recording
Author : Maurice Jackson
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 30,46 MB
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1626165912
The familiar history of jazz music in the United States begins with its birth in New Orleans, moves upstream along the Mississippi River to Chicago, then by rail into New York before exploding across the globe. That telling of history, however, overlooks the pivotal role the nation's capital has played for jazz for a century. Some of the most important clubs in the jazz world have opened and closed their doors in Washington, DC, some of its greatest players and promoters were born there and continue to reside in the area, and some of the institutions so critical to national support of this uniquely American form of music, including Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress and the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., are rooted in the city. Closer to the ground, a network of local schools like the Duke Ellington High School for the Performing Arts, jazz programs at the University of the District of Columbia and Howard University, churches, informal associations, locally focused media, and clubs keeps the music alive to this day. Noted historians Maurice Jackson and Blair Ruble, editors of this book, present a collection of original and fascinating stories about the DC jazz scene throughout its history, including a portrait of the cultural hotbed of Seventh and U Streets, the role of jazz in desegregating the city, a portrait of the great Edward "Duke" Ellington’s time in DC, notable women in DC jazz, and the seminal contributions of the University of District of Columbia and Howard University to the scene. The book also includes three jazz poems by celebrated Washington, DC, poet E. Ethelbert Miller. Collectively, these stories and poems underscore the deep connection between creativity and place. A copublishing initiative with the Historical Society of Washington, DC, the book includes over thirty museum-quality photographs and a guide to resources for learning more about DC jazz.
