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Born in India, documentary filmmaker and writer Nasreen Munni Kabir lives in London, where she has made several programmes on Hindi cinema for Channel 4 TV, including the forty-six-part series Movie Mahal and The Inner/Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan. Her several books include Guru Dutt: A Life in Cinema; Talking Films and Talking Songs with Javed Akhtar; The Spirit of Music with A.R. Rahman; Lata Mangeshkar: In Her Own Voice; and five publications featuring the complete dialogue of classic films like Mughal-e-Azam and Awaara.

The Spirit of Ani is a captivating journey of intimate reflections with Ani DiFranco, a pathbreaking, highly original artist of our time. In this powerful collaborative work, the legendary folk-rock star and feminist icon is in conversation with author, artist, and cultural anthropologist Lauren Coyle Rosen. In these exchanges, Ani is remarkably open about her creativity, spirituality, personal experiences, and evolving consciousness. She is vulnerable and unapologetic, offering an unprecedented window into her fiercely prolific journeys.

An insider history of the Blind Boys of Alabama, the longest running group in American music, and the untold story of their world, written with band members and key musical colleagues. The Blind Boys of Alabama are the quintessential Gospel vocal group, and the longest-running musical...

From busking with Andrew Loog Oldham before he managed the Rolling Stones, to being invited to stay with Sharon Tate the night of the Manson murders, to being (with her daughter and Lynne Franks) the inspiration for Absolutely Fabulous, Tanya is one of those people who seems to have fitted more into one life than most of us would fit into nine. Above all though she is that still all too rare thing, a female entrepreneur who achieved true global success solely as a result of her own hard work and talent and entirely on her own terms.

Nirvana exploded onto a music scene that had no mind, no depth and no substance. A young audience, sick to the teeth of formula pop and sugar-coated, safe rock was quickly seduced by the dark and dangerous charisma of this loud, angry band hailing from 'nowhere' USA. This band were different. They were multidimensional. The songs could be angry, ugly or beautiful as hell, Kurt Cobain's voice and the thrashing guitars a nightmare or the saddest lament for lost humanity.

Schulband, Wise Guys, Alte Bekannte: Daniel "Dän" Dickopf erzählt von 35 bewegten Jahren auf und hinter der Bühne. Noch nie hat er so persönlich über seine Sicht auf das Leben gesprochen. Es geht um Lampenfieber, Medienkritik, Heimat, Depressionen oder Glücksgefühle. Ein pralles Künstlerleben, das noch viel bereit hält. 160 Seiten Dän, wie seine Fans ihn kennen: Klar, tiefsinnig, melancholisch und oft unglaublich witzig.

Die Lebensgeschichte des sympathischen Vollblutmusikers Dieter Falk - mit wunderbaren Geschichten über das Leben, die Liebe und sinnstiftende Momente. Er entführte uns mit PUR ins "Abenteuerland", sorgte mit Pe Werner für "Kribbeln im Bauch" und trat in der Pro7-Sendung "Popstars" als Juror vor ein Millionenpublikum: Dieter Falk, einer der erfolgreichsten Musikproduzenten und Komponisten Deutschlands. Erste Erfahrungen sammelte der Keyboarder, Pianist und Arrangeur in der christlichen Musik-Szene.