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While documenting his own personal identity struggles with gender and self-identity, British K-Pop singer Oli London explores the root cause of the issue of trans ideology and gender identity, tackling the pressures of social media, the education system, media, and other factors that are pushing a growing number of young people into transitioning. He takes a close look at real world examples and examines laws, research, and data to help lift the lid on the multibillion-dollar gender affirming care industry.

What was Elvis like in those early Army Days? The question I get most is 'what was he like?' It's hard to give a blanket answer because I knew the 22-year-old version of what everyone else sees in the media and those tell all books. We were kids, clowning around having fun, playing football, chasing girls. I didn't know him in his turbulent years or have exposure to any prescription pill use or so-called mood swings. I only knew the young, very funny, unvarnished version of him. Hopefully the stories in this book shed more light on what he was really like.

Nos últimos tempos eu tive um privilégio pra lá de especial: vi Rita escrever sua biografia. Era um momento que nem em meus sonhos mais loucos ousei experimentar. Como jornalista e curioso, sempre gostei de livros assim. História de gente interessante me move. E vi nascer, daquelas mãos de fada com sua estrela de sete pontas tatuada, a melhor bio que já li na vida. Sem exagero. No texto, Rita é de uma honestidade... Muitas vezes brutal. Que contrasta com sua doçura e com tanto amor e leveza.

La muy premiada biografía definitiva de Elvis Presley, en edición revisada y económica, en dos volúmenes. Pasará mucho tiempo antes de que otra biografía coseche tan encendidos elogios como los obtenidos por esta obra definitiva (el adjetivo no es, por una vez, hiperbólico) sobre la fulgurante ascensión y la apoteósica decadencia de un cantante ya instalado en la mitología popular contemporánea.

Quando ha partecipato alla sua prima missione umanitaria - nella baraccopoli di Baia Mare, al confine tra Romania e Ucraina - Pietro Morello era giovanissimo. Ed era partito con il bagaglio tipico di chi è alla prima esperienza: le certezze facili, "vado lì e li aiuto", che si hanno finché si rimane a casa, al sicuro. Lo scontro con la realtà è stato duro, ma questo non ha fatto altro che rafforzare la sua determinazione. È ancora un ragazzo, Pietro, eppure la sua vita è molto cambiata da allora.

In his time, the Austrian American composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) was an international icon. His twelve-tone system was considered the future of music itself. Today, however, leading orchestras rarely play his works, and his name is met with apathy, if not antipathy. With this interpretative account, the acclaimed biographer of Toscanini finally restores Schoenberg to his rightful place in the canon, revealing him as one of the twentieth century's most influential composers and teachers.

Take a tour behind the scenes at the NBC television special that relaunched Elvis Presley’s career as a stage musician. Author Steve Binder—who directed the TV special—provides exclusive “backstage” access that gives fans even more insight into the performance that many see as a high point in the King of Rock’s reign of American music. Learn how Binder gave us in this Comeback Special, the first MTV Unplugged with Elvis performing in an intimate acoustic musical setting.

Growing up around music, young George was inspired to piece together a makeshift drum set and teach himself to play as he practiced in the dark, dank basement of his rundown New Jersey townhouse. He soon joined forces with his friends to form a group called the Jazziacs, which then evolved into Kool & The Gang, a band that began charting hits while its members were still teenagers. In Too Hot, drummer, keyboardist, and primary songwriter George Brown describes life in and out of the band, including a raucous life on the road as the band's popularity grew.

Few songs have captured the contradictions and ambiguities of the 1960s as memorably as "California Dreamin'," the iconic folk music single that catapulted the Mamas & the Papas into rock and roll history. In All the Leaves Are Brown, author Scott Shea details how John Phillips, Denny Doherty, Michelle Phillips, and "Mama Cass" Elliot became standard-bearers for California counterculture, following their transformation from folk music wannabes to rock sensations and chronicling the tumultuous events that followed their unexpected success.

"Music Docs" ist eine neue Dokumentationsserie mit Deep Dives in spannende Geschichten zu den Menschen hinter deiner Lieblingsmusik - die dabei selbst zu Wort kommen. In Folge 1 geht es um den deutschen Erfolgsproduzenten Markus Ganter und darum wie er zu einem der gefragtesten deutschen Produzenten wurde.

"Music Docs" ist eine neue Dokumentationsserie mit Deep Dives in spannende Geschichten zu den Menschen hinter deiner Lieblingsmusik - die dabei selbst zu Wort kommen. In Folge 2 geht es um Produzentenlegende Olaf Opal und um seinen Balanceakt zwischen Superhits und Indieperlen denen er gleichermaßen Leben eingehaucht hat. Olaf hat Musikgeschichte geschrieben mit Produktionen für Die Sterne, Juli, Madsen, Sportfreunde Stiller, Polarkreis 18, Fotos, Klee und The Notwist. Und noch ganz viel mehr.

"Leute fragen mich immer wieder, wo der Blues denn eigentlich begann, und alles, was ich sagen kann, ist, dass, als ich ein Junge war, wir immer auf den Feldern gesungen haben. Es war kein richtiges Singen, na ja, eher so Schreien, aber wir machten unsere Songs über Sachen, die uns damals tatsächlich passierten, und ich denke, das war die Zeit, als der Blues begann." (Son House 1965) Es ist heute unumstritten, dass der Blues einen gewaltigen Einfluss auf die Entwicklung der modernen Rock- und Popmusik genommen hat.

William Henry "Chick" Webb (1905-39) was one of the first virtuoso drummers in jazz and an innovative bandleader dubbed the "Savoy King," who reigned at Harlem's world-famous Savoy Ballroom. Along with the likes of Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, and Cab Calloway, Webb helped create the popular dance and music culture, known as Swing, that swept the United States during and after the Great Depression and left an indelible impact on American culture.

In this groundbreaking book spanning decades of artistic risk-taking, the inventor of “industrial music”, founder of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, and world-renowned fine artist with COUM Transmissions, Genesis P-Orridge (1950-2020) takes us on a journey searching for identity and their true self. It is the story of a life of creation and destruction, where Genesis P-Orridge reveals their unwillingness to be stuck—stuck in one place, in one genre, or in one gender.

Un livre et une chanson, ce n'est pas la même chose. Et pourtant, tout au long de l'écriture de son livre Chemins de liberté , Yves Duteil a vu s'imposer le parallèle comme une évidence. À chaque chapitre, une chanson émergeait du récit. Yves Duteil nous offre ici un double voyage d'écriture et de musique en ponctuant la lecture du livre par des chansons. On savait Yves Duteil homme de plume et de notes. Mais l'homme d'action et d'engagements était resté dans l'ombre de sa carrière d'artiste.

Moby, the biggest selling electronica artist in history, ponders the question: why did so many people hate my guts? His surreal new documentary Moby Doc documents his brutal childhood, his rise and fall from pop stardom, and the drugs and booze that nearly did him in. Andrew Goldman interviews “Master of Chaos” music manager Allen Kovac, who shares all the grisly details of managing Mötley Crüe, Meatloaf, Duran Duran … and Richard Marx.

While most successful sidemen are lucky to spend a decade in the music business, multi-instrumentalist Mark Rivera is working on his fifth. Rivera has shared the stage with some of Rock 'n' Roll's greatest performers, including John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Simon & Garfunkel, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Tony Bennett, Sheila E., Joe Walsh, Hall & Oates, and Peter Gabriel. How does he do it while avoiding the typical pitfalls—falling out of favor with the band, burnout, depression?

UTE LEMPER – Sängerin, Schauspielerin, Tänzerin, Künstlerin – Zu ihrem 60sten Geburtstag erlaubt die Grande Dame des Chansons einen überraschenden persönlichen Einblick in ihr Leben vor und hinter dem Vorhang. Ute Lemper erzählt lebendig von den Anfängen ihres Berufes, ihren großen und kleinen Erfolgen, ihren vielen aufregenden Projekten ihrer langen Karriere im ständigen Konflikt mit ihrer wichtigsten Rolle als Mutter von vier Kindern.

Beethoven, génie de la musique à l'esprit insoumis, se lie d'une amitié touchante avec Eduard, le fils de son mécène et ami le Prince Alois von Lichnowsky. Ce dernier lui impose de jouer à un dîner donné en l'honneur d'officiers français, dont les troupes conquérantes occupent l'Autriche. Pour Beethoven, c'est hors de question.

Bringing his characteristic sense of cheeky humour to the page, in this heartfelt book Alfie describes for the first time the highs and lows of over a decade singing and performing across the world. From personal dinners with Queen Elizabeth II and following in the steps of King of Rock 'n' Roll Elvis in Vegas to mischievous antics with Michael Ball, Alfie's book takes us backstage to witness his brilliant career memories.