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Are you the world's biggest Foo Fighters fan? Or do you want to discover some interesting facts about Dave Grohl's band, generally considered to be the best rock act in the entire world? If so, then this is the audiobook for you! Contained within are more than one hundred amazing facts about everything, from the band’s formation and early days of recording all the way to their most recent tour. With sections about each member as well as information on their music, awards and much more, you can find the information you want fast.

Amy Winehouse, brilliant singer and tragic figure: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Jimi Hendrix, guitar legend: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Peter Tchaikovsky, Russian composer and tragic figure: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, legendary Austrian composer: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Kurt Cobain, founder of grunge rock: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Eddie Cochran, amerikanischer Pionier des Rock'n'Roll: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Picking Up the Flute sets to music a former professor's musings on retirement, marriage, literature, and the natural world. From his home in historic Bristol, Vermont to Ireland's Connemara coast, travel through John Elder's exquisite topography and relish his explorations of nature, poetry, and geology. John Elder's memoir through music is permeated by his unique combination of prose and learning how to play the Irish flute.

Hay pocas voces tan inconfundibles como la que una vez poseyó Farrokh Bulsara, mundialmente conocido como Freddie Mercury, y pocos éxitos musicales, tan trasversales y rompedores como los creados por el grupo al que perteneció, Queen, una de las bandas de rock más importantes de todos los tiempos. Freddie Mercury, de origen parsi e indio, era pianista y cantante.

Miles Davis, Trompeter und Jazz-Legende: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Per gli appassionati e gli studiosi di musica, Carlos Kleiber è una figura leggendaria. Un uomo che ha diretto solo 89 concerti e registrato soli 12 dischi, che aveva un repertorio molto esiguo, ma che nonostante ciò è ritenuto da colleghi, critica e pubblico uno dei più grandi direttori d’orchestra di sempre.

Richard Wagner, German composer and founder of the Bayreuth myth: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Whitney Houston, legendary singer and famous star: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Freddie Mercury, frontman of Queen and global star: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Louis Armstrong, Trompeter und Jazz-Legende: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Selena Quintanilla Pérez nació en 1971 en Lake Jackson, Texas, en una familia de ascendencia mexicana y cheroqui. Su talento para el canto no tardó en revelarse y desde los nueve años formó parte de una banda de música junto con sus hermanos. Desde el restaurante de comida mexicana de su padre hasta los principales escenarios de música, Selena se convirtió en la reina del tex-mex, la música texana. Durante toda su vida reivindicó su mestizaje y sus raíces latinas y norteamericanas.

In 1992, the Screaming Trees were expected to become the next big band to come out of the Seattle music scene during the heyday of grunge. Except it never happened. It wasn't because the band didn't have great songs—indeed, the Trees were revered for their ability to write a great song that was both artistically original and commercially viable, which is no easy task. Other Seattle bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden were fans of the Screaming Trees, playing shows with them and collaborating on albums, long before their own bands broke through into the mainstream.

Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) possessed one of the twentieth century's most astonishing voices. Historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist. Becoming Ella Fitzgerald clears up long-enduring mysteries. Archival research and in-depth family interviews shed new light on the singer's difficult childhood, the tragic death of her mother, and the year she spent in a girls' reformatory school—where she sang in its renowned choir and dreamed of being a dancer.

El artista que revolucionó la música popular, desde el folk hasta el blues, el rock y más allá. Un ícono capaz de cambiar las maneras de mirar y transitar el mundo de varias generaciones. El único músico que ha ganado el Premio Nobel de Literatura. Bob Dylan ya pasó los ochenta años, pero por todas las cosas que hizo se diría que vivió muchas vidas en una. Todavía sigue elaborando su legado de canciones inmortales (“Blowin´ in the wind” y “Like a Rolling Stone” entre las más conocidas).