Legend. Bum. Genius. Con Man. Devoted husband and father. Myth. Storyteller. Inspiration. Drunk. Visionary. Tom Waits is all of these things.
Waits is the lifeline between the great Beat poets and today’s rock & roll heroes....
Singers
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Author:Jacobs, Jay S.Summary: - Author:Cassa, AlessandroSummary:
Le voici, ce deuxième tome de la série Le chant des fées, un roman en deux actes. Un dernier opéra est le chapitre final de l'histoire de Rose, Gloria et Jane, ces femmes tour à tour passionnées, ambitieuses ou entièrement dévouées....
- Author:Boyle, SusanSummary:
An autobiography of Susan Boyle the Scottish singer discovered on the television program England got Talent.
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Author:Freedman, RussellSummary:In the 1930s, black singer Marian Anderson was not allowed to perform at Constitution Hall. But with help from Eleanor Roosevelt, Anderson staged an amazing concert at the Lincoln Memorial and became an activist for civil rights.
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Author:Schraff, AnneSummary:Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
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Author:McMurray, KateSummary:Giovanni Boca was destined to go down in history as an opera legend until a vocal chord injury abruptly ended his career. Now he teaches voice lessons at a prestigious New York City music school. During auditions for his summer opera...
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Author:Erdrich, LouiseSummary:With a suitcase full of sausages and a master butcher's precious set of knives, Fidelis sets out for America, getting as far as Argus, North Dakota, where he settles, building a business and a home for his family, which now includes Eva...
- Author:Day, DianSummary:
Meet Frederick Madrigal: the seventh son of a struggling woman on welfare who already had three sets of male twins spaced two years apart. A one-time child prodigy, Frederick was the subject of the benevolent index finger of God. While...
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Author:Myers, Beverle GravesSummary:In September of 1740, singer Tito Amato receives a curious invitation. The German composer Karl Johann Weber is rehearsing a new opera at an isolated villa nestled in the hills of the Venetian mainland. Would Tito accept the lead role?...
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Author:Fragoulis, TessSummary:In the Great Fire of Smyrna (1922), Kivelli lost everything: her family, her friends, her social position, and her future. Stranded in the Greek city of Piraeus, populated by gangsters, prostitutes, fortune tellers, and other refugees,...
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Author:Stephen MillerSummary:BIOGRAPHY: FILM, TELEVISION & MUSIC. Dolly Parton is the most famous person ever to have emerged from the American country music scene with her iconic cartoon image - mountainous blonde wigs, pumped up breasts and dazzling outfits...
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Author:Marley, LouiseSummary: - Author:Thériault, LouiseSummary:
Près de trente-cinq ans après la dissolution du mythique groupe Harmonium, Serge Fiori se livre à Louise Thériault, qui dresse de lui un portrait tout en nuances, plein d’empathie mais jamais complaisant. Grâce à des dizaines d’heures d...
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Author:Houston, CissySummary:The definitive account of Whitney Houston's astonishing life, ground-breaking career and tragic death - complete with never-before-seen photographs - from the only one who truly knows the story behind the headlines: her mother,...
- Author:Shipley, JocelynSummary:
Fourteen-year-old Paisley loves to sing. She dreams of being a pop star just like her idol, Denzi, who also grew up in the small town of Stonehill. The problem is, Paisley suffers from severe stage fright. She can only sing in private....
- Author:Calvé, PierreSummary:
Calvé, avant d’être chansonnier, poète ou musicien, est assurément un des grands humanistes de la chanson québécoise et pourtant universelle, puisque sa chanson est de toutes latitudes et de tous horizons. Elle se cherche autant qu’elle...
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Author:Graves Myers, BeverleSummary:Venice, 1734: Castrato soprano Tito Amato has let fame go to his head. Neglecting his vocal practice for dubious pleasures, Tito finds himself demoted to secondary roles and overshadowed by a visiting star. When the murder of scene...
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Author:Cohen, MarkSummary:Allan Sherman was the Larry David, the Adam Sandler, the Sacha Baron Cohen of 1963. He led Jewish humour and sensibilities out of ethnic enclaves and into the American mainstream with explosively funny parodies of classic songs that won...
- Author:Bottke, AllisonSummary:
Ursula Rhoades has few regrets about being a stay-at-home wife and mother. In the quiet of her comfortable home, she nurtures her children, supports her husband, and teaches music lessons. She also finds time to sing at weddings. And...
- Author:Adams, Sheila Kay.Summary:
Larkin Stanton, orphaned at birth in 1845, is raised by his cousin, Arty Norton. Larkin and Arty's younger brother Hackley grow up surrounded by music and are as close as brothers. Larkin sings before he can talk, and Hackley'...
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