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With a unique blend of melodic hardcore and thought-provoking lyrics, Bad Religion paved the way for the punk rock explosion of the 1990s. They showed the world what punk could be, and they continue to spread their message one song, one show, one tour at a time-with no signs of stopping. This book reveals the ups and downs of the band's forty-year career.

The Guess Who. Gordon Lightfoot. Joni Mitchell. Neil Young. Stompin' Tom Connors. Robert Charlebois. Anne Murray. Crowbar. Chilliwack. Carole Pope. Loverboy. Bryan Adams. The Barenaked Ladies. The Tragically Hip. Céline Dion. Arcade Fire. K-oS. Feist. These musicians are national heroes to generations of Canadians. But what does it mean to be a Canadian musician? And why does nationality even matter?

The extraordinary life of one of the world’s greatest music and literary icons, in the words of those who knew him best.

Qui pouvait soupçonner que des usages inédits imposés de l'extérieur par des joueurs étrangers au monde musical viendraient littéralement disrupter l'accès aux marchés et la soutenabilité des modèles d'affaires traditionnels? L'auteur invite le monde musical à opposer des pratiques innovantes aux changements structurels et relationnels provoqués par cette disruption. Tous, éditeurs, auteurs, compositeurs, interprètes, producteurs, conseillers juridiques et autres partenaires de la chaîne musicale profiteront de ce guide pratique visionnaire.

Tous ceux dont le métier réclame une utilisation intensive de la voix, les chanteurs en chant populaire comme en chant classique ainsi que tous ceux qui utilisent leur voix dans un cadre amateur, thérapeutique ou professionnel, doivent adopter une hygiène de vie et de voix qui seconde la performance vocale et prolonge la carrière. Facile à lire et riche de l'expérience des auteurs et de nombreux chanteurs, le livre s'adresse aux professionnels de la voix et à ceux qui en ont la responsabilité (parents, professeurs de chant, directeurs de chorales, amis, agent, gérant, imprésario).

The National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Heartland focuses her laser-sharp insights on a working-class icon and one of the most unifying figures in American culture: Dolly Parton. Growing up amid Kansas wheat fields and airplane factories, Sarah Smarsh witnessed firsthand the particular vulnerabilities—and strengths—of women in working poverty. Meanwhile, country songs by female artists played in the background, telling powerful stories about life, men, hard times, and surviving. In her family, she writes, "country music was foremost a language among women.

"I see my story as a suite of songs that have a magical connection. I never understood that connection until I sat down to write. It was then that the magic started to flow." Let Love Rule is a work of deep reflection. Lenny Kravitz looks back at his life with candor, self-scrutiny, and humor. "My life is all about opposites," he writes. "Black and white. Jewish and Christian. The Jackson 5 and Led Zeppelin. I accepted my Gemini soul. I owned it. I adored it.

A distinctive portrait of the Fab Four by one of the sharpest and wittiest writers of our time. "If you want to know what it was like to live those extraordinary Beatles years in real time, read this book." —Alan Johnson, The Spectator. Though fifty years have passed since the breakup of the Beatles, the fab four continue to occupy an utterly unique place in popular culture. Their influence extends far beyond music and into realms as diverse as fashion and fine art, sexual politics and religion.

The untold story of Willie Nelson and his sister, Bobbie, who, over the course of their lives together, supported each other through personal tragedies and triumphs and forged an unbreakable bond through their shared love of music. Abandoned by their parents as toddlers, Willie and Bobbie Nelson found their love of music almost immediately through their grandparents, who raised them in a small Texas town. Their close relationship—which persists today—is the longest-lasting bond in both their lives.

New York Times bestseller. In this refreshing and inspiring memoir, Lauren Akins, the wife of country music star Thomas Rhett, shows what it's really like to be "the perfect couple" fans imagine, and reveals what it actually takes to live in love, stay in love, and grow together. When country music star Thomas Rhett won the ACM Award for Single of the Year with "Die a Happy Man," his wife, Lauren Akins, was overjoyed. Her childhood best friend and now husband was being anointed the hottest new star in country music—for a song he had written about her. He was living his dream.