Albert Camus

The Frank Sinatra Reader

A selection of writings by music critics about the singer, drawn from books, magazines and newspapers. Divided into four chronologically arranged parts, the book assesses Sinatra as a teenager, mature recording artist, powerful and influential star, and enduring legend.

The Frank Sinatra Reader

A selection of writings by music critics about the singer, drawn from books, magazines and newspapers. Divided into four chronologically arranged parts, the book assesses Sinatra as a teenager, mature recording artist, powerful and influential star, and enduring legend.

1. Batisto Coco

Semo ciapai coe bombe. Quarant'anni di musica

"Semo ciapai coe bombe"? Forse, certo è che nei Batisto Coco la voglia di suonare e far ballare, al ritmo di salsa, mambo e cha cha cha, c'è ancora tutta! E per festeggiare i quarant'anni sul palco, e i dodici album incisi, hanno scelto di raccontare la loro storia in questo libro che riprende la stessa fresca ironia dei pezzi che li hanno fatti conoscere e amare a un vasto pubblico, non solo d'appassionati di musica latino-americana. Canzoni che tratteggiano piccoli spaccati di vita lagunare, costruite con abilità e arguzia, come in "Tatiana", "Bacan" "Cucador, "Oro benon", "El telefonin", dove la cadenza della lingua veneziana si muove a proprio agio sulle ritmiche nate sulle misure dello spagnolo parlato a Cuba e in Sud America. E a commento dei testi selezionati, gli autori rivelano aneddoti a volte curiosi che hanno fatto da spunto alle storie messe in versi, riferimenti ai temi d'ispirazione attinti dalla musica classica e tradizionale, e ricordi dei molti compagni di viaggio che si sono avvicendati nel lungo percorso dei Batisto Coco.

1. Dave Mustaine

In My Darkest Hour

14 Shades Of Grey

This matching folio, edited by Staind's guitarist Mike Mushok, incorporates his actual tunings and fingerings exactly as he plays them, without which many of the guitar parts would not be playable. This folio includes four pages of full-color photos. Titles are: Price to Play * How About You * So Far Away * Yesterday * Fray * Zoe Jane * Fill Me Up * Layne * Falling Down * Reality * Tonight * Could It Be * Blow Away * Intro.

1. Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Muscle Shoals

The story behind the fabled recording studio Out of an Alabama community known to few came an outpouring of music known to all. Muscle Shoals: Low Rhythm Rising is the story of Black and white musicians who found a way to work together at a time when segregation prevailed. Producer Rick Hall and his FAME Recording Studio and the session aces at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio built a homemade approach to cutting music that mattered. As a result, hitmakers from R&B, rock, pop, and country music flocked to this quiet backwater to record. A new rhythm rose. This book, the catalog of a major multi-year exhibition at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, traces how it all happened. Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum collects, preserves, and interprets the evolving history and traditions of country music. Through exhibits, publications, and educational programs, the Museum teaches its diverse audiences about the enduring beauty and cultural importance of country music.Distributed for the Country Music Foundation Press