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The Castrato and His Wife – The Story Of Opera Singer Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci by Helen Berry

On January 22, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Entertainment, History, Music, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

The opera singer Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci was one of the most famous celebrities of the eighteenth century. Mozart and Bach both composed for him. He was nothing less than a rock star of his day, with a massive female following. He was also a castrato.

This Is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl – A Biography by Paul Brannigan

On January 21, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Entertainment, It's all about music..., Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

This Is a Call, the first in-depth, definitive biography of Dave Grohl, tells the epic story of a singular career that includes Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, and Them Crooked Vultures.

Irish Songbook: Inishbofin Ceili Band – The Dear Little Isle

On December 29, 2011, in Articles, Irish Songbook, It's all about music..., Wilfried F. Voss, by Wilfried F. Voss

Usually known in Ireland as The Dear little Isle or There’s A Dear Little Isle, it is commonly referred to as My Own Dear Native Land. Presumably written abroad by an exile in the early to mid 20th Century, is now accepted as traditional.

One Day It’ll All Make Sense – A Memoir by Common and Adam Bradley

On December 25, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Entertainment, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

In One Day It’ll All Make Sense, Common holds nothing back. He tells what it was like for a boy with big dreams growing up on the South Side of Chicago. He reveals how he almost quit rapping after his first album, Can I Borrow a Dollar?, sold only two thousand copies.

A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians–from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between by Stuart Isacoff

On December 23, 2011, in Book Reviews, History, Music, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

With honed sensitivity and unquestioned expertise, Stuart Isacoff—pianist, critic, teacher, and author of Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization—unfolds the ongoing history and evolution of the piano and all its myriad wonders.

Beethoven in America – An Image Of American Culture by Michael Broyles

On December 20, 2011, in Art & Photography, Book Reviews, Business & Investing, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

In this book, Michael Broyles seeks to understand the composer as he exists in the American imagination and explores how Beethoven became a cultural icon. Broyles examines Beethoven’s appearance in a variety of contexts: American commercialism, the Afrocentrist and black power movements, and the modernist critique of Romanticism.

Blue Notes in Black and White: Photography and Jazz by Benjamin Cawthra

On December 17, 2011, in Art & Photography, Book Reviews, Entertainment, Music, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Miles Davis, supremely cool behind his shades. Billie Holiday, eyes closed and head tilted back in full cry. John Coltrane, one hand behind his neck and a finger held pensively to his lips. These iconic images have captivated jazz fans nearly as much as the music has.

Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever by Will Hermes

On December 14, 2011, in Book Reviews, Entertainment, History, It's all about music..., Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Punk rock and hip-hop. Disco and salsa. The loft jazz scene and the downtown composers known as Minimalists. In the mid-1970s, New York City was a laboratory where all the major styles of modern music were reinvented—all at once, from one block to the next, by musicians who knew, admired, and borrowed from one another.

Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981-2011) with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes and Miscellany by Stephen Sondheim

On December 9, 2011, in Book Reviews, Entertainment, Essays, Fiction, Music, Poetry, by Wilfried F. Voss

After his acclaimed and best-selling Finishing the Hat (named one of the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2010), Stephen Sondheim returns with the second volume of his collected lyrics, Look, I Made a Hat, giving us another remarkable glimpse into the brilliant mind of this living legend, and his life’s work.

The Worst Rendition Of “Silent Night” In The History Of Christmas Pop Music

On December 5, 2011, in Articles, Wilfried F. Voss, by Wilfried F. Voss

And here we go, Five For Fighting, whoever they may be, win the price for the worst rendition of Silent Night in the history of Christmas pop music – and, please, don’t give me a lecture on personal taste; it won’t work.

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