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Liebestod: Opera Buffa with Leib Goldkorn by Leslie Epstein

On February 18, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Editor

As hilarious as it is heartbreaking, Liebestod returns us to Leslie Epstein’s most compelling literary character, that European émigré and meagerly successful musician, Leib Goldkorn, whose final years as a randy centenarian in New York City end in one of the most memorable swan songs in recent fiction.

Satan Is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers by Charlie Louvin And Benjamin Whitmer

On February 18, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Entertainment, It's all about music..., Music, Nonfiction, by Editor

Satan is Real is the incredible tale of Charlie Louvin’s sixty-five-year career, the timeless murder ballads of the Louvin Brothers, and an epic tale of two brothers bound together by love, hate, alcohol, blood, and music.

Whitney Houston: The Unauthorized Biography by James Robert Parish

On February 12, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Entertainment, It's all about music..., Nonfiction, by Editor

Whitney Houston burst onto the music scene in 1985 with her debut album, which earned numerous industry awards including a Grammy for the single “Saving All My Love For You”. Since then, the acclaimed artist has released only a limited amount of new material, and yet she retains her pre-eminence in the industry and her popularity with music fans.

More Room in a Broken Heart: The True Adventures of Carly Simon by Stephen Davis

On February 10, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Entertainment, It's all about music..., Nonfiction, by Editor

Carly Simon has won two Grammys and an Academy Award, and her albums have sold more than forty million copies. Her music has touched countless lives since her debut in the 1970s, yet her own life story has remained unpublished until now.

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 Editor

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 Editor

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 Editor

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 Editor

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 Editor

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 Editor

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.

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