Leonard Cohen - Still the Man

One of the most fascinating and respected singer/songwriters of all time, Leonard Cohen has built an audience across fifty years of music-making. This new book guides the reader from his first taste of success in his early thirties, to a position where classic tracks such as Hallelujah are covered by the top stars of every successive generation.

Info autore

Writer, reviewer and playwright, Colin was an assistant editor of Melody Maker in the 1970s and 1980s, and editor of Number One magazine in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His book In Search of the Craic is a best-seller and has been a Mercury Music Prize judge. He reviews mainly singer-songwriters, folk rock, Celtic and traditional folk albums.Mark Beaumont is an author, broadcaster and award-winning music writer for publications including NME, The Guardian, The Times, Shortlist and Classic Rock. He has spent almost twenty years documenting the highs and lows of rock'n'roll's greatest names, interviewing everyone Keith Richards and Paul McCartney to the biggest bands of today. He is the author of Out Of This World: The Story Of Muse, Jay-Z: King Of America, Bon Iver: Good Winter and The Killers: Days & Ages and his first novel [6666666666] is available on Kindle.

Riassunto

One of the most fascinating and respected singer/songwriters of all time, Leonard Cohen has built an audience across fifty years of music-making. This new book guides the reader from his first taste of success in his early thirties, to a position where classic tracks such as Hallelujah are covered by the top stars of every successive generation.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hugh Fielder, Hugh Fileder, Colin Irwin, Irwin Colin
• Con la collaborazione di: Mark Beaumont (Prefazione)
• Editore: Flame Tree Publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 16.07.2015
• EAN: 9781783613779
• ISBN: 978-1-78361-377-9
• Pagine: 128
• Serie: Pop, Rock & Entertainment; Pop, Rock & Entertainment
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Monografie; Rock, Music, Rock & Pop music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Musicians, singers, bands & groups, Pop Music, Popular Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment