In zijn langverwachte autobiografie vertelt rockster Lenny Kravitz, zoon van een Joodse vader en een Afro-Amerikaanse moeder hoe hij uitgroeide van verlegen jongen tot artiest met internationale sterrenstatus. Het boek beschrijft de eerste 25 jaar van zijn leven. Lenny is zeer openhartig over alle facetten van zijn jonge jaren. Over zijn relatie met zijn ouders, hun scheiding, maar ook over platenbazen die aanvankelijk geen idee hadden hoe ze hem in de markt moesten zetten (‘Prince meets John Lennon’). Let Love Rule is een persoonlijke, grappige en ontroerende autobiografie van een van de belangrijkste stemmen in de hedendaagse muziek. Lenny Kravitz zegt zelf over zijn biografie: 'Deze memoir schrijven was een schitterende ervaring die mij opnieuw door de eerste 25 jaar van mijn leven leidde, vanaf mijn geboorte tot aan de release van mijn eerste album. Gedurende die reis, vol avontuur, vond ik mijzelf en mijn stem. Daarbij ervaarde ik dat liefde het pad effende en dat liefde mijn boodschap zou worden.'

Lenny Kravitz: Let Love Rule

Grammy® winning and Emmy nominated producer / songwriter, who has contributed to some of the biggest global hits that helped ignite the success of music icons KISS, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Ricky Martin, Katy Perry, and countless others, released his first-ever memoir, “LIVIN' ON A PRAYER: BIG SONGS BIG LIFE” on September 19, 2023, via Radius Book Group. In this story of anguish and personal struggle, Child reveals how he climbed his way to the top and beyond amid extraordinary circumstances, and shares his very intimate and unbelievable journey that shaped him into an artist of international renown. With a foreword by Paul Stanley, and in collaboration with legendary music biographer David Ritz. For over half a century, Child has collaborated with the world’s most celebrated artists creating timeless classics, such as Bon Jovi’s “Livin' On A Prayer” and “You Give Love A Bad Name,” as well as Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ La Vida Loca” and “The Cup Of Life,” amongst his vast catalog. But in his memoir, Child himself takes center stage to share his transformational story of a misfit outsider to cultural pacesetter. Says Child: “The process of writing the book has been more than cathartic. It has been revelatory. Not until I went through the deep and sometimes painful experience of writing this book did I realize the great adventure I’d been living… an adventure I’m thrilled to share with the world.” In the upcoming title, Child recounts his unconventional upbringing as his colorful family fled revolutionary Cuba for Florida in the 1960s and fell into poverty. He details his shocking discovery at age 18 that the man he called “dad” was not his biological father after all, and he courageously bares his soul about navigating the trials of being a Latino gay man in the macho world of Rock ‘n' Roll. His is a story of willing himself to succeed and overcoming impossible odds to establish himself as one of the most influential composers and lyricists of all time.

LIVIN' ON A PRAYER: BIG SONGS BIG LIFE

Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist, producer, and actor T.I. proved himself a powerful storyteller as well with the publication of his debut novel Power & Beauty. Now he follows up with his second riveting street-lit epic, Trouble & Triumph. T.I.’s explosive sequel picks up the story of Paul “Power” Clay and Tanya “Beauty” Long, as Power takes over his mentor-turned-arch-enemy’s street empire, looking to turn it legit, while Beauty rises ever-higher in a glamorous world of fashion and celebrity. An authentic voice of the street, in the vein of Sistah Souljah and other successful authors of contemporary African-American commercial fiction, T.I. is a rap music legend who has lived at every strata of society, and whose hard life experience adds truth and fire to Trouble & Triumph. 

Trouble & Triumph

A riveting cautionary tale about the ecstasy and dangers of loving Marvin Gaye, a performer passionately pursued by all—and a searing memoir of drugs, sex, and old school R&B from the wife of legendary soul icon Marvin Gaye. After her seventeenth birthday in 1973, Janis Hunter met Marvin Gaye—the soulful prince of Motown with the seductive liquid voice whose chart-topping, socially conscious album What’s Going On made him a superstar two years earlier. Despite a seventeen-year-age difference and Marvin’s marriage to the sister of Berry Gordy, Motown’s founder, the enchanted teenager and the emotionally volatile singer began a scorching relationship. One moment Jan was a high school student; the next she was accompanying Marvin to parties, navigating the intriguing world of 1970s-‘80s celebrity; hanging with Don Cornelius on the set of Soul Train, and helping to discover new talent like Frankie Beverly. But the burdens of fame, the chaos of dysfunctional families, and the irresistible temptations of drugs complicated their love. Primarily silent since Marvin’s tragic death in 1984, Jan at last opens up, sharing the moving, fervently charged story of one of music history’s most fabled marriages. Unsparing in its honesty and insight, illustrated with sixteen pages of black-and-white photos, After the Dance reveals what it’s like to be in love with a creative genius who transformed popular culture and whose artistry continues to be celebrated today.

After the Dance

Tip Harris, better known as Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum selling hip-hop artist and actor T.I., is at the top of his game. Now he displays yet another side of his remarkable talents with Power & Beauty, a love story of life on the streets. Set in the dangerous shadows of Atlanta, Georgia, Power & Beauty is a dark, gritty story of sex, violence, hustling, and redemption centered around Paul “Power” Clay and Tanya “Beauty” Long—two kids facing long odds and lethal temptations, yet whose miraculous, unbreakable bond ultimately becomes their salvation. A love story, a crime story, a survival story, Power & Beauty bristles with an electrifying authenticity born of Tip “T.I.” Harris’s hard life on the streets. This is exhilarating, brutally honest, page-turning urban African-American fiction at its very best.

Power & Beauty

”Jeg betragter min livshistorie som en række sange, der står i magisk forbindelse med hinanden. Jeg forstod ikke den forbindelse, før jeg satte mig ned for at skrive. Så begyndte magien at flyde.” I Lad kærligheden herske ser Lenny Kravitz uhildet tilbage på sit liv og beskriver det med dyb selvindsigt og humor. ”Mit liv er udgjort af modsætninger,” skriver han. ””Sort og hvid. Jøde og kristen. The Jackson 5 og Led Zeppelin. Jeg accepterede min tvillingesjæl. Jeg tog den til mig. Jeg elskede den. Yin og yang forenede sig i forskellige dele af mit hjerte og sind, hvilket skabte en balance og øgede min nysgerrighed og gav trøst.” Det er historien om et vildt kreativt barn, der på trods af hårde kampe i skolen og voldsomme spændinger derhjemme finder sin frelse i musikken. Vi oplever, hvordan han vokser som musiker og udvikler sig til mester som sangskriver, producer og performer. Vi hører også om hans åndelige udvikling, og hvordan den finder vej til hans musik. Menneskene omkring ham er også usædvanlige: faren Sy, der er magtfuld nyhedsproducer, moren, Roxie Roker, der er tv-stjerne, og den unge skuespiller Lisa Bonet, der bliver hans muse. Hovedpersonen er naturligvis Lenny, der på trods af sit tårnhøje ambitionsniveau afviser den ene pladekontrakt efter den anden, indtil han finder sin egen sande stemme. Det er skabelsen af denne stemme, der senere erklærer, at vi skal lade kærligheden herske, der er kernen i denne historie.

Lad kærligheden herske - Lenny Kravitz

A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD GOLD STANDARD SELECTION! From fourteen-year-old author Brayden Harrington, the young boy who electrified the nation when he spoke at the Democratic National Convention in 2020, comes a fictional middle grade contemporary story about a boy named Jayson who stutters and the challenges he faces and the obstacles he must overcome as he campaigns for student-body president. Eighth grader Jayson Linden has had a stutter his whole life. Though his fellow classmates can sometimes be mean, Jayson tries not to let it get to him; he enjoys playing basketball and spending time with his friends. Then Jayson’s best friend, Gloria, is kicked off the debate team because of her stutter and Jayson starts to notice other injustices happening at their school. In order to make their middle school a more inclusive place and to stand up for his friends, Jayson decides to run against Mack, the most popular boy at school and captain of the basketball team, for student-body president. But as the campaign heats up, will Jayson be able to face his fears of public speaking and win the election? This poignant middle grade debut reminds us all that nothing can hold us back when we’re standing up for what’s right.

Jayson Goes for It!

For the first time ever, and to help celebrate his 90th birthday in 2023, American icon Willie Nelson provides the stories behind the lyrics of 160 of his favorite songs. From his earliest work in the 1950s to today, Willie looks back at the songs that have defined his career, from his days of earning $50 each to his biggest hits, from his less well-known songs (but incredibly meaningful to him) to his concept albums. Along the way, he also shares the stories of his guitar Trigger, his family and “family,” as well as the artists he collaborated with, including Patsy Cline, Waylon Jennings, Ray Charles, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Dolly Parton, and many others. Willie is disarmingly honest—what do you have to lose when you’re about to turn 90? —meditating on the nature of songwriting and finding his voice, and the themes he’s explored his whole life—relationships, infidelity, love, loss, friendship, life on the road, and particularly poignant at this juncture of his life: mortality. Revealing, funny, whimsical, and wise, this book is an enduring tribute to Willie Nelson's legacy.

Energy Follows Thought

Joe Perryn omaelämäkerta on vetävä, humoristinen ja brutaalin suorasukainen kuvaus elämästä rock-areenoilla ja niiden ulkopuolella. Aerosmith on kiistatta yksi maailman kuuluisimmista rockyhtyeistä. Vuonna 1970 perustetun bändin taipaleelle on mahtunut maailmanlaajuista suosiota, loppuunmyytyjä stadionkonsertteja ja yli 150 mil-joonaa myytyä levyä, mutta myös suuria kriisejä ja syviä aallonpohjia. Rocks on syväsukellus elämään, joka kulkee maailman huipulta tynnyrin pohjalle – useaan kertaan. Se kertoo rehellisesti Joe Perryn ja Steven Tylerin vahvasta mutta ongelmallisesta suhteesta, viinasta, huumeista, katkaisuhoidoista ja riidoista. Mutta myös veljeydestä, täysistä areenoista ja ajattomien hittibiisien synnystä. Joe Perryn omin sanoin hänen muistelmateoksensa on tarina yksinäisyydestä, bändistä, paranemisesta, kultista, rakkaudesta, menestyksestä, epäonnistumisesta, tuhoamisesta ja uudelleensyntymästä.

ROCKS

Miljoonia levyjä myynyt rockjumala Lenny Kravitz kertoo kauan odotetussa muistelmateoksessaan, miten hän löysi oman äänensä. Let Love Rule on kasvutarina luovasta lapsesta, joka kouluvaikeuksien ja kodin jännitteiden jälkeen löytää pelastuksen musiikista. Kolmekymmentäyksi vuotta sitten Kravitz pani musiikkimaailman polvilleen läpimurtoalbumillaan Let Love Rule. Sen jälkeen hän on myynyt 50 miljoonaa levyä, voittanut useita Grammyjä, villinnyt yleisöt ympäri maailman ja tehnyt musiikkia muun muassa Mick Jaggerin, Madonnan, David Bowien ja Michael Jacksonin kanssa.

Let Love Rule

A OBRA MAIS IMPORTANTE DE TODAS SOBRE A TUMULTUADA VIDA DA RAINHA DO GOSPEL E DO SOUL. "A biografia monumental que todos nós esperávamos. Sim, este é 'O Livro'." — Joel Selvin, crítico musical do San Francisco Chronicle "O retrato mais honesto e genuíno da verdadeira diva." — Kirkus Reviews Aretha Franklin começou a vida como a filha de ouro de um pregador batista progressista – e promíscuo. Criada sem a mãe, ela foi um prodígio do gospel que deu à luz dois filhos na adolescência e os deixou em sua cidade natal, Detroit, para tentar a vida em Nova York, onde lutou para encontrar sua verdadeira voz. Em 1967,um produtor judeu branco insistiu que ela voltasse às suas raízes gospel, que a fama e a fortuna finalmente vieram por meio de "Respect" e uma série rápida de sucessos. Ela continuou a evoluir por décadas, em meio a tragédias pessoais, apresentações surpresa no Grammy e reinvenções de carreira. De novo e de novo, Aretha teimosamente encontrou uma maneira de triunfar sobre os problemas, mesmo enquanto eles continuavam a crescer. Seu domínio da coroa foi tenaz e, em Respect, David Ritz nos dá a vida definitiva de um dos maiores talentos de toda a cultura americana.

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