In his study, Markus Jäger explores the coalescence of Joan Baez's work as a singer and songwriter with her endeavors as a political activist throughout the last fifty years. He illustrates an American popular singer's significance as a political activist – for her audiences and for her opponents as well as for those victims of politically organized violence who have profited from her work. Mingling popular culture with political activism can turn into a helpful means when it comes to a non-violent progress of society. Joan Baez's work offers an excellent example for this hypothesis.

A warm and reassuring story of friendship, confidence and finding your voice. In the heart of the forest, everyone is getting ready for the Big Show. Bob is desperate to join in, but every time he tries to sing in front of anyone he gets so nervous that his trunk gets tangled and all he can do is squeak. Bob's friend Paloma shares her special secret to beat stage fright and helps him overcome his fears, but the moment he steps into the spotlight, it all goes wrong. Can Bob remember the secret and save the show?

Climb aboard, read, and sing along with this adorable family of bumbling bears as they row, row, row their boat on a merry adventure in this beloved, reimagined nursery rhyme. Hold on to your hats and get ready to laugh as these irresistible characters rock, bash, and splash their way into your heart. Iza Trapani brings a fresh spin to this classic song with new verses and sweet and vibrant illustrations. Young readers will recognize the song and delight in seeing it come to life as the bears paddle their way through each and every page.

It's Valentine's Day on the ranch but bachelor-cowboy Slim Chance doesn't know it. Sally May tells him to forget about the cows and Go to town and buy a nice gift for Miss Viola! Slim hates to shop, but he goes to town (with the dogs, of course) and buys a nice box of candy for Miss Viola. But on the way to Viola's house, Hank and Drover take an interest in the candy and...will there be a Happy Valentine's Day on the ranch? Slim sings a bachelor's opinion in his Valentine's Song.

A FUTURISTIC COVER - COMES WITH 3D GLASSES! Welcome to Vermilion Sands, the fully automated desert-resort ready to fulfil your most exotic whims. Home to the idle rich it now languishes in uneasy decay, populated only by forgotten movie queens, solitary impresarios and the remittance men of the artistic and literary world. Discover prima donna plants programmed to sing operatic arias, dial-a-poem computers and psychosensitive houses capable of murder. These quintessentially Ballardian short stories of dystopian modernity are Ballard's 'guess at what the future will actually be like'.

James Baldwin’s final novel is “the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers” (The New York Times Book Review). “Not everything is lost. Responsibility cannot be lost, it can only be abdicated. If one refuses abdication, one begins again.” The stark grief of a brother mourning a brother opens this stunning, unforgettable novel. Here, in a monumental saga of love and rage, James Baldwin goes back to Harlem, to the church of his groundbreaking novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, to the forbidden passion of Giovanni’s Room, and to the political fire that enflames his nonfiction work. Here, too, the story of gospel singer Arthur Hall and his family becomes both a journey into another country of the soul and senses—and a living contemporary history of black struggle in this land.

'The undisputed masterpiece of négritude and a poetic milestone of anti-colonialism' Guardian 'We shall speak. We shall sing. We shall shout.' This blazing autobiographical poem by the founder of the négritude movement became a rallying cry for decolonisation when it appeared in 1939. Following one man's return from Europe to his homeland of Martinique, it is a reckoning with the trauma of slavery and exploitation, and a triumphant anthem for Black identity, one which reclaims and remakes language itself. 'Nothing less than the greatest lyrical monument of this time' André Breton 'A Césaire poem explodes and whirls about itself like a rocket, suns burst forth whirling and exploding' Jean-Paul Sartre 'The most influential Francophone Caribbean writer of his generation' Independent Translated by John Berger and Anna Bostock

"As a chart-topping country singer with a recent streak of bad press, it's hard for Skylar Stone to find any peace. But she finds it in Rose Hill--with a little boy and a little girl who steal her heart just as thoroughly as their dad, Weston Belmont. The man is a shameless flirt. He oozes confidence and masculinity in a way that's downright distracting. And in bed? He's addictive. ... But no one has supported her like West does. And no one has ever made her feel as loved as he does, either. So, while Skylar's brain says settling down with a small-town horse trainer is impossible--her heart says she's right where she belongs. Still, her life as a celebrity haunts her. It has the power to pull she and West apart"--

Maybe you've heard before that poetry is magic, and it made you roll your eyes, but I believe it's true. Poetry matters. At the most important moments, when everyone else is silent, poetry rises to speak. I wrote this book to help you write poems and to give practical ideas for making your poems sound the way you want them to sound. We're not going to smash poems up into the tiniest pieces. This book is about writing poetry, not analyzing it. I want this book to help you have more wonderful. moments in the poetry you write. I want you to feel the power of poetry. it's my hope that through this book you will discover lots of ways to make your poems shine, sing, soar... -- Ralph Fletcher

"As a chart-topping country singer with a recent streak of bad press, it's hard for Skylar Stone to find any peace. But she finds it in Rose Hill--with a little boy and a little girl who steal her heart just as thoroughly as their dad, Weston Belmont. The man is a shameless flirt. He oozes confidence and masculinity in a way that's downright distracting. And in bed? He's addictive. ... But no one has supported her like West does. And no one has ever made her feel as loved as he does, either. So, while Skylar's brain says settling down with a small-town horse trainer is impossible--her heart says she's right where she belongs. Still, her life as a celebrity haunts her. It has the power to pull she and West apart"--

Set sail for the breath-taking island of Jersey in this gorgeous, romantic series. Perfect for fans of Jessica Redland and Phillipa Ashley.Gabriel has returned to the island of Jersey after ten years abroad to help his aging showbiz parents revive their failing Art Deco hotel, The Encore.This proves to be something of a challenge, especially as his singer father and actress mother are more concerned with staying in the limelight than keeping track of the cash-flow. It looks like Gabriel isn't going anywhere fast.Meanwhile, he's stunned to find that the hotel's new receptionist is Daisy, the girl he fell in love with years earlier in Vietnam. But falling in love with someone who is tied to Jersey is the last thing he wants... isn't it?Previously published as A Jersey Bombshell.

"Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You", das neue Album von Bonnie Prince Billy, erscheint am 11. August 2023 bei Domino und ist ein Album, das so gemacht wurde, wie es gehört werden sollte, in einem Raum. Der Klang von Menschen, die zusammen sind, die miteinander spielen, kommunizieren. Streicher, Holz, Tasten und Stimmen singen. Das Album wurde in Louisville von Nick Roeder aufgenommen, mit Sara Louise Callaway an der Violine, Kendall Carter an den Tasten, Elisabeth Fuchsia an Bratsche und Violine, Dave Howard an der Mandoline, Drew Miller am Saxophon und Dane Waters' Stimme. Die 12 Songs umfassen ein breites Spektrum von Musik. Von der Klassik bis zum japanischen Acid-Folk und darüber hinaus. Und was vielleicht noch wichtiger ist: sie vermitteln ein Gefühl von Gemeinschaft, Zusammenhalt und dem Triumph des Vermächtnisses, das das Mark und das Herzblut dieser Musik ist. Formate: - CD im Digisleeve inklusive 8-seitigem Poster Booklet - Schwarze 140G Vinyl inklusive 1-seitigem Einleger (Insert) TRACKLIST: 01. Like It Or Not, 02. Behold! Beheld!, 03. Bananas, 04. Blood Of The Wine, 05. Sing Them Down Together, 06. Kentucky Is Water, 07. Willow, Pine & Oak, 08. Trees Of Hell, 09. Rise & Rule (She Was Born In Honolulu), 10. Queens Of Sorrow, 11. Crazy Blue Bells, 12. Good Morning, Popocatépetl

Sieben zu allem entschlossene City-Cowboys, elf bahnbrechende Longplayer und Millionen begeisterter Fans: In den vergangenen zwölf Jahren haben sich The BossHoss Stück für Stück als eine der erfolgreichsten deutschen Formationen an die absolute Spitze der europäischen Rock-Szene gearbeitet. 2017 blicken die Berliner Outlaws nun auf ihr Blut-, Schweiß- und Whiskey-getränktes Schaffen mit einer ganz besonderen Werkschau zurück: Denn nur das Beste ist The BossHoss für ihre treuen Fans nicht gut genug - mit "The Very Best Of Greatest Hits" erscheint nun die ultimative TBH-Highlight-Compilation Deluxe inklusive der brandneuen Single "Sing My Personal Song"!"The Very Best Of Greatest Hits" zeichnet die Entwicklung einer der erfolgreichsten, außergewöhnlichsten und eigenwilligsten deutschen Rockbands nach, die für ihren einzigartigen Country-Rock-Crossover und ihre schweißtreibenden High-Energy-Shows nicht nur in good ol Germany, sondern auch im Rest Europas, in England und Amerika bis hin nach Australien weltweite Anerkennung gefunden hat. Seit ihrer Gründung im Jahr 2005 kann die Gang um die beiden TBH-Masterminds Alec "Boss Burns" Völkel und Sascha "Hoss Power" Vollmer bisher auf insgesamt acht Alben in den deutschen Top 10, drei Gold und- sieben Platin-Schallplatten für fast zwei Millionen verkaufte Tonträger sowie international begehrte Auszeichnungen wie den ECHO oder den World Music Award zurückblicken. Pünktlich zum zehnjährigen Gruppenjubiläum enterten The BossHoss mit ihrem letzten Album, dem 2015 erschienenen "Dos Bros" erstmalig Platz 1 der deutschen und der österreichischen Longplay-Charts. "The Very Best Of Greatest Hits" vereint nun 22 Hit-Highlights aus zwölf turbulenten Jahren RocknRoll-Madness auf einer remasterten und um einen exklusiven Bonustrack ergänzten Sammlung: Angefangen bei der hart abgefeierten Debütsingle "Hey Ya!" vom 2005 releasten Erstling "Internashville Urban Hymns", über "Say A Little Prayer" und "Rodeo Radio" vom ein Jahr später veröffentlichten, gleichnamigen Zweitwerk, "Shake And Shout" vom 2007 erschienenen "Stallion Battalion", bis hin zu "Last Day (Do Or Die)" und "Break Free" vom 2009er Top 4-Album "Do Or Die". Die zweite Hälfte der "The Very Best Of Greatest Hits" setzt sich zusammen aus ausgewählten Tracks des Platin-veredelten 2011er Albums "Liberty Of Action" (u.a. die Top 8-Single "Don't Gimme That", "Live It Up", "Sex On Legs"), dem ebenfalls Platin-ausgezeichneten Top 2-Nachfolger "Flames Of Fame" ("Do It", "Bullpower") und den Hymnen des 2015er Nr. 1-Albums "Dos Bros" ("Dos Bros", "Jolene", "I Like It Like That"). Als besonderen Bonus für alle Fans veröffentlichen The BossHoss bereits am 29.04.2017 die exklusive Vorabsingle "Sing My Personal Song", mit der die Band ihre neue Gastgeberrolle in der 4. Staffel in "Sing meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert" feiert. "The Very Best Of Greatest Hits" erscheint als Standard-CD inkl. Bonustrack, als limitierte Super Deluxe Box inkl. Bonus-CD mit 12 Extra-Tracks mit Gästen wie Nena, Rea Garvey, Andreas Gaballier u.v.a. Zeitnah zum Release von "The Very Best Of Greatest Hits" sind The BossHoss ab 23.05.2017 als Gastgeber der 4. Staffel von "Sing meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert" (VOX, immer dienstags, 20:15 Uhr) zu sehen. Am 04.07.2017 werden The BossHoss ihre eigenen Songs präsentieren, gefolgt von einer informativen Banddokumentation. Bleibt nur noch zu sagen: Auf in die nächsten zwölf Jahre. Denn wie heißt es so schön im gleichnamigen Song: "A Cowboys work is never done!"

(Vocal Selections). Feel the Magic of Broadway at Your Fingertips The stage lights dim...the chandelier appears...the orchestra swells...and the unforgettable chords of "Overture" fill the air. Now, you can bring that magic home with Phantom of the Opera Souvenir Edition. Whether you're a vocalist in need of an audition piece, a piano player looking to recreate the show at home, or a Phantom aficionado, this folio is your backstage pass! Piano/Vocal Selections The selections in this folio are written in standard piano/vocal format with the melody in the piano part. It contains selected vocal highlights from the show with instrumental parts arranged for keyboard, making it ideal for singers looking for audition, recital, or performance pieces. Suitable for the intermediate player, this can also be used as a solo piano book. The Power of the Music That You Play Featuring full-color photos, this souvenir edition makes you feel like you're sitting in the audience of Broadway's longest-running show. Singers and pianists can now experience the anguish and mystery of The Phantom of the Opera in their own home. Containing 9 songs from the musical, you can delight in the gentle lullaby of "The Music of the Night" and feel the suspense within "The Point of No Return." Get your copy today and let the show begin!

The new production of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen launched in 1995 by the English National Opera (ENO) was received with great enthusiasm by both the public and musical press. Under the musical direction of Nicholas Kok, the English National Orchestra played a baroque music which was as crystal clear as it was expressively infectious. Next to outstanding performers of the dancing roles such as Puck (Simon Rice) and the Indian boy (Arthur Pita), an entire armada of excellent singers was summoned up such as one seldom experiences together on the baroque opera stage. These included Yvonne Kenny as Titania, Thomas Randle as Oberon and Richard Van Allan as King Theseus. Jonathan Best, with his comic portrayal of the drunken poet, was loved by the audience and praised highly by the press, while other singers like Michael Chance, Mary Hegarthy, Janis Kelly, Marc Le Brocq and Christopher Ross all contributed their talents to produce an unusual musical theatre experience, released on Blu-ray for the first time.

Üppiger Synth-Pop aus Oslo: "Graceland' feels like early Madonna sluiced through the Drive soundtrack, as if Chromatics had suddenly decided to remix Robyn." Clash Harking from East Oslo, Das Body are a four piece who make bombastic, multi-coloured and often dazzling synth pop that will make you want to move. Having finished up a few years in the studio refining their sound, Das Body are now fully prepared to make their colourful entrace - and make no mistake about it, they are here to be noticed. Their latest offering is an eclectic adventure through 80s synths and infectious rhythms that makes them stand out as a wholly exciting new prospect, drawing out the best parts of pop without making it overly saccharine in its delivery. From the sounds of things, it seems that Das Body have been partying at the same sweaty disco as Christine and The Queens, utilising a similar relentless groove and slap bass, where lead singer Ellie Linden's vocals twinkle with a delicious villainry, twisting and turning with a devillish smile. It's an enchanting concoction and ultimately makes "Boys" sound like it was tailor-made to be played at the dirtiest disco in town.

Free Play is about the inner sources of spontaneous creation. It is about why we create and what we learn when we do. It is about the flow of unhindered creative energy: the joy of making art in all its varied forms. An international bestseller and beloved classic, Free Play is an inspiring and provocative book, directed toward people in any field who want to contact, honor, and strengthen their own creative powers. It reveals how inspiration arises within us, how that inspiration may be blocked, derailed or obscured, and how finally it can be liberated how we can be liberated to speak or sing, write or paint, dance or play, with our own authentic voice. Stephen Nachmanovitch, a pioneer in free improvisation, integrates material from a wide variety of sources among the arts, sciences, and spiritual traditions of humanity, drawing on unusual quotes, amusing and illuminating anecdotes, and original metaphors. The whole enterprise of improvisation in life and art, of recovering free play and awakening creativity, is about being true to ourselves and our visions. Free Play brings us into direct, active contact with boundless creative energies that we may not even know we had.

Üppiger Synth-Pop aus Oslo: "Graceland' feels like early Madonna sluiced through the Drive soundtrack, as if Chromatics had suddenly decided to remix Robyn." Clash Harking from East Oslo, Das Body are a four piece who make bombastic, multi-coloured and often dazzling synth pop that will make you want to move. Having finished up a few years in the studio refining their sound, Das Body are now fully prepared to make their colourful entrace - and make no mistake about it, they are here to be noticed. Their latest offering is an eclectic adventure through 80s synths and infectious rhythms that makes them stand out as a wholly exciting new prospect, drawing out the best parts of pop without making it overly saccharine in its delivery. From the sounds of things, it seems that Das Body have been partying at the same sweaty disco as Christine and The Queens, utilising a similar relentless groove and slap bass, where lead singer Ellie Linden's vocals twinkle with a delicious villainry, twisting and turning with a devillish smile. It's an enchanting concoction and ultimately makes "Boys" sound like it was tailor-made to be played at the dirtiest disco in town.

The new production of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen launched in 1995 by the English National Opera (ENO) was received with great enthusiasm by both the public and musical press. Under the musical direction of Nicholas Kok, the English National Orchestra played a baroque music which was as crystal clear as it was expressively infectious. Next to outstanding performers of the dancing roles such as Puck (Simon Rice) and the Indian boy (Arthur Pita), an entire armada of excellent singers was summoned up such as one seldom experiences together on the baroque opera stage. These included Yvonne Kenny as Titania, Thomas Randle as Oberon and Richard Van Allan as King Theseus. Jonathan Best, with his comic portrayal of the drunken poet, was loved by the audience and praised highly by the press, while other singers like Michael Chance, Mary Hegarthy, Janis Kelly, Marc Le Brocq and Christopher Ross all contributed their talents to produce an unusual musical theatre experience, released on Blu-ray for the first time.

This collection (for High Voice), an essential publication for any singer of art song, contains the most famous song cycles Die Schöne Müllerin op. 25 D795, Winterreise op. 89 D911 and Schwanengesang D957 as well as 34 other songs. This famous edition, beloved of singers across the world, was edited by Max Friedlaender, who based it on a thorough examination of the sources both published and manuscript. Includes a removable 8-page booklet with English translations of the introduction and literal English translations of all the songs. Lieder, Band 1 (Hohe Stimme) Mit Franz Schubert verbindet man normalerweise einen in der Romantik angesiedelten Kunstliedkomponisten. Zu Recht, denn Schubert hat in seinen gerade einmal 31 Lebensjahren hunderte Gedichte von zahlreichen Autoren vertont.Um die Originalversion von Schuberts Drucken wiederherzustellen, hat sich der Herausgeber Max Friedlaender durch ein Dickicht an fehlerhaften oder absichtlich veränderten Versionen geschlagen und mithilfe der Handschriften aus verschiedensten Archiven eine möglichst originalgetreue Ausgabe geschaffen.Diese Sammlung beinhaltet die bekannteste Liederzyklen Die Schöne Müllerin op. 25 D795, Winterreise op. 89 D911 und Schwanengesang D957 sowie 34 weitere Lieder und ist für hohe Stimme gesetzt.