Download or read book To Anyone Who Ever Asks written by Howard Fishman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mysterious true story of Connie Converse—a mid-century New York City songwriter, singer, and composer whose haunting music never found broad recognition—and one writer’s quest to understand her life This is the mesmerizing story of an enigmatic life. When musician and New Yorker contributor Howard Fishman first heard Connie Converse’s voice on a recording, he was convinced she could not be real. Her recordings were too good not to know, and too out of place for the 1950s to make sense—a singer who seemed to bridge the gap between traditional Americana (country, blues, folk, jazz, and gospel), the Great American Songbook, and the singer-songwriter movement that exploded a decade later with Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell. And then there was the bizarre legend about Connie Converse that had become the prevailing narrative of her life: that in 1974, at the age of fifty, she simply drove off one day and was never heard from again. Could this have been true? Who was Connie Converse, really? Supported by a dozen years of research, travel to everywhere she lived, and hundreds of extensive interviews, Fishman approaches Converse’s story as both a fan and a journalist, and expertly weaves a narrative of her life and music, and of how it has come to speak to him as both an artist and a person. Ultimately, he places her in the canon as a significant outsider artist, a missing link between a now old-fashioned kind of American music and the reflective, complex, arresting music that transformed the 1960s and music forever. But this is also a story of deeply secretive New England traditions, of a woman who fiercely strove for independence and success when the odds were against her; a story that includes suicide, mental illness, statistics, siblings, oil paintings, acoustic guitars, cross-country road trips, 1950s Greenwich Village, an America marching into the Cold War, questions about sexuality, and visionary, forward thinking about race, class, and conflict. It’s a story and subject that is by turn hopeful, inspiring, melancholy, and chilling.
Download or read book Slow Down written by Nichole Nordeman and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The days are long, but the years are short. No matter if it’s your child’s first step, first day of school, or first night tucked away in a new dorm room away from home, there comes a moment when you realize just how quickly the years are flying by. Christian music artist Nichole Nordeman’s profound lyrics in her viral hit “Slow Down” struck a chord with moms everywhere, and now this beautiful four-color book will inspire you to celebrate the everyday moments of motherhood. Filled with thought-provoking writings from Nichole, as well as guest writings from friends including Shauna Niequist and Jen Hatmaker, practical tips, and journaling space for reflection, Slow Down will be a poignant gift for any mom, as well as a treasured keepsake. Take a few moments to reflect and celebrate the privilege of being a parent and getting to watch your little ones grow—and Slow Down. Nichole Nordeman has sold more than 1 million albums as a Christian music artist and has won 9 GMA Dove Awards, including two awards for Female Vocalist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year. Nichole released a lyric video for her song “Slow Down,” and it struck a chord with parents everywhere, amassing 14 million views in its first five days. She lives in Oklahoma with her two children.
Download or read book Echo and Reverb written by Peter Doyle and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Echo and Reverb is the first history of acoustically imagined space in popular music recording. The book documents how acoustic effects--reverberation, room ambience, and echo--have been used in recordings since the 1920s to create virtual sonic architectures and landscapes. Author Peter Doyle traces the development of these acoustically-created worlds from the ancient Greek myth of Echo and Narcissus to the dramatic acoustic architectures of the medieval cathedral, the grand concert halls of the 19th century, and those created by the humble parlor phonograph of the early 20th century, and finally, the revolutionary age of rock 'n' roll. Citing recordings ranging from Gene Austin's 'My Blue Heaven' to Elvis Presley's 'Mystery Train,' Doyle illustrates how non-musical sound constructs, with all their rich and contradictory baggage, became a central feature of recorded music. The book traces various imagined worlds created with synthetic echo and reverb--the heroic landscapes of the cowboy west, the twilight shores of south sea islands, the uncanny alleys of dark cityscapes, the weird mindspaces of horror movies, the private and collective spaces of teen experience, and the funky juke-joints of the mind.
Download or read book The Complete Angler Edited by Edward Jesse Esq To which are Added Papers by Henry G Bohn written by Izaak Walton and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Odyssey in Paradise written by Byron Lehman and published by Byron Lehman. This book was released on 2024-02-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich Larsen sails from the coast of Chile and into the islands of the Southseas. He is confronted with danger and adventure. He overcomes thieves, pirates, Soviet agents, and his own fears.
Download or read book Truth written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memory and Heaven written by Christopher Howell and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an ease about Howell's ability to slip out into the amazing and return to the reader, smoking. It is as if the poem were the iridescent overflow of a profoundly abundant imagination. --Tim Barnes. Tangled, fertile, obsessed with time, elegiac, comic, shifty, and always sharply, freshly observant, each syllable carries on a running battle with those who would reduce life to mock-turtle simulations and virtual realities, and each word is stroked on the loom of gratitude for the power of the imagination we are given. --Bill Tremblay.
Download or read book Making Callaloo written by Charles H. Rowell and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-01-12 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poetry and fiction by African-American authors who have been previously published in the literary journal "Callaloo."
Download or read book The Gray Ghost Murders written by Keith McCafferty and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cold Hearted River, the sixth in the series, is now available. “Truly wonderful. . . . A mystery that unfolds with grace and humor against a setting of stunning beauty and danger.” —Nevada Barr, New York Times bestselling author of the Anna Pigeon Mysteries The Gray Ghost Murders is the second novel in the acclaimed Sean Stranahan mystery series Fourteen months after moving to Montana, fly fisherman, painter, and sometime private detective Sean Stranahan is still sleeping in his office-cum-art-studio, but he's no longer a newcomer. He now knows the rivers and has a new sweetheart, Martinique. And when the bear-ravaged remains of two men are found on Sphinx Mountain, Sheriff Martha Ettinger once more turns to Stranahan for help in solving what smells like murder. Meanwhile, he's also been hired by a group of eccentric fishermen to find their valuable, and possibly stolen, Gray Ghost fly. Could the theft be connected to the gray ghosts haunting the mountain? To find out, Stranahan will cross paths, and arms, with some of the most powerful people in the Madison Valley.
Download or read book The Vermonter written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Too Blue to Fly written by Judith Richards and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Wally McManus suffers the loss of his mother to cancer, he must move in with his estranged father. Arriving in Belle Glade, Florida, he immediately confronts the stark realities of his new situation: an alcoholic father living with an African American woman at the edge of town, a ramshackle house with no modern conveniences, an African American half-brother who calls him "Precious" and the prospect of indefinite neglect and ridicule.
Download or read book 6 Chord Songbook Hits Collection written by Wise Publications and published by Wise Publications. This book was released on 2005-02-07 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 6-Chord Songbook: Hits Collection allows the beginner guitarist to build a repertoire of acoustic songs without having to remember reams of obscure chords: Just six will do! Artists such as David Bowie, Dolly Parton and The Beatles are all presented with these special arrangements, making this the perfect way to play your favourite songs, build your confidence, practice your rhythm and start performing. Songlist: - (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame [Elvis Presley] - A Girl Like You [Edwyn Collins] - All Along The Watchtower [The Jimi Hendrix Experience] - Big Sur [The Thrills] - Both Sides, Now [Joni Mitchell] - Boys Don't Cry [The Cure] - Brimful Of Asha [Cornershop] - Caroline [Status Quo] - Common People [Pulp] - Complicated [Avril Lavigne] - Don't Panic [Coldplay] - Driftwood [Travis] - Fairytale Of New York [The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl] - Father And Son [Cat Stevens] - Fight Test [The Flaming Lips] - Girl From Mars [Ash] - Girl From The North Country [Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash] - 'Heroes' [David Bowie] - I Feel Fine [The Beatles] - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry [Hank Williams] - In My Place [Coldplay] - Jolene [Dolly Parton] - Just Like A Pill [Pink] - Knockin' On Heaven's Door [Bob Dylan] - Last Christmas [Wham!] - Love Is Strange [Everly Brothers] - Love Me Do [The Beatles] - Mad World [Tears For Fears] - Massachusetts [The Bee Gees] - Mr Tambourine Man [The Byrds] - Ms. Jackson [The Vines] - Not Fade Away [The Rolling Stones] - Redemption Song [Bob Marley] - Ring Of Fire [Johnny Cash] - Run [Snow Patrol] - Sail Away [David Gray] - She Sells Sanctuary [The Cult] - Songbird [Oasis] - Staying Out For The Summer [Dodgy] - Step On My Old Size Nines [Stereophonics] - Sweetest Thing [U2] - Take It Easy [The Eagles] - Talihina Sky [Kings Of Leon] - That's Entertainment [The Jam] - The Boxer [Simon & Garfunkel] - The Universal [Blur] - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out [Smiths, The] - Two Princes [Spin Doctors] - Walk Of Life [Dire Straits] - Waterloo [ABBA] - What's Up [4 Non Blondes] - Wonderful Tonight [Eric Clapton] - You Can Call Me Al [Paul Simon] - You're Still The One [Shania Twain]
Download or read book Cry Lonesome and Other Accounts of the Anthropologist s Project written by Miles Richardson and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1990-09-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike the literary tradition of ethnographic fiction that attempts to bridge the gap between the world of the Western reader and the world of the exotic other of distant places, the fiction presented here focuses on the bridge itself. Richardson documents the emergence of the anthropologist's life in the context of the culture of the American South.
Download or read book Montana Blue written by Genell Dellin and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cost of avenging the death of his sister was ten years in prison, but Blue Bowman willingly paid the price. Now he has one more score to settle: destroying the wealthy Montana rancher who abandoned his mother and shattered his family—his father, Gordon Campbell. Strange luck lands him a job at the massive Campbell spread—and Blue finds himself back in the saddle gentling horses, especially one wild, magnificent roan whose tortured soul mirrors his own. And the quiet strength and beauty of veterinarian Andie Lee Hart, a single mother with a troubled teenaged son, almost lets him forget the past. Soon Blue will have to make a choice…but will it be to satisfy the demons inside him, or trust his life to the power of love?
