Yaffe, David
Summary: "Joni Mitchell may be the most influential female recording artist and composer of the late twentieth century. In Reckless Daughter, the music critic David Yaffe tells the remarkable, heart-wrenching story of how the blond girl with the guitar became a superstar of folk music in the 1960s, a key figure in the Laurel Canyon music scene of the 1970s, and the songwriter who spoke resonantly to,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MITCHELL, JONI YAFLeibovitz, Liel.
Summary: A look not only at the inner man but also at the environments that shaped Leonard Cohen, from the rock scene of New York in the 1960s to the remote Zen monastery where Cohen spent years later in life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W W Norton & Co Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COHEN, LEONARD LEIJennings, Nicholas
Summary: Lightfoot takes us deep inside the artist’s world, from his idyllic childhood in Orillia, the wild sixties, and his canoe trips into Canada’s North to his heady times atop the music world. Author Nicholas Jennings explores the toll that success took on his personal life—including his troubled relationships, his battle with alcohol and his near-death experiences—and the extraordinary drive and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LIGHTFOOT, GORDON JENCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio LightfootSimmons, Sylvie.
Summary: Exploring the many facets of Cohen's life, an intimate portrait of the influential songwriter draws upon his private archives and interviews with many of his closest associates, colleagues, and other artists whose work he has inspired.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COHEN, LEONARD SIMFriedman, Matti
Summary: The little-known story of Leonard Cohen’s concert tour to the front lines of the Yom Kippur War, including never-before-seen selections from an unfinished manuscript by Cohen and rare photographs. In October 1973, the poet and singer Leonard Cohen—thirty-nine years old, famous, unhappy, and at a creative dead end—traveled from his home on the Greek island of Hydra to the chaos and bloodshed of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COHEN, LEONARD FRISummary: From small-town Canadian boy to international superstar Justin Bieber started a You Tube craze fueled by his baby-faced good looks and impressive musical talent. After signing to Usher's record label, "Bieber Fever" was just getting started.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EntertainME Group, Inc. 2013
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Summary: A man with swing and swag, he's the Jazz star of the 21st century. Meet the real Michael Buble from where it all began to the star and family man we all know and love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Entertain Me Europe 2014
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Lanois, Daniel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Faber and Faber 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.64092 LANQuin, Tegan
Summary: High School is the revelatory and unique coming-of-age story of Sara and Tegan Quin, identical twins from Calgary, Alberta, who grew up at the height of grunge and rave culture in the nineties, well before they became the celebrated musicians and global LGBTQ icons we know today. While grappling with their identity and sexuality, often alone, they also faced academic meltdown, their parents'...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019