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Bolden, Tonya Bono Fearnley, James Gallagher, Rory. Jobling, John O'Connor, SinaeadSummary: An exploration of Sinead O'Connor's rise and fall and her enduring cultural impact. By the age of 20, O'Connor was one of Ireland's brightest rising stars but her decision to use her fame as a platform to speak out on several controversial issues shifted her narrative from global stardom to worldwide condemnation. In a new interview, O'Connor reveals the abusive upbringing that left her feeling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC NOTBono
Summary: "Bono, artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2, has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced, and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. 'When I started to write this book, I was hoping to draw in detail what I'd previously only sketched in songs. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BONO BONCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B BONO BONCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio BonoJobling, John
Summary: "John Jobling takes readers beyond the myth in this unauthorized biography to present the first comprehensive account of the illustrious Irish rockers in 25 years. Drawing on extensive interviews with insiders including record label scouts, studio presidents, politicians, music critics, and childhood friends, Jobling investigates the U2's most personal relationships and controversial business...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.7 JOBO'Connor, Sinaead
Summary: "From the acclaimed, controversial singer-songwriter Sinaead O'Connor comes a revelatory memoir of her fraught childhood, musical triumphs, struggles with illness, and of the enduring power of song"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 O'CONNOR, SINAEAD O'COFearnley, James
Summary: Tells the story of the Pogues from their time as a successful Irish folk band to their more trying days, when lead singer Shane MacGowan's struggles with alcohol and addiction forced the other band members to take drastic measures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Independent Pub Group 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 FEAGallagher, Rory.
Summary: Rory Gallagher's life and career are followed from his upbringing in Cork, his early days with a show band, the brief success of Taste, and then his legendary solo career leading up to his health problems in later life, and tragic death at the age of just 47. Also included are 'The Beat Club Sessions' that shows what Gallagher was really all about, namely a magnificent live performer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eagle Vision 2010
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC GHOBolden, Tonya
Summary: "Before there was Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Johnny Cash, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The godmother of rock & roll started as a little girl from Arkansas with music in her air, in her hair, in her bones, wiggling her toes. With a big guitar in hand and a big voice in her soul, she grew into a rock & roll trailblazer in a time when women were rarely seen rocking out."--Front...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023