'The only Lou Reed bio you need to read' The Washington PostOne of Pitchfork's ten best music books of 2023 | A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2023'A monumental work filled with first-person accounts of the master's life and a dizzying array of never-before heard details' Michael Imperioli, author of The Perfume Burned His EyesThe m...

“The only Lou Reed bio you need to read.” —The Washington Post**A Rolling Stone best music book of 2023 | One of Pitchfork’s ten best music books of 2023 | A Variety best music book of the year | A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2023“There have been many biographies of Lou Reed, but Will Hermes has written the definitive life . . . He has brought to the assignment a sharp eye, a clear hea...

In deze biografie duikt muziekjournalist Will Hermes in het leven van de in 2013 overleden Lou Reed. De New Yorker werd bekend als zanger van The Velvet Underground, maar ook als soloartiest was hij succesvol. Met zijn poëtische liedteksten steeg Reed tot grote hoogten, maar ware erkenning kreeg hij niet. Reed hield de pers daarom op afstand. In Lou Reed – De koning van New York schetst Hermes een persoonlijk portret van de zanger die zich losmaakte van gender en geaardheid. Het resultaat ...

Lou Reed foi coroado «O Rei de Nova Iorque» por David Bowie, quando o britânico festejou os seus cinquenta anos em palco e teve o norte-americano como convidado especial. Tantas vezes apregoada, a admiração de Bowie por Reed é apenas um sintoma da influência decisiva do autor de «Sweet Jane» e «Walk on The Wild Side» em muita da melhor música das últimas cinco décadas. Sem Lou Reed e os Velvet Underground, o punk e a música dita alternativa ou independente não teriam tido os mesmos contorn...

Love Goes to Buildings on Fire by Will Hermes - Five Years in New York that Changed Music Forever'A must-read for any music fan' (Boston Globe)Crime was everywhere, the government was broke and the city's infrastructure was collapsing, but between 1974 and 1978 virtually all forms of music were being recreated in New York City: disco and salsa, the loft jazz scene and the Minimalist classical composers, hip hop and punk.Bruce Springsteen and Patti ...

O mais completo e impactante relato sobre uma das personalidades mais influentes do rock, Lou Reed: O Rei de Nova York entrelaça a vida pública e pessoal do ousado artista que mudou a história da música.Em Lou Reed: O Rei de Nova York, o crítico de música Will Hermes oferece ao público uma narrativa detalhada que cobre desde os acontecimentos mais importantes até fatos menos conhecidos da vida do artista responsável por unir referências do pop com...

A vivid, dramatic account of how half a dozen kinds of modern music--punk rock, art rock, disco, salsa, rap, minimalist classical--emerged in new forms and cross-pollinated all at once in the middle seventies in NYC.Punk rock and hip-hop. Disco and salsa. The loft jazz scene and the downtown composers known as Minimalists. In the mid-1970s, New York City was a laboratory where all the major styles of modern music were reinvented—block by block, by musicians who knew...

**This program is read by the author."There have been many biographies of Lou Reed, but Will Hermes has written the definitive life . . . He has brought to the assignment a sharp eye, a clear head, a lucid prose style, and a determination to let Lou be Lou, without judgment." —Lucy Sante, author of Low Life**The most complete and penetrating biography of the rock master, whose stature grows every year.Since his death ten years ago, Lou Reed...

Punk rock and hip-hop, disco and salsa, the loft jazz scene and the downtown composers known as Minimalists—in the mid-1970s, New York City was a laboratory where all the major styles of modern music were reinvented, all at once, from one block to the next, by musicians who knew, admired, and borrowed from one another. Crime was everywhere, the government was broke, and the city’s infrastructure was collapsing; but rent was cheap, and the possibilities for musical exploration were limitles...

Nei suoi settant'anni di vita, e cinquanta di carriera, Lou Reed ha attraversato innumerevoli fasi contribuendo, con venticinque dischi, una serie di libri, collaborazioni cinematografiche e spettacoli teatrali, a trasformare il rock in una forma d'arte compiutamente adulta. Dagli esordi come paroliere all'incontro con Andy Warhol e alla nascita dei Velvet Underground; dall'amicizia-rivalità con David Bowie alle sperimentazioni dei secondi anni Settanta, in piena era punk, fino ai grandi a...

Seit einem traumatischen Unfall kann Willow der freien Natur nicht mehr viel abgewinnen. Aber ausgerechnet sie wird von ihrem Chef für einen Fotoauftrag in die Adirondack Mountains geschickt, genauer gesagt: nach Berryfield. Die Griffin-Brüder erklären sich bereit, ihr die Gegend zu zeigen, aber die Aufgabe bleibt an Samuel hängen. Der findet die quirlige Willow etwas anstrengend und oberflächlich, aber bei jedem gemeinsamen Streifzug durch die Gegend merkt er, dass sein erster Eindruck ih...

Als Nova beschließt, ihr Studium abzubrechen und Work & Travel in den USA zu machen, freut sie sich auf eine aufregende Zeit - aber als Erstes landet sie ausgerechnet in der Kleinstadt Berryfield. Sie merkt jedoch schnell, dass der Ort mehr zu bieten hat, als sie dachte, was vor allem am charmanten Kletterlehrer Hudson liegt, der ihr die abenteuerliche Seite von Berryfield zeigt. Nova leidet unter Höhenangst, beschließt aber, dass sie die endlich überwinden will. Dabei unterstützt Hudson s...