An intensely beautiful, profound and poetic biography of the formative years of the dark prince of rock 'n' roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave's creation story, a portrait of the artist first as a boy, then as a young man. A deeply insightful work which charts his family, friends, influences, milieu and, most of all, his music, it reveals how Nick Cave shaped himself into the extraordinary artist he would become.A powerful account of a singular, uncompromising artist, Boy ...

Zwischen Cohen und Lolita: die frühen Jahre des Nick Cave Er ist der Grandseigneur der Alternative-Szene und genießt den Respekt, wie man ihn in der Musikwelt zuvor wohl allenfalls Leonard Cohen entgegenbrachte: Nick Cave begann seine Karriere Anfang der Achtzigerjahre als skandalumwitterter Junkie-Poet, der seine provozierenden Texte zu einem eklektischen Mix aus Blues, Punk und Avantgarde herausschrie. Seine Lieder handelten von Grenzerfahrungen und Verbrechen aus Leidenschaft, vor allem...

Via Us is a collection of poems exploring the impact of COVID-19 on an individual and the society he exists in. The meaning and nature of love, in particular relation to parenthood and connections to one's children, is vital to the work. Questions of mortality are inevitably raised; reflections coloured by the virus as awareness of its presence grows. The writing struggles with isolation, but is also ecstatic with this same energy - connecting it to our era and its strangely separ...

A brilliant and soulful biography of one of today's most acclaimed singer-songwriters, Nick Cave.An intensely beautiful, profound and poetic biography of the formative years of the dark prince of rock 'n' roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave's creation story, a portrait of the artist first as a boy, then as a young man. A deeply insightful work which charts his family, friends, influences, milieu and, most of all, his music, it reveals how Nick Cave shaped himself into the extraordinary a...

Zwischen Cohen und Lolita: die frühen Jahre des Nick Cave Er ist der Grandseigneur der Alternative-Szene und genießt den Respekt, wie man ihn in der Musikwelt zuvor wohl allenfalls Leonard Cohen entgegenbrachte: Nick Cave begann seine Karriere Anfang der Achtzigerjahre als skandalumwitterter Junkie-Poet, der seine provozierenden Texte zu einem eklektischen Mix aus Blues, Punk und Avantgarde herausschrie. Seine Lieder handelten von Grenzerfahrungen und Verbrechen aus Leidenschaft, vor allem...

A beautiful and moving memoir about passion, creativity and fearlessness from one of Australia's true creatives, singer/songwriter Lo Carmen, inspired by the lives and careers of other remarkable Australian women - such as Renee Geyer, Chrissy Amphlett, Robyn Archer and Wendy Saddington.'If you don't know Lo, you don't know sh*t. This is the best music book of the year, a dream-like celebration of women and song. A triumph.' Noah Taylor*'*