Alleluia. Mysticism and religions in rock
Alberto Manzano
Dome Books | 2021
California, years 60. Although religiosity in music goes back a long way with the gospel or the blues, The movement hippie promotes mysticism in the youth and rock stars of the moment. In the years immediately following, many musicians sought inspiration in Christianity., judaism, the islam, Hinduism or Buddhism, which are the pillars on which it focuses Alleluia, starring illustrious stars such as George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens o Leonard Cohen, without forgetting other names like Patti Smith, Nico o Van Morrison. A very interesting study to understand the influence of religion on rock music with the signature of the historian and music journalist Alberto Manzano.
Hotel california. Cokehead singer-songwriters and cowboys in Laurel Canyon
Barney Hoskyns
Contra | 2021
It is impossible to deny the attraction of a title and a neon cover like that of Hotel california, as succulent as its interior pages. Traveling to the American West Coast in the 1970s 70 and locating the narrative in Laurel Canyon, journalist Barney Hoskyns' new work unleashes a story of chaos, madness and debauchery with a mix of personal relationships, drugs and songs. Centered between 1967 y 1976, Brial Wilson walks through its pages, Neil Young, Johnny Mitchell, The Birds o The Eagles, among countless other famous musicians who also walked through a neighborhood marked in red on the maps of rock and history lovers..
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LUIS PRADO
The emotional tsunami
2021 | Hall of Fame
The emotional tsunami It is the second solo work of the Valencian composer Luis Pardo, who delights with his melodies on the piano, his acidic lyrics and infinite arrangements and instruments performed entirely by him. An album of luxurious eminently pop compositions.
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THE NEW RAEMON, DAVID CORDERO AND MARC CLOS
To those born later
BMG Spain | 2021
The New Raemon does not come alone on his new album, To those born later. Written in six hands and composed in full confinement, The Catalan musician Ramón Rodríguez arrives very well accompanied in an album of ten beautiful and exciting cuts that, with some unease, they talk about hope and desires.
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PALE WAVES
Who am I?
Dirty Hit | 2021
With Heather's very personal voice and the powerful instrumentation that surrounds her eight new songs, the British Pale Waves return with Who am I?, a second album with tremendously addictive choruses and a powerful nineties image.
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