Naked at the Albert Hall: The Inside Story of Singing - Rilegato

Thorn, Tracey

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0349005265 ISBN 13: 9780349005263

Casa editrice: Virago, 2015

Riassunto

In her bestselling autobiography Bedsit Disco Queen, Tracey Thorn recalled the highs and lows of a thirty-year career in pop music. But with the touring, recording and extraordinary anecdotes, there wasn't time for an in-depth look at what she actually did for all those years: sing. She sang with warmth and emotional honesty, sometimes while battling acute stage-fright.

Part memoir, part wide-ranging exploration of the art, mechanics and spellbinding power of singing, Naked at the Albert Hall takes in Dusty Springfield, Dennis Potter and George Eliot; Auto-tune, the microphone and stage presence; The Streets and The X Factor. Including interviews with fellow artists such as Alison Moyet, Romy Madley-Croft and Green Gartside of Scritti Politti, and portraits of singers in fiction as well as Tracey's real-life experiences, it offers a unique, witty and sharply observed insider's perspective on the exhilarating joy and occasional heartache of singing.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

Smart, chatty . . . [Thorn is] a sufficiently deft writer to negotiate the populist and the high-brow . . . a thought-provoking and enjoyable read (Mail on Sunday)

Honest and compassionate (Sunday Telegraph)

If you care at all about pop music you should read both [Naked at the Albert Hall and Bedsit Disco Queen] (Sunday Herald)

Revelatory, always entertaining . . . a genuine insider's perspective . . . Thirty years of consideration went into this quietly impressive volume, and it shows (Independent)

A writer in fine voice . . . [a] cracker of a book (Scotsman)

Thorn is the perfect analyst of our reverence for and terror of singing . . .Thorn's practical, warm tone gives her a Miss Marple-like ability to appear kindly while holding mistruths up to account . . . She is best, though, as a sympathetic guide to the singers she loves (Daily Telegraph)

Tracey's characterful phrasing is as persuasive on page as it is on record (Grazia)

Gem-like confessions that make it feel like a proper discussion. I loved it (Nina Stibbe Telegraph)

A thoughtful and sensitive study of singing and her very English struggle with the embarrassment (Telegraph)

A subtle, suggestive book about performance (Keith Miller Times Literary Supplement)

Descrizione del libro:

Tracey Thorn, musician and author of the bestselling autobiography Bedsit Disco Queen, offers a unique insider's take on the art of singing: why and how we sing, and the voice's power to captivate

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Virago
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0349005265
• ISBN 13: 9780349005263
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 256