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Creative ability Comic books, strips, etc Folk music Musicians Musiciennes traditionnelles Romans, nouvelles, etc Rock groups Comic books, strips, etc Rock musicians Rock musicians Comic books, strips, etc Réalisation de soi chez la femme Romans, nouvelles, etc Songs Fiction United StatesSummary: Chronicles the life of Pete Seeger, the American singer/songwriter, who was a leader of the mid-20th century American folk music revival and wrote some of its best known songs. Also looks at his work as a labor and political activist and his experiences of being picketed, blacklisted, and banned from commercial television. Features archival footage and interviews with his family, including wife...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Live Nation Worldwide 2007
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2 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC PETSummary: An exploration of the career, music, and influence of legendary Canadian musical icon Gordon Lightfoot. With unprecedented access to the artist, the documentary follows Lightfoot's evolution from Christian choirboy to troubled troubadour to international star and beloved Canadian icon.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC GORSmiley, Jane
Summary: "Before Jodie Rattler became a star, she was a girl growing up in St. Louis. One day in 1955, when she was just six years old, her Uncle Drew took her to the racetrack, where she got lucky -- and that roll of two-dollar bills she won has never since left her side. Jodie thrived in the warmth of her extended family, and then -- through a combination of hard work and serendipity -- started a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMI1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: FIC SMICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMICopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction SmileySummary: "The music presented on the CD was selected from hundreds of hours of Florida Folk Festival performances and field recordings spanning 25 years, from 1977-2002."--container insert.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Florida Dept. of State, Div. of Library and Information Services 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES WHESummary: Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, this documentary is a raw and intimate portrait of the legendary folk singer and activist that shifts back and forth through time as it follows Joan on her final tour and delves into her extraordinary archive, including newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, therapy tapes, and audio recordings. Baez is remarkably revealing...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC JOAHuffman, Eddie
Summary: In "John Prine," Eddie Huffman traces the long arc of Prine's musical career, beginning with his early, seemingly effortless successes, which led paradoxically not to stardom but to a rich and varied career writing songs that other people have made famous. He recounts the stories, many of them humorous, behind Prine's best-known songs and discusses all of Prine's albums as he explores the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Texas Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PRINE, JOHN HUFMitchell, Joni.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MITCHELL, JONI MITSmiley, Jane
Summary: One day in 1955, when she was just six years old, her uncle Drew took her to the racetrack, where she got lucky-and that roll of two-dollar bills she won has never since left her side. Jodie thrived in the warmth of her extended family, and then-through a combination of hard work and serendipity-she started a singing career, which catapulted her from St. Louis to New York City, from the English...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2024
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC SMISmiley, Jane
Summary: Jodie Rattler thrived in the warmth of her extended family, and then, through a combination of hard work and serendipity, she started a singing career. Jodie comes of age in recording studios, backstage, and on tour, and she tries to hold her own in the wake of Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and Joni Mitchell. Yet it feels like something is missing. Could it be true love? Or is that not...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: CD FIC SMICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC SMIClement, Jemaine
Summary: A folk music/comedy duo from New Zealand try to make it big in New York City.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FLIWilentz, Sean.
Summary: One of America's finest historians shows us how one of the country's greatest and most enduring artists still surprises and moves us after all these years. Growing up in Greenwich Village, Sean Wilentz discovered the music of Bob Dylan as a young teenager; almost half a century later, he revisits Dylan's work with the skills of an eminent American historian as well as the passion of a fan....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DYLAN, BOB WILSummary: Blues and folk singer Karen Dalton was a prominent figure in 1960s New York. Idolized by Bob Dylan and Nick Cave, Karen discarded the traditional trappings of success and led an unconventional life until her early death. Since most images of Karen have been lost or destroyed, the film uses Karen₂s dulcet melodies and interviews with loved ones to build a rich portrait of this singular woman and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC KARPrincess Chelsea
Contents: 1. When the world turns grey -- 2. Is it all OK? -- 3. No church on Sunday -- 4. Too many people -- 5. We are very happy -- 6. We were meant 2 B -- 7. Winston crying on the bathroom floor -- 8. We are strangers -- 9. We're so lost -- 10. All the stars.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PRIBaez, Joan
Summary: Chronicles the fifty-year career of singer and activist Baez with interviews and previously unseen performances.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Razor & Tie 2009
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC JOAGilbert, Vance.
Contents: Boy on a train (2:58) -- Dragonfly wings (4:35) -- No one can love you like Mary (3:58) -- Old white men (4:28) -- King of the rails (3:03) -- Helpless Man (3:25) -- New Year's Day at the Lion Head's Hotel -- hourly rates (3:39) -- You should be here (4:49) -- Go (3:51) -- Come here my love (3:35) -- The Brakeman's Son (4:03) -- My bad (3:38).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK GILPrine, John.
Summary: Several of indie music's most inventive artists and songwriters come together to pay homage to one of America's most acclaimed folk musicians, John Prine, who has been cutting great records since the early 1970s.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Oh Boy Records 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BROBuchanan, Raeghan
Summary: Delve into the largely overlooked footprint that Black punks have on the underground music scene in a new archival publication brought to you by Raeghan Buchanan and Silver Sprocket.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Sprocket 2024
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Summary: Baez performs the modern folk songs of contemporary musicians, such as Tom Waits, Josh Ritter, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Anohni.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Razor & Tie 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK BAETucker-Sullivan, Lori
Summary: "The stories of rock musicians who die young are the thing of lore and legend. Accidents, drug overdoses, plane crashes-all have taken the lives of male rock stars still in their primes. But what became of their widowed brides? How did they survive a loss so great? What is it like to have to share your grief with millions of strangers? And where are these widows today?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Backbeat Books 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 TUCFink, Orenda
Summary: "From indie musician Orenda Fink, a memoir of a tumultuous childhood growing up with a mother who may have borderline personality disorder. Orenda Fink was raised by a darkly charismatic mother who insisted that they were both MAGIC. In The Witch's Daughter, Orenda chronicles her years spent navigating this ominous power, alongside her mother's substance abuse and hyper-controlling, often...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2024
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Summary: "In the stunning conclusion to the #1 internationally bestselling Elements of Cadence duology that began with A River Enchanted, A Fire Endless finds the tenuous balance between the human and faery realm threatened by Bane, the spirit of the North Wind, whose defeat may require Jack, Adaira, Torin, and Sidra to pay the ultimate price. East and West. Humans and Spirits. Breccans and Tamerlaines....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROSKizu, Natsuki
Summary: "Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the music--and to each other--always brings them back together again... Uenoyama realizes he's in love with Mafuyu...
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Publisher / Publication Date: SuBLime Manga 2020
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 GIVHawkins, Rachel
Summary: "When Chess suggests a girls' trip to Italy, Emily jumps at the chance. Villa Aestas in Orvieto is a high-end holiday home now, but in 1974, it was known as Villa Rosato and rented by rock star Noel Gordon. In an attempt to reignite his creative spark, Noel invites up-and-coming musician, Pierce Sheldon to join him, as well as Pierce's girlfriend, Mari, and her stepsister, Lara. A chain of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2024