Olson, Elsie
Summary: This biography highlights the life and accomplishments of Taylor Swift. Readers learn about Swift's early life, her award-winning success in both country and pop music, and her philanthropic work. Features include a timeline, glossary, fun facts, online resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB SWIFT OLSTerp, Gail
Summary: Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. One of the most popular contemporary female recording artists, she is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which has received much media attention.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rabbit Books 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE TERDunn, Dinah
Summary: "Read 10 stories of musical women who brought the songs you love to life"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rebel Girls, Inc. 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 920 DUNRobinson, Lisa
Summary: "From the effects of fame on family and vice versa to motherhood and drugs, sex, and romance, Lisa Robinson has discussed every taboo topic with nearly every significant living female artist to pass through the pages of Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. Here, her interviews with and observations of fabulous female pop and rock stars, from Tina Turner and Alanis Morrissette to Rihanna, show how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.64 ROBRoberts, Sheila
Summary: "Bonnie Brinks and her all-woman band, The Mermaids, are the pride of Moonlight Harbor. They're the house band at The Drunken Sailor, and that's just the right amount of fame for Bonnie. A lifetime ago, she went to Nashville to make it big, but she returned home with a broken heart and broken dreams. Now she's got a comfortable life and a brilliant daughter, Avril, who plays for The Mermaids...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2023
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBHarris, Anstey
Summary: Jojo Moyes meets Eleanor Oliphant in Goodbye, Paris , an utterly charming novel that proves that sometimes you have to break your heart to make it whole. Grace once had the beginnings of a promising musical career, but she hasn't been able to play her cello publicly since a traumatic event at music college years ago. Since then, she's built a quiet life for herself in her small English village,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARHauck, Rachel
Summary: "When Summer's music career crumbles, she returns to the place where secrets, wounds, and fears destroyed her closest friendships. It will take a reckoning with her past and the friends she lost to help her gain the closure she needs to move forward"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAUChang, Sophia.
Summary: "Sophia Chang is a badass of the music industry. As the daughter of Korean immigrants in predominantly white suburban Vancouver, she grew up shunning the "model minority" myth. Armed with a fierce sense of independence, she moved to New York City and infiltrated the world of hip-hop, yet remained mostly in the shadows of the artists she supported. With her debut memoir, Sophia Chang is finally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHANG, SOPHIA CHAHindman, Jessica Chiccehitto
Summary: When aspiring violinist Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman lands a job with a professional ensemble in New York City, she imagines she has achieved her lifelong dream. But the ensemble proves to be a sham. When the group "performs," the microphones are never on. Instead, the music blares from a CD. The mastermind behind this scheme is a peculiar and mysterious figure known as The Composer, who is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio HindmanSummary: Turning the Tables, launched in 2017, has revolutionized recognition of female artists, whether it be in best album lists or in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This volume brings this impressive reshaping to the page and includes material from more than fifty years of NPR's coverage plus newly commissioned work. A must-have for music fans, songwriters, feminist historians, and those interested...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The advent of electronic music in the 20th century was a radical break from all musical traditions that came before it. Narrated by legendary multimedia artist Laurie Anderson, Lisa Rovner's superb Sisters with Transistors showcases the music of and rare interviews with female electronic pioneers Clara Rockmore, Delia Derbyshire, Daphne Oram, Éliane Radigue, Maryanne Amacher, Bebe Barron,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023