Great Singer Songwriters Male

Not every singer can write a song - not every songwriter can sing...This stunning collection celebrates 22 of the greatest female artists who have combined the skills of song craft and performance to dazzling effect. Thelast fifty years of pop music has seen folk singers rock icons sultry soloists and punk revolutionaries all prove that nothing is more important than the right song sung by the right personality - and this hand picked selectionfeatures those that are the best of both worlds.Whether you love the searching satire of Patti Smith the sweet soul tones of Aretha Franklin the mystical introspection of Tori Amos or Joni Mitchell's thought-provokingstory-telling this songbook has them all arranged for Piano Voice and Guitar.

15 Hits to strum & sing-English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran first gained recognition in 2011 when his EP 'No 5. Collaborations Project' caught the attention of Elton John and Jamie Foxx.His debut album '+' was released in 2011 and featured the hit singles Lego House and The A Team which won an Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. '+' enjoyed great success with sales of over 102 000 copies within a week of its release.In 2012 Sheeran gained two Brit awards - for Best British Male Solo Artist and Best Breakthrough Act.His second album X was released in 2014 and was well-received reaching no.1 in both the UK and US album charts.Thiscollection for the Ukulele contains 15 of Ed Sheeran's hottest hits in accessible arrangements to strum and sing.

Start playing with Alex Bach and follow in the footsteps of great female guitarists such as Avril Lavigne Brodi Dalle Courtney Love Sheryl Crow Crissy Hynde and KT Tunstall. Here’s everything you need to start playing theguitar. This guitar method covers every topic from first strumming and playing position to playing complete songs. It’s your chance to learn how to play and find out if you’ve got what it takes to become a talented guitaristand singer/songwriter. Acoustic or electric either type is catered for but the style and the look are your own. This book shows you how! Author Alex Bach gives fast-track access to chords scales strumming patterns andfinger-picking style. You even get your own backing band the DVD has professional backing tracks that let you experience the excitement of perforoming onstage with a group. Also included is exclusive FREE access to The RockHouse Method’s support system on the web at www.rockhousemethod.com

Smart Blonde: Dolly Parton is a comprehensive and revealing biography which includes interviews with family members, musicians and producers who have worked with Dolly over the years. This new and fully updated edition includes a detailed section on the superstar's legendary performance at 2014's Glastonbury Festival.This book is a detailed assessment of her music as a singer and songwriter over the last forty years, and author Stephen Miller discusses how she shrugged aside the male-dominated world of Nashville in the early 1960s to take hold of her career, sell millions of albums and appear in films with Jane Fonda, Burt Reynolds and Sylvester Stallone.Smart Blonde: Dolly Parton throws new light on her private life - her mysterious and closely guarded relationship with her husband Carl Dean, and her lifelong friend Judy Ogle as well as her seeming love of cosmetic surgery. This is the story of an artist and performer who is deadly serious about music but is often seen as frivolous about her image. The updated version of this Dolly Parton biography includes details of her Glastonbury 2014 performance, the cherry on the cake of her illustrious career. Finding new fans and putting on a characteristically entertaining show for old ones, the UK tour led to her most recent album being her biggest-selling album in the UK ever.This incredible detailed Dolly Parton biography is a must for all fans, old and new, of this jewel in country music's crown. Boasting an authoritative account of her ongoing career, this is the only biography on the legendary lady, the queen of country, the philanthropist and perfect performer.Stephen Miller practised as a solicitor until the early Nineties when he retired in order to pursue other interests, notably American country music. For six years he reviewed albums, books and concerts and interviewed a variety of artists for a weekly country music show on commercial radio station Scot FM. He is also the author of Johnny Cash: The Life on an American Idol, also published by Omnibus Press.If you've bought the biography and been inspired by Parton's incredible songwriting, why not learn some of her Greatest Hits with our Dolly Parton sheet music. / Livre