Books

The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock ‘N’ Roll by Ian S. Port (Scribner, $37)

“They must have amused each other – so similar were they, yet so different. If not for their overlapping fascination with amplification and musical instruments, they might not have become friends.” -from The Birth of Loud by Ian S. Port (page 34) For my fourteenth birthday my father drove me to a music store on […]

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Rumours of Glory by Bruce Cockburn with Greg King (HarperCollins, $34.99)

By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “No matter how lightly you travel, your baggage always comes with you…We can’t deny our own stories, no matter where we are.” -Bruce Cockburn Musician, singer, songwriter, activist, humanitarian, 13-time Juno winner and Officer of the Order of Canada; Bruce Cockburn has led a busy and fascinating life, having […]