Revolution

From Joanna, Teen Book Reviewer author: Donnelly, Jennifer Revolution Revolution is a story about a troubled girl named Andi Alpers. She suffers from depression after her brother was killed by a schizophrenic, blaming herself for his death. She stops trying in school, causing her grades to plummet. Her one saving grace is music. Andi plays [...]

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Musical Mysteries: From Mozart to John Lennon

From Edna Susman author: Borowitz, Albert Musical Mysteries: From Mozart to John Lennon Author Albert Borowitz, a graduate of Harvard and a true crime historian, presents us with a fascinating interplay between crime and music.  The book is divided into two parts: the first explores eight famous crimes and crime legends including the alleged killing [...]

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Just Kids

From Ellen Druda author: Smith, Patti  Just Kids Patti Smith’s evocative memoir recounts her early days in New York City and her relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe. This National Book Award winning work is an accessible, easy read, yet full of imagery that stirs the imagination.  From her childhood in New Jersey, we follow her [...]

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YouTube in Music Education

From Edna Susman author: Rudolph, Thomas YouTube in Music Education This is a must for all music teachers, as well as anyone interested in learning more about the practical uses of YouTube.  A small book that packs a lot of information in its 241 pages such as: a brief history of YouTube, why YouTube works [...]

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Harp dreams : inside the USA international harp competition

From Edna Susman Harp dreams : inside the USA international harp competition. Most classical music buffs are aware of the major international music competitions. There’s the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in the USA, the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Russia and the Paganini International Competition in Genoa among many others. How many of us have [...]

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SENTIR (sound recording)

From Edna Susman author: Levy, Yasmin SENTIR (sound recording) With this, her fifth album, Israeli singer/songwriter, Yasmin Levy, presents songs in her beautiful voice from the Ladino/Judeo-Spanish heritage, mixed with Andolucian Flamenco. The recording itself is clear and very well produced with enjoyable backround musicians on various instruments such as the guitar, bass, bouzouki, ney, [...]

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Man With the Golden Flute: Sir James, a Celtic Minstrel

From Edna Susman author: Galway, James Man With the Golden Flute: Sir James, a Celtic Minstrel Considered to be the most televised and recorded classical artist performing today, James Galway, to commemorate his 70th birthday, has shared with us his experiences as a very young child in a poor working-class neighborhood to his current world-renowned [...]

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A Visit from the Goon Squad

From Rosemarie Jerome author: Egan, Jennifer A Visit from the Goon Squad This is the story of Bennie Salazar a record executive/former punk rocker and his neurotic young assistant Sasha.  It recaps their lives and the lives that have crossed their paths throughout  the years.  This kaleidoscope of dreams, successes, failures, despair and disillusionment captures [...]

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Golden Reads reviews

From Andrea Payne: Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, by  Steve Harvey This book was filled with practical and modern advice for single women in dating relationships from a male perspective.  I found the information to be helpful and useful.  I appreciate that the author not only outlines questions that a woman should [...]

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