Moving Music

The Memoirs of Rikki Stein

Rikki Stein (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

310 Seiten

2024
Wordville (Verlag)
978-1-7391030-9-5 (ISBN)

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Renowned music manager, Rikki Stein, has spent nearly six decades moving musicians around the world, and this book recounts a lifetime of adventure on the road. Always in the right place at the right time, Rikki was part of the great countercultural moments of the last century, from Woodstock and the Vietnam War Moratorium March to the launch Glastonbury Festival.

Throughout this extraordinary time, Rikki has toured some of the world's most iconic musicians and groups, from The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Kinks, The Animals, The Yardbirds,The Moody Blues, Grateful Dead to managing the Nigerian superstar, Fela Kuti and many other iconic artists.

Full of extraordinary, sometimes hilarious, stories of life on the road, this memoir recounts the joys, frustrations and surprises of juggling logistics, local politics and the whims of his creative clients to deliver true, life-enhancing moments of moving music.

Renowned music manager, Rikki Stein, has spent nearly six decades in the entertainment industry. He has been employed by record companies as a producer in both France and the United States, and has arranged and presented concerts and tours for countless distinguished artists, performing at prestigious venues throughout the world. Rikki has toured the following bands around the world: The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Animals, The Zombies, The Moody Blues, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Thomas Mapfumo, Gregory Isaacs, Jimmy James and The Vagabonds, Ginger Baker, Tony Allen, The Who, Grateful Dead, Tu-Face Indibia, Rachid Taha and Segun Adewale. Rikki has managed The Master Musicians of Joujouka (Morocco), The Pan African Orchestra (Ghana), Les Nubians (French-Cameroon), Keziah Jones (Nigeria), Andy Summers (USA), Les Ballets Africains, National Dance Company of the Republic of Guinea, L’Ensemble Symphonique Traditionnel (Guinea), Fela Kuti (Nigeria) and Femi Anikulapo Kuti (Nigeria). Rikki is the CEO of Kalakuta Sunrise Ltd, a holding company for Knitting Factory Records and Partisan Records, featuring such artists as IDLES, Fontaines DC, Laura Marling, PJ Harvey, Cigarettes After Sex, and the entire catalogue of Fela Kuti which he continues to administer. This includes luxury vinyl boxsets, each curated by celebrated artists, Questlove, Ginger Baker, Brian Eno, Erykah Badu, Chris Martin and Idris Elba.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.05.2024
Zusatzinfo	black and white photography; 25 Illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	3556 x 5486 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	1-7391030-9-2 / 1739103092
ISBN-13	978-1-7391030-9-5 / 9781739103095
Zustand	Neuware