(Doubleday, 1988) Any book review on my part is meant to be ambitious because I often keep this quote in mind: “It is easy to criticize”. By my lines, I wish to encourage reading and show that the book in question deserves the attention of readers. However, this will to give my impressions can also […]
In 1996, the promotion of the HIStory album was in full swing for our greatest pleasure. In addition to the videos, Michael Jackson was performing on television during ceremonies as if to announce his upcoming tour, not to mention the concert in Brunei. My desire to investigate this period is still present, and so I […]
As an author connected to the world of Michael Jackson, Adrian Grant’s name is bound to be a role model. Through his magazines, books and events, he has contributed enormously to the King of Pop’s fans around the world, to the point that his work was praised and recognized by Michael Jackson himself. So I […]
The Tambu album was Toto’s first studio album after the death of their drummer Jeff Porcaro. So I wanted to talk about this important turning point in the band’s discography in the mid-90s. Elliot Scheiner, producer and sound engineer of this record, was the ideal witness to evoke this subject, not without exchanging on his […]
In 1987, I discovered Michael Jackson with the Bad album. It is easy therefore to figure out the personal bond that I have with this record. More generally speaking, it marked the last collaboration between MJ and Quincy Jones (following both the Off The Wall and the Thriller albums) which makes the topic all the […]
(AEP Publishing – 2020) Any book project related to Michael Jackson can spark my interest and by this statement I will have the opportunity to express all the nuances and subtleties of a subject that is dear to me. In my work as an author, I have tried to stay focused on the artist’s music […]
(Delatour France – 2020) Isabelle Petitjean is definitely very involved in the Jackson community and confirms it with her new book “Michael Jackson – Il était une voix”. After a first book published in 2015 and entitled “La culture pop au panthéon des Beaux-Arts, Dangerous, de Mark Ryden à Michael Jackson”, the author confirms the […]
(Harper Collins, 2019) At last, I am holding the object in my hands and at this moment, I want to take my time to appreciate it, slowly turning the pages. This new book by Christophe Boulmé must be fully appreciated, as it is the result of an important part of his experience, with its text […]
It was with great emotion that I learned of the death of Bruce Swedien. This sound engineer worked so much in the history of music, especially with Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones, that he was an integral part of my passion for them, to the point that I could never separate him from them. It […]
Queen : The Studio Experience, Montreux Montreux, August 2018 The city of Montreux is a place that I really like but up to then, I had only enjoyed it during its famous Jazz festival in July. The atmosphere would seem different when visiting the Swiss city in August, but this was the context […]