Voices

Copyright © 2017 by Nicholas Coleman

First published in 2018 by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage. Vintage is part of the Penguin Random House group of companies.

First Counterpoint hardcover edition: 2018

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Coleman, Nick, 1960– author.

Title: Voices : how a great singer can change your life / Nick Coleman.

Description: First Counterpoint hardcover edition. | Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint Press, 2018. | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018002256 | ISBN 9781640091153

Subjects: LCSH: Popular music—History and criticism.

Classification: LCC ML3470 .C6236 2018 | DDC 782.42164/117—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018002256

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Book design by Jordan Koluch

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