Carlos Santana: Love, Devotion, Surrender: The Illustrated Story of His Music Journey will be available this spring
Insight Editions will release Carlos Santana: Love, Devotion, Surrender: The Illustrated Story of His Music Journey on May 27th. The deluxe hardcover book will features never-before-seen and rare photography and ephemera from Santana’s archive, documenting more than 50 years of his one-of-a-kind artistry, and his impact on the world of music.
Santana has been an influential musician since his start in 1965. With numerous awards, including nearly a dozen Grammy Awards, a Kennedy Center Honor, and his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, Santana has cemented his name in rock and roll history.
Now, fans can follow the Latin rocker through his musical journey with this oversized, slip-cased, deluxe retrospective book, featuring never-before-seen pieces from his personal archives such as rare backstage and onstage photography, tour memorabilia, personal art and correspondence, awards, and more.
In addition to the pieces from Santana’s personal archives, this extraordinary volume also features a foldout of his favorite guitars from his vast collection, facsimiles of his most important albums, an in-depth illustrated discography, and a complete catalogue of every Santana performance from 1968 to 2025. Jeff Tamarkin’s illuminating text is accompanied by new interviews with key figures from Santana’s life, including producer Clive Davis, original band members Gregg Rollie, Michael Shrieve, and Michael Carabello, collaborators such as Rob Thomas, Narada Michael Walden, and John McLaughlin, as well as wife and current Santana drummer Cindy Blackman Santana. With an introduction by the longtime friend and collaborator, the legendary Taj Mahal, and insights from Santana himself, Carlos Santana: Love, Devotion, Surrender is a collection as rare and unique as the music Santana creates, and one that fans will treasure.
Insight is also pleased to announce a deluxe and limited collector’s edition of the book, with each edition signed by Carlos Santana– due out summer 2025.
For more than five decades – from Santana’s earliest days as a groundbreaking Afro-Latin-blues-rock fusion outfit in San Francisco – Carlos Santana has been the visionary force behind artistry that transcends musical genres and generational, cultural, and geographical boundaries. To date, Santana has won ten Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, with a record-tying nine Grammy Awards for a single project for 1999’s Supernatural (including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for “Smooth”). He has received the Billboard Century Award (1996), was ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1998), received the Billboard Latin Music Awards’ Lifetime Achievement honor (2009), and was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors Award (2013).
In 2024, he celebrated the 25th anniversary of his groundbreaking album Supernatural. Santana’s most recent release, “Let The Guitar Play” featuring Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, follows on the heels of his powerful, energy-infused Blessings and Miracles from 2021 that features collaborations with Rob Thomas, Chris Stapleton, Steve Winwood, and many others. The epic feature documentary Carlos, produced by Sony Music Entertainment and Imagine Documentaries, is a celebration of Carlos Santana’s life and career. It had its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival and is now available to stream worldwide. Santana has been in residency in Las Vegas for over 15 years and will continue to perform at House of Blues Las Vegas, where he recently celebrated his tenth anniversary in the intimate venue.
