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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Pop Music Technology and Creativity Trevor Horn
Book SynopsisThis highly original and accessible book draws on the authorâs personal experience as a musician, producer and teacher of popular music to discuss the ways in which audio technology and musical creativity in pop music are inextricably bound together. This relationship, the book argues, is exemplified by the work of Trevor Horn, who is widely acknowledged as the most important, innovative and successful British pop record producer of the early 1980s. In the first part of the book, Timothy Warner presents a definition of pop as distinct from rock music, and goes on to consider the ways technological developments, such as the transition from analogue to digital, transform working practices and, as a result, impact on the creative process of producing pop. Part two analyses seven influential recordings produced by Trevor Horn between 1979 and 1985: 'Video Killed the Radio Star' (The Buggles), 'Buffalo Gals' (Malcolm McClaren),'Owner of a Lonely Heart' (Yes), 'Relax' (Frankie Goes to Hollywood), 'Slave to the Rhythm' (Grace Jones), and albums by The Art of Noise and Propaganda. These records reveal how the creative use of technology in the modern pop recording studio has informed Hornâs work, a theme that is then explored in an extensive interview with Horn himself.Trade Review'Highly recommended.' Choice 'The book contains many insights concerning the work of Horn... a transcription of Warner's interview with Horn, opens up a lot of information on the creative processes of Trevor Horn in the studio.' Organised SoundTable of ContentsOne: Pop Music; 1: Characteristics of Pop Music; 2: The Production of Pop Music; Two: Technology and Creativity; 3: ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ by The Buggles; 4: ‘Buffalo Gals’ by Malcolm McLaren; 5: ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’ by Yes; 6: ‘Relax’ by Frankie Goes to Hollywood; 7: Who’s Afraid of The Art of Noise?; 8: ‘Jewel’, ‘Duel’ and ‘Jewelled’ by Propaganda; 9: Slave to the Rhythm by Grace Jones
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Taylor & Francis The Gei of Geisha Music Identity and Meaning
Book SynopsisThe Japanese geisha is an international icon, known almost universally as a symbol of traditional Japan. Numerous books exist on the topic, yet this is the first to focus on the 'gei' of geisha - the art that constitutes their title (gei translates as fine art, sha refers to person). Kelly M. Foreman brings together ethnomusicological field research, including studying and performing the shamisen among geisha in Tokyo, with historical research. The book elaborates how musical art is an essential part of the identity of the Japanese geisha rather than a secondary feature, and locates current practice within a tradition of two and half centuries. The book opens by deconstructing the idea of 'geisha' as it functions in Western societies in order to understand why gei has been, and continues to be, neglected in geisha studies. Subsequent chapters detail the myriad musical genres and traditions with which geisha have been involved during their artistic history, as well as their position wiTrade Review’This is the first book to focus on the art (gei) of the geisha and to position musical skills at the center of geisha life and identity ... Much of the material about geisha repertoire and history is not readily available in English. The final chapter is especially engaging. Summing Up: Recommended.’ Choice ’... this book is an insightful read, both informative and entertaining, bringing to life an area of Japanese society that continues to be steeped in myth and intrigue.’ Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies ’In this well-crafted book, Kelly M. Foreman takes on the pervasive conception of Japanese geisha as exploited erotic entertainers, and argues that the center of their professional lives is their dedication to traditional Japanese performing arts. ... The Gei of Geisha should attract those interested in the social phenomenon of female performing arts, as well as those interested in the arts themselves.’ International Journal of Asian Studies ’The Gei of Geisha is a beautiful and much needed work that fits nicely into Japanese musical studies. Scholars and everyday readers alike would gain a new perspective on geisha from this book and, ultimately, because of Foreman’s convincing detail, on what truly makes a geisha an artist - her gei (art).’ Ethnomusicology Forum 'This book is essential for anyone considering the scholarly study of geisha from an ethnomusicological or an anthropological perspective.' EthnomusicologyTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Introduction; Repertoire and training; Geisha performances and how they are constructed; Geisha and traditional arts society; Entertainer vs. artist: patronage and the negotiation of identity; Understanding geisha and gei: eroticism through ambiguity; Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Genesis and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Book SynopsisIn 1974 the British progressive rock group Genesis released their double concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. The story was described by Genesis''s then front-man Peter Gabriel as a ''moral fable'' about Rael, a half-Puerto-Rican New York City street tough who is engulfed by a solid cloud into a series of strange adventures in a metaphysical realm. The album is a surreal allegory drawing its material from religious, literary and psychological themes. More than thirty years after its release, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway still enthralls listeners, earning the distinction of being Genesis''s most consistently selling back-catalogue release. Kevin Holm-Hudson analyses The Lamb within the context of Genesis''s recorded output, within the progressive rock genre as a whole, and within the context of social and political changes of the mid 1970s. The Lamb marked a conscious shift in their story setting to America, and for the first time the songs were oriented to the present ratheTrade Review'With Genesis and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Kevin Holm-Hudson makes a significant contribution to progressive rock scholarship. His discussion of the progressive rock concert as theater is valuable and overdue, and his examination of The Lamb Lies Down in Broadway in the context of the cultural and economic currents of the 1970s is illuminating. His Jungian reading of the album's mythic storyline offers plausible interpretations of some of its more obscure episodes, and his discussion of its religious symbolism, its allusions to American pop culture, and its use of unifying musical elements is similarly enlightening. This is a book that no Peter Gabriel-era Genesis fan will want to be without.' Edward Macan, Author, Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture and Endless Enigma: A Musical Biography of Emerson, Lake and Palmer 'Genesis And The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is a scholarly publication [and] is therefore a more demanding read than [other] book[s]. If you take up the challenge you will discover many new aspects about Genesis' concept album and perhaps see some songs and lyrics in a different light. Perhaps the biggest attraction of this musical gem is that you will keep finding intriguing new facets on this diamond - particularly when the very light of its own origin shines on it. ' Genesis-News.comTable of ContentsContents: Introduction:'This is the story of Rael'; 'It's the last great adventure left to mankind': situating The Lamb: 'There's something solid forming in the air': recording The Lamb; 'Counting out time': The Lamb, song by song; 'The Lamb seems right out of place': in the press and on tour; 'it': interpreting The Lamb; 'And the light dies down on Broadway': Genesis and Gabriel after The Lamb and The Lamb after Genesis; Appendix: 'Once again the stage is set for you': The Lamb tour itinerary; Bibliography: 'searching printed word'; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Wax Trash and Vinyl Treasures Record Collecting
Book SynopsisThe term 'record collecting' is shorthand for a variety of related practices. Foremost is the collection of sound recordings in various formats - although often with a marked preference for vinyl - by individuals, and it is this dimension of record collecting that is the focus of this book. Record collecting, and the public stereotypes associated with it, is frequently linked primarily with rock and pop music. Roy Shuker focuses on these broad styles, but also includes other genres and their collectors, notably jazz, blues, exotica and 'ethnic' music. Accordingly, the study examines the history of record collecting; profiles collectors and the collecting process; considers categories - especially music genres - and types of record collecting and outlines and discusses the infrastructure within which collecting operates. Shuker situates this discussion within the broader literature on collecting, along with issues of cultural consumption, social identity and 'the construction of self'Trade Review'While the cultural analysis of popular music has been routinely consumed by consumption, few have taken the time to research how we acquire what we listen to and why some of us engage in that process compulsively. What might seem like an undirected act of ceaseless acquisition, record collecting can be, as Shuker illustrates, a process of self-definition, critical analysis and canon formation. Wax Trash and Vinyl Treasures: Record Collecting as a Social Practice is a readable, informative and insightful consideration of the social dimensions of commerce and the sometimes complicated ambitions of those record fanatics who might shop 'til they drop or their eardrums suffer damage.' David Sanjek, University of Salford, UK 'In Wax Trash and Vinyl Treasures: Record Collecting as a Social Practice, Roy Shuker captures both the passion and the precision that makes record collecting the enduring global phenomenon, community, and business it is. From his detailed history of various forms of collecting to his engaging case studies of contemporary collectors, Shuker's book is sure to engage the reader as much as would a day rummaging through a city block of used record stores!' Russell Reising, The University of Toledo, USA ’... In this long-overdue study...Roy Shuker...expertly develops a historical overview that explores changes in format and shifts in canon, and the impact these have on issues of taste, economic and cultural capital, and collecting practices.’ Times Higher Education ’This book is a fascinating social study of people like us. ... Wax Trash is a compelling look at the male (and sometimes female) obsession with rotating discs.’ 4 Stars, Record CollectorTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; The 78 era: creating a collecting constituency; The contemporary collector: beyond the High Fidelity stereotype; Formats, collectors, and the music industry; Taste, the canon, and the collectable; Collecting practices; Record collecting and the music press; Collector profiles; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
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Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Elton John at 75
Book SynopsisElton John celebrates the rock icon's incredible career and art in a beautifully produced retrospective examining key achievements and life events.
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Cream Clapton Bruce Baker Sitting on Top of the
Book SynopsisA definitive account of Cream at their peak during their two-month run at the Fillmore Auditorium and Winterland in San Francisco!
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Beatles in America
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Hal Leonard Corporation Texas Flood
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Hal Leonard Corporation Jazz Bass Includes Online Access Code
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Hal Leonard Corporation Reggae Bass
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Scarecrow Press The Broadway Musical
Book SynopsisTo see a Broadway musical is to experience how a drama, using melody, harmony, and rhythm, evokes the emotion needed to perpetuate a story line. Without music, many of these plays would not succeed, failing to convey the intended message. This new edition of Swain''s classic text, winner of the 1991 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, reveals how a musical drama achieves plot movement, character development and conflict through strategic placement of song and music in 20 musical plays. Unlike critical literature that has simply explored theatrical style and production histories, this survey focuses mainly on the power of music. Illustrated with more than 150 musical excerpts and essays, Swain includes the latest research and viewpoints of contemporary critics, offering insight into dramatic expression and how renowned composers including Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Jerry Bock, Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber influenced the Broadway musical. This provides insights into the many impresTrade ReviewSwain's valuable survey contains a great deal of perceptive musical and dramatic criticism and analysis. -- Geoffrey Block, Author of Enchanted Evenings: The Broadway Musical from Show Boat to SondheimSwain's study should convince even the sceptic that the musical can be seriously and usefully analysed….an essential book for those concerned with drama, song and popular arts. * Popular Music *Swain's study should convince even the skeptic that the musical can be seriously and usefully analysed...an essential book for those concerned with drama, song, and popular arts....Swain has not only advanced the critical analysis of the Broadway musical, but has developed techniques that will enable the great composers of musicals to be given appropriate critical recognition. * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface to the First Edition Chapter 2 Preface to the Second Edition Chapter 3 1 Introduction Chapter 4 2 First Maturity Chapter 5 3 America's Folk Opera Chapter 6 4 Second Maturity Chapter 7 5 Morality Play as Musical Chapter 8 6 Shakespeare as Musical Chapter 9 7 The Pure Love Story Chapter 10 8 Myth as Musical Chapter 11 9 Tragedy as Musical Chapter 12 10 The Ethnic Musical Chapter 13 11 Religious Experience as Musical Chapter 14 12 History as Musical Chapter 15 13 Frame Story as Musical Chapter 16 14 Thriller as Musical Chapter 17 15 Epic as Musical Chapter 18 16 Epilogue Chapter 19 Endnotes Chapter 20 Index Chapter 21 About the Author
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Taylor & Francis Pop Music Production
Book SynopsisPop Music Production delves into academic depths around the culture, the business, the songwriting, and most importantly, the pop music production process. Phil Harding balances autobiographical discussion of events and relationships with academic analysis to offer poignant points on the value of pure popular music, particularly in relation to BoyBands and how creative pop production and songwriting teams function.Included here are practical resources, such as recording studio equipment lists, producer business deal examples and a 12-step mixing technique, where Harding expands upon previously released material to explain how âStay Another Dayâ by East 17 changed his approach to mixing forever. However, it is important to note that Harding almost downplays his involvement in his career. At no point is he center stage; he humbly discusses his position within the greater scheme of events. Pop Music Production offers cutting-edge analysis of a genre rarely afforded academic attention.This book is aimed at lecturers and students in the subject fields of Music Production, Audio Engineering, Music Technology, Popular Songwriting Studies and Popular Music Culture. It is suitable for all levels of study from FE students through to PhD researchers. Pop Music Production is also designed as a follow-up to Hardingâs first book PWL from the Factory Floor (2010, Cherry Red Books), a memoir of his time working with 1980s pop production and songwriting powerhouse, Stock Aitken Waterman, at PWL Studios.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTIONMETHODOLOGY: RESEARCH AND INTERVIEW QUESTIONSCHAPTER 1: BoyBands & Pop Music CultureCHAPTER 2: The Business of Pop Music ProductionCHAPTER 3: Pop Music Production CreativityCHAPTER 4: Pop Music SongwritingCHAPTER 5: Pop Production RecordingCHAPTER 6: Pop Music MixingCHAPTER 7: Pop Record ExamplesCHAPTER 8: Conclusions & TheoriesAPPENDICESAPPENDIX 1 – Technology for Pop Music Production
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The University of Alabama Press The Blues Muse Race Gender and Musical Celebrity
Book SynopsisFocuses on five key blues musicians and singers - Gertrude ""Ma"" Rainey, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, and Lead Belly - and traces the ways in which these artists and their personas have been invoked and developed throughout American poetry.Trade ReviewWriting from a feminist, multicultural perspective, Rutter builds on a wealth of literary studies about jazz and poetry, work by the likes of Sascha Feinstein, David Yaffe, and Emily Lordi. . . . Rutter focuses on blues masters and how they have inspired poets, starting in the Harlem Renaissance and continuing through the Black Arts movement into the present day. . . . Though rooted in popular culture, this treatment is complex as it considers gender, race, ‘musical celebrity,’ and the aesthetics of song and poetry."—CHOICE“The Blues Muse is an impressively informative, exceptionally detailed, scholarly study that spans nearly one hundred years of literary and musical history ranging from the New Negro Renaissance to the present. . . . Rutter’s expert analysis is clear, compelling, and rich in critical assessments of these writers’ portraits of the musical artists, attending to their strategies and oversights."—Library Bookwatch, Midwest Book Review"An impressively researched and lucidly written analysis of nearly one hundred years of American poetry inspired by Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Lead Belly, and Robert Johnson—those ‘blues muses’ whose complex lives, art, personae, and historiographies have made them especially rich and persistent subjects for white and black American poets alike."—Emily J. Lordi, author of Black Resonance: Iconic Women Singers and African American Literature and Donny Hathaway’s Donny Hathaway Live"The Blues Museis an interesting and valuable work which will be of particular interest to those teaching American poetry with an emphasis on its connections with African American vernacular musical traditions."—Erich Nunn, author of Sounding the Color Line: Music and Race in the Southern ImaginationTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Blues Muse Tradition 1. “Don’t Like My Ocean, Don’t Fish in My Sea”: Blues Muses, Racial Uplift, and Queer Camaraderie 2. “Never Was a White Man Had the Blues”: Blues Icons and Black Power 3. “I Ain’t Gonna Marry, Ain’t Gonna Settle Down”: Blues Women and Intersectionality 4. “Blues Falling Down Like Hail”: Blues Men and the Second-Wave Blues Revival 5. “It’s Gonna Carry Me through This World”: The Post-Soul Blues Muse Coda. Repetition with a Difference: BeyoncÉ Knowles-Carter as Muse Notes Bibliography Index
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Wesleyan University Press Living Space
Book SynopsisExamines John Coltrane''s late period and Miles Davis''s Lost Quintet through the prisms of digital architecture and experimental photographyLiving Space: John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Free Jazz, from Analog to Digital fuses biography and style history in order to illuminate the music of two jazz icons, while drawing on the discourses of photography and digital architecture to fashion musical insights that may not be available through the traditional language of jazz analysis. The book follows the controversial trajectories of two jazz legends, emerging from the 1959 album Kind of Blue. Coltrane''s odyssey through what became known as free jazz brought stylistic (r)evolution and chaos in equal measure. Davis''s spearheading of jazz-rock fusion opened a door through which jazz''s ongoing dialogue with the popular tradition could be regenerated, engaging both high and low ideas of creativity, community, and commerce. Includes 42 illustrations.
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McNidder & Grace Bob Dylan in London Troubadour Tales
Book Synopsis'A must have for Dylan enthusiasts, lovers of London, and anyone with even a passing interest in the history of music. I devoured it in two sittings - and I loved it!' Conor McPherson, playwright, Girl from the North CountryTrade Review'Meticulously researched and packed with delicious detail, this highly enjoyable book reveals both Bob Dylan and London in all of their compelling originality. With wry observation and entertaining incident, this is the story of Dylan's earliest visits to London as an unknown folk singer, crashing in friends' bedsits, right through to his sell-out concerts at the Royal Albert Hall and Earls Court.' Conor McPherson, playwright, Girl from the North Country
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Rock Pop 2018 Keyboards
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Rock Pop 2018 Keyboards
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Rock Pop 2018 Vocals
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Beatles Greatest Hits for Harmonica
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Bazillion Points Sheriff McCoy
Book SynopsisOfficial candid biography of legendary Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy McCoy.
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Sher Music Co ,U.S. The Jazz Saxophone Book
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Sher Music Co ,U.S. Decoding AfroCuban Jazz
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Cambridge University Press Original Pirate Material
Book SynopsisWith his debut album Original Pirate Material (2002), Mike Skinner, who recorded under the name The Streets, combined the world of UK dance music with US hip-hop. OPM is the result of the so-called ''bedroom producer'', hybridizing previous forms into something novel. This Element explores a number of themes in this album: white masculinity, the everyday, technology, sampling, hybridity, the Black Atlantic, and US-UK transatlantic relations. It examines the exoticism of Englishness from a US perspective as well as within the wider context of Anglo-American cross influence in post-WWII popular music. Twenty years since the album''s release, this element provides an investigation of the album''s content and reception, as an important case study of (postcolonial) hybridity and (English, male) identity.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Women Music and Leadership
Book SynopsisWomen, Music and Leadership offers a wide-ranging survey of women in musical leadership and their experiences, highlighting women's achievements and considering how they negotiate the challenges of the leadership space in music.Women have always participated in music as performers, teachers, composers and professionals, but remain underrepresented in leadership positions. Covering women's leadership across a wide variety of roles and musical genres, this book addresses women in classical music, gospel, blues, jazz, popular music, electronic music and non-Western musical contexts, and considers women working as composers, as conductors, and in music management and the music business. Each chapter includes several case studies of women's careers, exploring their groundbreaking contributions to music and the challenges they faced as leaders.Connecting management theory and leadership research with feminist musicology, this book paints a new picture of women's majTable of Contents1. The Context for Women in Musical Leadership 2. Women and Musical Composition 3. Women Conductors 4. Women in Classical Instrumental and Vocal Music Performance 5. Women in Blues, Jazz, Gospel and Motown 6. Women in Popular Music 7. Women in Electronic Music 8. Women in non-Western Musical Contexts 9. Women in the Music Industry
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Taylor & Francis Level Up Live Performance and Creative Process in
Book SynopsisGrime music has been central to British youth culture since the beginning of the 21st century. Performed by MCs and DJs, it is an Afrodiasporic form that developed on street corners, on pirate radio and at raves. Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process in Grime Music offers the first long-form ethnographic study of grime practice; it questions how and why artists do what they do; and it asks what this can tell us about creative process and improvisation more widely. Based on research conducted in Londonâs grime sceneâfacilitated by the authorâs long-standing role as a DJ and broadcasterâthis book explores the formâs emergence before taking a magnifying glass to the contemporary scene and its performance protocol, exploring the practice of key artists and their crews living and working in the city. The resultant model of creative interaction provides a comprehensive mapping of collective social learning in Londonâs informal cityscape, offering new ways to conceptualise improvisatory practice within ensembles.
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Taylor & Francis The Practice of Popular Music
Book SynopsisThe Practice of Popular Music is a music theory and musicianship textbook devoted to explaining the organization of contemporary popular music styles such as pop, rock, R&B, rap, and country. Rooted in recent research showing that the structure of popular music differs from classical music in important ways, this textbook offers an approach to teaching music theory that is fully oriented around popular and commercial genres.Beginning with fundamentals and requiring no previous training in music theory or notation, this book eventually guides the reader through a range of advanced topics, including chromatic mixture, secondary chord function, complex time signatures, and phrase organization. Each chapter develops concepts in tandem with aural comprehension, and the included exercises balance written tasks with listening activities. A companion website provides links to playlists of the music discussed in the book.With an innovative approach designed to broade
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Taylor & Francis The City of HipHop
Book SynopsisThe City of Hip-Hop positions a unique conceptualization of the history of Hip-Hop, that it was a combination of forces that produced the environment for Hip-Hop to specifically grow in the geographies of New York City and its boroughs. This book argues it was the political forces of the 1970s combined with the economic forces of free market capitalism and privatization of public services, neoliberalism, and the social forces of the deindustrialization of major cities and displacement of populations that led the cultural creation of the âœBoogie Downâ Bronx. The City of Hip-Hop shows how Hip-Hop is a socio-political reaction that created an alternate reality with a geographic specificity, and it is the interplay with those forces that nurtured it to become the culture force that we know it today in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Manchester, Liverpool, Berlin, SÃo Paulo, Tokyo, Washington D.C., Seattle, Paris, Houston, Dallas, Miami, A
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Taylor & Francis Women and Jazz
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Cambridge University Press Whose Country Music
Book SynopsisParticipation in country music culture has long been dictated and restricted by entrenched systems of gatekeeping. This collection contests those systems and challenges the received narrative, examining contemporary issues in country music through feminist, intersectional, and post-colonialist theories.Table of ContentsIndustry: 1. Mailbox Money: Novel Liberation Strategies of a Black Female Country Songwriter Alice Randall; 2. Dixie Chicked: Sony vs. The Chicks and the Regendering of Country Music in the Early Twentieth-Century Kristine M. McCusker; 3. How 360° Deals Homogenized Country Music Rachel Skaggs; 4. A Double-Edged Sword: Industry Data and the Construction of Country Music Narratives Jada Watson; Codes of Conduct: 5. Why Country Music Needs Latina Feminism Sophia Enriquez; 6. Pistol Annies: Country Rebels with Humor Stephanie Vander Wel; 7. From Bros to Gentlemen: The Problem of Consent in Contemporary Country Music Phoebe E. Hughes; 8. Cowboys on a Beach: Summer Country and the Loss of Working-Class Identity Jocelyn R. Neal. Authenticity: 9. Dolly Parton's Netflix Reimagining: How Her Twenty-First Century 'Jolene' Revises Country Music's Authenticity Narrative Leigh H. Edwards; 10. 'When Britney [Spears] Ruled the World': Expanding the Stylistic Boundaries of Nostalgia in Country Music Paula J. Bishop; 11. Rhinestone Revivals: Repurposing the Nudie Suit for the Twenty-first Century Janet Aspley; 12. Country Music Doesn't Have to Suck: Intertextuality, Community, and Bloodshot Records Nancy P. Riley. Boundary Work: 13. Playing at the Border: Navajo Country Western Music and Border Town Racism Kristina Jacobsen; 14. Country-Loving Mexican Americans: Dual Patriotism and Inevitable Fandom among Mexican American Country Music Lovers Nadine Hubbs; 15. Practices of Genre Surveillance in Country Music: Hearing Racial Politics in Beyoncé's and The Chicks' 'Daddy Lessons' Rebekah Hutten; 16. 'We Have a Lot of Work to Do': Rhiannon Giddens and Country Music's Mixed Roots Tracey E. Laird. Epilogue: Country Music Needs a Revolution Rissi Palmer.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Metal Music
Book SynopsisSince its beginnings over fifty years ago, metal music has grown in popularity worldwide, not only as a musical culture but as a recognised field of study. This Companion, grounded in recent research, explores the various musical styles and cultures of metal, providing a reliable resource for students and researchers.Table of Contents1. Introduction Jan-Peter Herbst; 2. Get your double licks on route 666: the sonic evolution of heavy metal across five unholy decades Andrew L. Cope; Part I. Metal, Technology and Practice: Personal Take I. Russ Russell: 3. Mapping the origins of heaviness between 1970–1995: a historical overview of metal music production Jan-Peter Herbst and Mark Mynett; 4. Technical ecstasy: phenomenological perspectives of metal music production Niall Thomas; 5. Not from the mind but the heart: the metanarrative of being in a metal band Hale Fulya Çelikel; 6. Timbral metrics for analysis of metal production: then, now and what next? Duncan Williams; Part II. Metal and History: Personal Take II – Brian Tatler: 7. Mesopotamian metal: learning from the past through metal music? Peter Pichler; 8. Sparta and metal music's reception of ancient history Jeremy J. Swist; 9. Viking metal: obsessed with the past? Imke von Helden; Part III. Metal and Identity: Personal Take III. Yasmine Shadrack: 10. Metal Identities and Self-Talk: Internal Conversations of Belonging, Empowerment, Wellbeing and Resilience Paula Rowe; 11. Metal in Women: Music, Empowerment, Misogyny Rosemary Lucy Hill; 12. Refuse/Resist: what does it mean for metal to be transgressive in the 21st Century? Catherine Hoad; Part IV. Metal Activities: Personal Take VI. Richard Taylor: 13. Metal as leisure space and tourism industry destination Karl Spracklen; 14. Dance practices in metal Daniel Suer; 15. Battle jackets: wearing metal identity Thomas Cardwell; Part V. Modern Metal Genres: Personal Take V. Arne Jamelle: 16. On Horseback they carried thunder: the second lives of Norwegian black metal Ross Hagen; 17. Subgenre qualifiers and prescribed creativity in technical death metal Lewis F. Kennedy; 18. From 'Stereotyped Postures' to 'Credible Avant-garde Strategies': The Alchemical Transformation of Drone Metal Owen Coggins; 19. Djent and the aesthetics of post-digital metal Mark Marrington; 20. Contempt-of-core: a reception history of metalcore subgenres as abject genres Eric Smialek; Part VI. Global Metal: Personal Take IV. Malcolm Dome: 21. Metal in the Middle East Pierre Hecker; 22. Asian metal rising: metal scene formation in the world's most populous region Jeremy Wallach; 23. Distortions in the last frontier: metal music in Africa Edward Banchs; 24. What has Latin American metal music ever done for us?: a call for an ethics of affront in metal Musics Nelson Varas-Díaz and Daniel Nevárez Araújo; 25. Pioneers and provocateurs: Australian metal music, distance and disregard Samuel Vallen.
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Cambridge University Press A Philosophy of Playing Drum Kit
Book SynopsisThe author is a drummer with experience in a variety of musical genres and contexts, with emphasis on rock and related styles. This auto ethnographic Element presents the author''s philosophy of playing drum kit. The text explains how playing drum kit matters to this musician and may resonate with others to whom making music matters in similar ways. The Element contains audio files of music in which the author plays drum kit in the ensemble settings described. There are photos of the author''s drums and of him drumming. Based on June Boyce-Tillman''s non-religious model of holistic spirituality and Tim Ingold''s notion of correspondences, the author describes how playing drum kit enables him to experience transcendence the magical nexus at which Materials, Construction, Values/Culture and Expression meet. Each of these domains, and the magic derived from their combination, is illustrated through examples of the author''s live and recorded musical collaborations.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Materials; 3. Construction; 4. Values /culture; 5. Expression; 6. In closing (button); References.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Jazz and the Philosophy of Art
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Harry Smiths Anthology of American Folk Music
Book SynopsisReleased in 1952, the Anthology of American Folk Music was the singular vision of the enigmatic artist, musicologist, and collector Harry Smith (19231991). A collection of eighty-four commercial recordings of American vernacular and folk music originally issued between 1927 and 1932, the Anthology featured an eclectic and idiosyncratic mixture of blues and hillbilly songs, ballads old and new, dance music, gospel, and numerous other performances less easy to classify.Where previous collections of folk music, both printed and recorded, had privileged field recordings and oral transmission, Smith purposefully shaped his collection from previously released commercial records, pointedly blurring established racial boundaries in his selection and organisation of performances. Indeed, more than just a ground-breaking collection of old recordings, the Anthology was itself a kind of performance on theTrade Review‘The Anthology of American Folk Music is an extraordinary cultural entity, one that has assumed mythical status. And Ross Hair and Thomas Ruys Smith’s fascinating collection manages to preserve our wonder at the music and at the eccentricity of its curator, while bringing new insights and fresh arguments to its history. Just as the Anthology is full of strange delights, so too is this book.'John Street, University of East Anglia'The Anthology of American Folk Music is a talismanic casket of musical treasures, containing the key to decoding the tangled patterns of Harry Smith’s interests in multiple art forms. This valuable essay collection offers invigorating and learned perspectives on the Anthology and its connections with folklore, magic, and hidden histories of America. It’s a celebration of Smith’s maverick verve and shamanic energy, reinstating him as a wonder-working polymath whose occult activities rippled out widely into 20th century culture.'Rob Young, The WireTable of ContentsPart I Introductions 1 Introduction: America changed through music Ross Hair and Thomas Ruys Smith2 "Spun in a wheel of vertigo": Harry Smith and the magic of history Geoff Ward3 Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music: the critical heritage Rory CrutchfieldInterlude 1. "This unknown body of Americana": Alan Lomax’s List of American Folk Songs on Commercial Records and the Anthology of American Folk Music Nathan SalsburgPart II "The whole bizarre package" 4 Harry Smith, the Anthology, and the artist as collector Justin Parks5 Collage, politics, and narrative approaches to Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music Dan Blim6 Harry Smith: collecting thought-forms and programming the aerial computer R. Bruce ElderPart III Deep cuts 7 "Fatal Flower Garden": the execution of a Child ballad Robin Purves8 Smith’s Amnesia Theater: "Moonshiner’s Dance" in Minnesota Kurt Gegenhuber9 Dead Presidents: "Charles Guiteau," "White House Blues," and the histories of Smithville Thomas Ruys SmithInterlude 2. How weird is folk? Sharron KrausPart IV "Other lives" 10 "Volk Roots and Hiart Leaves": John Fahey and the Anthology of American Folk Music Ross Hair11 Recycling the South: contemporary literature and the Anthology of American Folk Music Phil Langran12 The "other lives" of Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music Paola FerreroAfterword Rani Singh
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Lulu.com Recalling The Call
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Pussy Riot
Book SynopsisBoth more and less than a band, Pussy Riot is continually misunderstood by the Western media. This book sets the record straight. After their scandalous performance of an anti-Putin protest song in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the imprisonment of two of its members, the punk feminist art collective known as Pussy Riot became an international phenomenon. But, what, exactly, is Pussy Riot, and what are they trying to achieve? The award-winning author Eliot Borenstein explores the movement's explosive history and takes you beyond the hype.Trade ReviewIn just over a hundred sparkling and witty pages, [Borenstein] takes readers inside the remarkable evolution of Pussy Riot... Along the way, Pussy Riot offers crisp insights into Russian feminism, performance art in the media age and the problem of anonymity in a world in thrall to celebrity. * Times Literary Supplement *This is recommended reading for anyone interested in history, feminism, politics and art movements. * Europe-Asia Studies *Eliot Borenstein takes readers trough the fascinating discussion triggered by the Pussy Riot in and after their famous ‘punk prayer’. Does contemporary protest have to be spectacular? What happens when protesters become celebrities? How feminist Pussy Riot eventually are? And what lessons can we learn from ‘speaking punk to power’? A must read for everyone interested in art and politics. * Ivan Gololobov, Lecturer in Politics and Russian Studies, University of Bath, UK *Eliot Borenstein succinctly explains what made Pussy Riot a global phenomenon. He uncovers the complex context of the affair which builds off the interplay between political protest, prank and parody, language taboos, post-modernist art activism, performance, dissidence, punk, the subversive politics of the female body, religion, and church. * Elena Gapova Professor of Sociology, Western Michigan University, USA *Borenstein shows the need to understand Pussy Riot not just as activists, but transgressive actionists, who played with meaning, context, and syntax to say no to the Putin regime's authoritarian performance. Unmasking the layers of meaning, the book takes the analysis through their improvisational, multivocal, and sometimes problematic transformation and ends with its own radical claim that Masha and Nadya continue to speak punk to power. * Janet Elise Johnson, Professor of Political Science, Brooklyn College CUNY, USA *Unlike other accounts that have tried to unmask Pussy Riot, Eliot Borenstein sets a radically different agenda. Comfortable with the complexities and inconsistencies of the Pussy Riot phenomenon, he evaluates what it takes to fight the oppressive political regime in Russia. Borenstein’s unique blend of wit, compassion and critical analysis makes this a highly engaging and enjoyable read. * Marina Yusupova, Postdoctoral Researcher, Newcastle University, UK *Table of ContentsList of Images Introduction: Foolish Inconsistency 1. Penis Riot: Pussy Riot's Pre-Feminist Roots 2. Inciting a Pussy Riot 3. When is a Church not a Church? 4. Like a (Punk) Prayer 5. Hurting Believers' Feelings 6. Pussy Riot and Political Speech 7. Performance vs. Archive 8. Feminism and Other Dirty Words 9. Anonymity and Glamour: Does the Camera Love Pussy Riot? Conclusion
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Making Hip Hop Theatre
Book SynopsisMaking Hip Hop Theatre is the essential, practical guide to making hip-hop theatre. It features detailed techniques and exercises that can guide creatives from workshops through to staging a performance. If you were inspired by Hamilton, Barber Shop Chronicles, Misty, Black Men Walking or Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster, this is the book for you. Covering vocal technique, use of equipment, mixing, looping, sampling, working with venues and dealing with creative challenges, this book is a bible for both new and experienced artists alike. Additionally, with links to online video material demonstrating and elaborating on the exercises included, it offers countless useful tools for teachers and facilitators of drama, music and other creative arts. Alongside this practical guidance is an overview of hip hop history, giving theoretical and historical context for the practice. From documentation of Conrad Murray's major productions, to commentary from leading practitiTable of ContentsOn Collaboration and the Voices in this Book Our Collaborators Why We Wrote This Some Introductions - Hip hop culture: A brief history - Conrad on Hip Hop - Katie on Hip Hop - Our Collaborators on Hip Hop - Conrad on the Battersea Arts Centre (the venue where it all began) - The Beatbox Academy: How it Began Part One: Getting Started - Principles of Hip Hop - Warm Ups - Beatbox Basics - Progressing Technique - Equipment - Further Resources - Ending Sessions Part Two: Developing Ideas and Making a Living - Principles for Working With… - Stimulus and Starting Points - Practical tips for Starting a Theatre Career Part Three: How We Made It - Hitler Wrote 20 Pop Songs…Have You Heard Them? - No Milk for the Foxes - DenMarked - High Rise eState of Mind - Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster Against Spoken Word! Acknowledgements Index
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Edinburgh University Press Jamaican Creole in Global Reggae and Dancehall
Book SynopsisOffers a comprehensive investigation of Jamaicans' perceptions of the use of Jamaican Creole in global reggae and dancehall music.
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Little, Brown & Company Who Is That Man
Book Synopsis Now in paperback and with a new foreword, a kaleidoscopic look at the many faces of Bob Dylan, legendary folk singer-songwriter and winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.For almost half a century, Bob Dylan has been a primary catalyst in rock''s shifting sensibilities. Few American artists are as important, beloved, and endlessly examined, yet he remains something of an enigma. Who, we ask, is the real Bob Dylan? Is he Bobby Zimmerman, yearning to escape Hibbing, Minnesota, or the Woody Guthrie wannabe playing Greenwich Village haunts? Folk Messiah, Born-Again Bob, Late-Elvis Dylan, Jack Fate, or Living National Treasure? In Who Is That Man? David Dalton--cultural historian, journalist, screenwriter, and novelist--paints a revealing portrait of the rock icon, ingeniously exposing the three-card monte games he plays with his persona.Guided by Dalton''s cutting-edge insights and myth-debunking point of view, Who Is That Man? follows Dylan'
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Hal Leonard Corporation Jethro Tull Flute Solos
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Hal Leonard Corporation Blues Classics
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc The Healing Power of Hip Hop
Book SynopsisUsing the latest research, real-world examples, and a new theory of healthy development, this book explains Hip Hop culture''s ongoing role in helping Black youths to live long, healthy, and productive lives.In The Healing Power of Hip Hop, Raphael Travis Jr. offers a passionate look into existing tensions aligned with Hip Hop and demonstrates the beneficial quality it can have empowering its audience. His unique perspective takes Hip Hop out of the negative light and shows readers how Hip Hop has benefited the Black community.Organized to first examine the social and historical framing of Hip Hop culture and Black experiences in the United States, the remainder of the book is dedicated to elaborating on consistent themes of excellence and well-being in Hip Hop, and examining evidence of new ambassadors of Hip Hop culture across professional disciplines. The author uses research-informed language and structures to help the reader fully understand how Hip Hop creates more pathwayTable of ContentsSeries Foreword Acknowledgments "For Every Rose" Introduction Chapter 1 Unpacking the Culture of Hip Hop Chapter 2 Racial Identity, Hip Hop Culture, and the Shift to Mainstream Pop Culture Chapter 3 Hip Hop's History of Healing and Empowerment in High-Risk Environments Chapter 4 Affirming Identities: Hip Hop Values, Esteem, and Black Experiences Chapter 5 Context, Surviving, and Thriving: Resilience and Black Experiences Chapter 6 My Life, My Community: Growth and Black Experiences Chapter 7 A Change Is Gonna Come: Calls for Better across Black Communities Chapter 8 From Emotions to Learning and Growth: New Models for Understanding Hip Hop Chapter 9 Hip Hop and Physical Health: Healthy Environments to Live, Work, and Play Chapter 10 Hip Hop and Education: Engagement, Equity, and Excellence Chapter 11 Hip Hop and Out-of-School Time: Creating New Pathways to Growth and Change Chapter 12 Hip Hop and Mental Health: Emotions, Coping, Identity, and Growth Chapter 13 The Healing Power of Hip Hop: The Next Forty Years Notes Index About the Author
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Amberley Publishing Citizens of Hope and Glory
Book SynopsisA detailed history of the rise, fall and rise again of Progressive Rock, from its beginnings in the 60s to the vibrant contemporary scene in the new millennium. Completely Revised and updated for 2013Trade Review"An excellent read" * PROG MAGAZINE *"Heartily recommended" * FIREWORKS MAGAZINE *"A fascinating work" * ROCK SOCIETY *
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Balboa Press Channeling with Buddha
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Little, Brown Book Group Boys in the Trees
Book Synopsis#1 New York Times BestsellerA People Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year''A sensational memoir . . . brilliantly well written. Carly Simon is incapable of writing a boring sentence . . . you can forgive anything for the unparalleled brilliance of her writing'' - Lynn Barber, Sunday Times''Hugely affecting memoir . . . heartfelt and remarkable'' - Fiona Sturges, IndependentCarly Simon is a household name. She was the staple of the ''70s and ''80s Billboard charts and was famously married to James Taylor with whom she has two children. She has had a career that has spanned four decades, resulting in thirteen top 40 hits, including the Number 1 song ''You''re So Vain'', numerous Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. She was the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her song ''Let the River Run'' (from the film Working Girl). Boys in the Trees Trade ReviewA sensational memoir . . . brilliantly well-written. Carly Simon is incapable of writing a boring sentence . . . you can forgive anything for the unparalleled brilliance of her writing - Sunday TimesHugely affecting memoir . . . heartfelt and remarkable - IndependentAbsolutely tremendous and my music book of the year - The ScotsmanSinger Carly Simon is refreshingly honest on sex and stardom - The TimesOne of the best celebrity memoirs of the year - Hollywood ReporterIntelligent and captivating - PeopleCompelling - Rolling Stone
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Little, Brown Book Group One Two Another
Book SynopsisA Rough Trade Book of the Year ''From lists to experiences and stories, there are no rules. A good song is a good song whoever writes it and however the writing happens.''Over the past three decades, Tim Burgess has cultivated a lyrical style that is equal parts searing, elusive and raw. Brimming with nods to an eclectic array of influences, from French chanson to East Coast rap, his words provide vivid snapshots of modern life, its highs and lows, and the things we do to get by.For the first time Tim''s collected lyrics are accompanied by his revealing commentary, featuring backstage anecdotes, advice on how to conjure up the music muse, poignant reflections - and insight into a very idiosyncratic songwriting process.One Two Another chronicles the evolution of Tim''s songwriting and reveals the method behind the madness.''Tim Burgess is a crusader and vinyl''s epic voyager. He knows why pop''s art, a culture and a cure. Learn
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McFarland & Co Inc Tommy Thompson and the Banjo
Book Synopsis Tommy Thompson arrived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in 1963, smitten by folk and traditional Appalachian music. In 1972, he teamed with Bill Hicks and Jim Watson to form the nontraditional string band the Red Clay Ramblers. Mike Craver joined in 1973, and Jack Herrick in 1976. Over time, musicians including Clay Buckner, Bland Simpson and Chris Frank joined Tommy, who played with the band until 1994. Drawing on interviews and correspondence, and the personal papers of Thompson, the author depicts a life that revolved around music and creativity. Appendices cover Thompson''s banjos, his discography and notes on his collaborative lyric writing.
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Duke University Press The Media Swirl
Book SynopsisCarol Vernallis examines short form audiovisual mediafrom TikTok mashups to Beyoncé's Lemonadeto offer techniques for understanding digital media.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi A Note on the Cover xiii Introduction 1 I. Post-Classical Cinema at the Limit 1. Partying in The Great Gatsby: Baz Luhrmann’s Audovisual Sublime 27 2. Shattered Pleasures: Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction 48 II. Music Video and the Art-Video Border 3. Beyoncé’s Overwhelming Opus; or, the Past and Future of Music Video 71 4. Avant-Gardists and the Lure of Pop Music 97 5. Beyoncé’s Lemonade: She Dreams in Both Worlds (Carol Vernallis, Lisa Perrot, and Holly Rogers) 122 6. Tracing the Carters through the Galleries: “APES**T/APESHIT” and the Louvre 138 7. Storytelling on the Ledge: Lady Gaga and Jonas Åkerlund’s “Paparazzi” 154 III. Music Video’s Late Late Style 8. How to Analyze Music Videos: Beyoncé and Melina Matsoukas’s “Pretty Hurts” 175 9. Dave Meyer’s Moments of Audiovisual Bliss 196 10. Janelle Monáe’s “You Make Me Feel” and Anderson.Paak with Kendrick Lamar’s “Tints”: Getting Up in My [Rearview] Mirror 211 IV. Audiovisual Aesthetics Online 11. Who Needs Music Documentaries When There’s TikTok and Carpool Karaoke? 231 12. TikTok and Costume-Drama Mashups on YouTube 247 V. New Modes of Analysis: Industry 13. The Art of Color Grading (Carol Vernallis, Jonathan Leal, Eric Weldt, and Aubrey Woodiwiss) 265 14. Music Video Directors, Production Houses, and the Media Swirl 290 VI. New Modes of Analysis: Neuroscience 15. Music Video’s Multisensory 307 16. Tracing the Asset: Humanistic and Quantitative Approaches to Cybercrime Film Trailers (Snowden and Bourne) 319 VII. New Modes of Analysis: Politics and Vernacular Culture 17. New Technologies, Social Justice, and the Future in Beyoncé’s Audiovisual Albums 335 18. Fox News, COVID-19, Brief Media Aesthetics, and Historical Resonances 356 Afterword 369 Notes 373 Bibliography 403 Index 429
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Hal Leonard Corporation Pink Floyd Acoustic Guitar Collection
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