Popular music Books
Igloo Books Elvis: The Coloring Book
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Welbeck Publishing Group The Little Book of Country: The music’s history,
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£8.50
Atlantic Books Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave
Book SynopsisAn intensely beautiful, profound and poetic biography of the formative years of the dark prince of rock 'n' roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave's creation story, a portrait of the artist first as a boy, then as a young man. A deeply insightful work which charts his family, friends, influences, milieu and, most of all, his music, it reveals how Nick Cave shaped himself into the extraordinary artist he would become.A powerful account of a singular, uncompromising artist, Boy on Fire is also a vivid and evocative rendering of a time and place, from the fast-running dark rivers and ghost gums of country-town Australia to the torn wallpaper, sticky carpet and manic energy of the nascent punk scene which hit staid 1970s Melbourne like an atom bomb. Boy on Fire is a stunning biographical achievement.Trade ReviewA fascinating read, both as an occult history of Australian punk - it's hard not to like the sound of the Filth, a Sydney quartet whose audition for a major label involved their lead singer repeatedly head-butting a door - and a kind of rake's progress. -- Alexis Petridis * Guardian *Engrossing...forensically researched...a writer with his own stylistic flourishes who intimately understands the milieu he is writing about. -- Kitty Empire * Observer *[T]he kind of rock biography that makes all music writers feel inadequate by comparison. Ostensibly the story of Nick Cave's formative years, it is so beautifully constructed that one is not just delivered besides the young Cave, but also next to the modern version. -- Ted Kessler * The New Cue *There is plenty of humour in Boy on Fire...and beautiful moments, as well as delinquency and sadness...Hopefully Mordue will write a follow-up to this highly engaging biography very soon. * Buzz Magazine *[H]is access to Cave and associates also creates an unusually intimate account. * Mojo *Mordue's book offers total immersion in the artist's early years...paints a vivid portrait of an artist in the process of becoming * Uncut *Beautifully written...Mark Mordue expertly guides us on a journey as he narrates memories of Nick Cave from a middle-class background, trying to find his way in life in those wilder, often destructive early years. * Louder Than War *[an] expertly detailed account of the prodigious entertainer's early years. All the relevant voices have their say, creating a wonderfully alive picture of this tumultuous time...Anyone looking to join the dots of Cave's music and career will appreciate this work, as will those interested in how life shapes art. * Bookseller and Publisher *Nuanced and unflinching, this conversational collection of stories and reminiscences paints a compelling picture of Cave, drawing on the friendships and creative influences that helped shape one of Australia's most enigmatic sons. * The Age *Mordue's exploration of Cave's protean and dynamic artistic universe, and the boy at its heart - malanderer, badlander and fabulator - is rich, sensitive, rollicking and, yes, tender. -- Felicity Plunkett * The Australian *A beautiful book, evocative and sensual, yet with an even-handed and at times critical treatment of its subject...Mordue's book reminds us that there is a human being behind the Black Crow King, the flaming scarecrow, the rampant misogynist, the empty undertaker's suit, the private schoolboy, or whatever else we might want to project onto Nick Cave. -- John Encarnacao * Sydney Review of Books *[An] excellent new biography -- Tom Dunne * Irish Examiner *An indispensable read for dedicated Cave heads * Irish Times *A powerful and unusually focused biography -- David Fricke, The Writer's Block, SiriusXMTable of ContentsPrologue: The Journalist and the Singer Part I: The Rider 1: Such Is Life 2: King and Country Part II: The Good Son 3: Man in the Moon 4: Down by the River Part III: Sonny's Burning 5: The Word 6: Double Trouble 7: Zoo Music Girl 8: Boy Hero Part IV: God's Hotel 9: Shivers 10: Flight from Death 11: Crime and Punishment Epilogue: The Singer and the Song
£14.99
Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KG Beginning Jazz Violin: An introduction to Style
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£24.22
Puncture Publications No Certainty Attached: Steve Kilbey and The
Book SynopsisA compelling, warts-and-all portrait of much-admired Australian rock band The Church - and their enigmatic frontman, Steve Kilbey.
£21.59
Danann Media Publishing Limited Nirvana Teen Spirit
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Danann Media Publishing Limited Elton John This Ones For You
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£15.00
BenBella Books Nashville Songwriter: The Inside Stories Behind
Book SynopsisYou've heard them on the radio, listened to them on repeat for days, and sang along at the top of your lungs--but have you ever wondered about the real stories behind all your favorite country songs? Nashville Songwriter gives readers the first completely authorized collection of the true stories that inspired hits by the biggest multi-platinum country superstars of the last half century--recounted by the songwriters themselves. Award-winning music biographer Jake Brown gives readers an unprecedented, intimate glimpse inside the world of country music songwriting. Featuring exclusive commentary from country superstars and chapter-length interviews with today's biggest hit-writers on Music Row, this book chronicles the stories behind smash hits such as: Willie Nelson's "Always on My Mind" Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying," "Southern Voice," and "Real Good Man" George Jones's "Tennessee Whiskey" Carrie Underwood's "Jesus Take the Wheel" and "Cowboy Casanova" Brooks & Dunn's "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" Lady Antebellum's "We Owned the Night" and "Just a Kiss" Brad Paisley's "Mud on the Tires," "We Danced," and "I'm Still a Guy" Luke Bryan's "Play It Again," "Crash My Party," and "That's My Kind of Night" The Oak Ridge Boys's "American Made" George Strait's "Ocean Front Property" and "The Best Day," Rascal Flatts's "Fast Cars and Freedom," and "Take Me There" Kenny Chesney's "Living in Fast Forward" and "When the Sun Goes Down" Ricochet's "Daddy's Money" Montgomery Gentry's "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" The Crickets's "I Fought the Law" Tom T. Hall's "A Week in a County Jail" and "That Song Is Driving Me Crazy" Trace Adkins's "You're Gonna Miss This" David Lee Murphy's "Dust on the Bottle" Jason Aldean's "Big Green Tractor" and "Fly Over States" And many more top country hits over the past 40 years!Trade Review"Nashville Songwriter is an outstanding read from cover to cover. If you have any interest at all in what goes on behind the scenes in the songwriting business, you need to read this book." --American Songwriter Magazine "You know the words, but do you know the story behind them? In a new book, Nashville Songwriter, music biographer Jake Brown interviews elite country songwriters 'to get the true stories behind country music's biggest and most enduring hits.'" --Parade Magazine "With back stories on such titles as Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind," Carrie Underwood's "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying," the book puts songwriters in the spotlight, including artist-writers Bill Anderson, Tom T. Hall and David Lee Murphy, as well as such full-time authors as Neil Thrasher ("Fly Over States"), Tom Shapiro ("Ain't Nothing 'Bout You"), Dallas Davidson ("Play It Again") and Dean Dillon ("Ocean Front Property")." --Billboard Country
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BenBella Books When the Uncertainty Principle Goes to 11: Or How
Book SynopsisThere are deep and fascinating links between heavy metal and quantum physics. No, really!While teaching at the University of Nottingham, physicist Philip Moriarty noticed something odd, a surprising number of his students were heavily into metal music. Colleagues, too: a Venn diagram of physicists and metal fans would show a shocking amount of overlap. What's more, it turns out that heavy metal music is uniquely well-suited to explaining quantum principles.In When the Uncertainty Principle Goes to Eleven, Moriarty explains the mysteries of the universe's inner workings via drum beats and feedback: You'll discover how the Heisenberg uncertainty principle comes into play with every chugging guitar riff, what wave interference has to do with Iron Maiden, and why metalheads in mosh pits behave just like molecules in a gas.If you're a metal fan trying to grasp the complexities of quantum physics, a quantum physicist baffled by heavy metal, or just someone who'd like to know how the fundamental science underpinning our world connects to rock music, this book will take you, in the words of Pantera, to "A New Level." For those who think quantum physics is too mind-bendingly complex to grasp, or too focused on the invisibly small to be relevant to our full-sized lives, this funny, fascinating book will show you that physics is all around us . . . and it rocks.Trade Review"A refreshing and accessible introduction to nanoscience for the curious metalhead." —Science Magazine "You don't need to be a metalhead to like this book—but be warned that if you do like this book, you will probably find yourself more of a metalhead by the end than you were at the start, because the enthusiasm is infectious. You might even find you have a better grip of the notorious mind-warping concepts of quantum mechanics too." —Philip Ball, author of Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew about Quantum Physics Is Different "A magical mosh pit of Slayer and spandex trousers, sound waves, and strings—this is quantum physics as you've never seen or heard it before." —Matin Durrani, editor of Physics World magazine and coauthor of Furry Logic: the Physics of Animal Life "Both metal-heads and physicists have become caricatures in today's pop culture. In his wonderfully conversational writing, Moriarty smashes these stereotypes and subverts expectations by weaving the two worlds together. This book shows how unexpected ideas cut across the worlds of heavy metal and quantum physics. If you enjoy surprises, brutal band logos, or insane riffs, you'll love this book. Forgot pop-sci. This is metal-sci." —Jesse Silverberg, PhD, physicist and Harvard research fellow "I thought I'd already seen every possible analogy for the weird world of quantum physics, but Philip Moriarty's music-inspired take on it is fresh and engaging . . . Moriarty's enthusiasm for both physics and metal shines through so much in his writing that I was tempted to break out the Megadeth myself while reading. If you've ever been intrigued by quantum mechanics but worried that you couldn't hack an entire book on the subject, try this one, and you won't be disappointed." —Kelly Oakes, former science editor for BuzzFeed UK "Whether you're a physicist, science enthusiast, musician, or music fan, this book will entertain and enlighten in equal amounts. It will bring a new beauty to your favorite songs, and arm you with fresh concepts to explain some of the most counter-intuitive of scientific ideas. At the very least, you'll have an interesting conversational tangent to adopt next time someone wants to force their amateur rendition of ‘Smoke on the Water' upon you." —David Domminney Fowler, guitarist with the Australian Pink Floyd Show
£12.99
Anthology Editions 13th Floor Elevators: A Visual History
Book SynopsisBorn out of a union of club bands on the burgeoning Austin bohemian scene and a pronounced taste for hallucinogens, the 13th Floor Elevators were formed in late 1965 when lyricist Tommy Hall asked a local singer named Roky Erickson to join up with his new rock outfit. Four years, three official albums and countless acid trips later, it was over: the Elevators’ pioneering first run ended in a dizzying jumble of professional mismanagement, internal arguments, drug busts and forced psychiatric imprisonments. In their short existence, however, the group succeeded in blowing the lid off the budding musical underground, logging early salvos in the counter-cultural struggle against state authorities, and turning their deeply hallucinogenic take on jug-band garage rock into a new American institution called psychedelic music. Before the hippies, before the punks, there were the 13th Floor Elevators: an unlikely crew of outcast weirdo geniuses who changed cultureTrade ReviewThe story of the 13th Floor Elevators is often told in sudden bursts and strange visions—part earthly chaos, part hallucination. The pioneering psychedelic rock group lasted just four years in the late 1960s before retreating back into the haze. There is little video footage and few interviews from that time period, and it was only later that the extent of the Austin band’s influence became clear; their brief history was practically destined for underground music mythology. Fittingly, a new coffee table book compiled by writer and Elevators historian Paul Drummond captures the band’s essence in telling fragments, through collected photos and memorabilia, mini oral histories with the members and copious records from the Austin Police Department. -Pitchfork, April 2020Through the book, Drummond has created a physical archive of the band on the page. These objects, from ticket stubs to records sleeves, are remnants of the past, but Drummond’s collection brings them into the present. In A Visual History, the 13th Floor Elevators is a band among the living. -Louder Than War, May 2020Table of Contents(3) You're Gonna Miss Me - Prehistory (39) Reverberation (Doubt) - Formation & Bust (93) I've Got Levitation - Escape to California (141) She Lives - In a Time of Her Own (185) Slip Inside the House - The Work (233) May the Circle Remain Unbroken - The Third Project (261) Livin' On - The Reformations
£39.90
BMG Books World Domination
Book SynopsisFounded in the late 1980s by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman, Seattle-based Sub Pop Records released early recordings by then-upstart regional bands such as Green River, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Tad, Nirvana, Flaming Lips, Afghan Whigs, and Screaming Trees. When the world went grunge crazy in the 1990s, Sub Pop was suddenly the epicenter of Seattle cool. Emerging organically from Bruce Pavitt’s Subterranean Pop fanzine, the story of Sub Pop Records is the story of a couple of irreverent music lovers who stumbled into the record business because they simply loved working with bands they wanted to listen to themselves. From barely paying the bills to the trappings of major music industry success to the inevitable fallout, this is the inside story of the musicians, producers, staffers, and stars who built Sub Pop into an independent powerhouse. World Domination takes you deep inside the chaotic early days of the label’s founding, all the way to the present. It’s a fascinating snapshot of a label that has promoted Death Cab for Cutie, the White Stripes, the Shins, Iron & Wine, the Postal Service, Sleater-Kinney, Band of Horses, Flight of the Conchords, Fleet Foxes, Sunny Day Real Estate, Shabazz Palaces, the Head and the Heart, Father John Misty, and many others. Author Gillian G. Gaar, a longtime Seattle-based writer, draws on firsthand interviews, deep research, and her years of covering the Seattle scene as a local music journalist to bring together the first in-depth historical narrative of one of America’s more influential independent record labels.
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BMG Books Shake Your Hips
Book SynopsisThe electrifying sounds of groovin’ jump blues, Southern-fried rock ’n’ roll, fervent black gospel, and the simmering sounds of the Louisiana swamp came bursting out of Nashville, Tennessee in the early 1950s courtesy of Excello Records and its sister Nashboro label. Operating out of Ernie’s Record Mart (“the Record Center of the South!”), Excello forged a partnership with 50,000-watt clear-channel radio station WLAC. The influential station’s dusk-to-dawn broadcasts of rhythm & blues boomed through the stratosphere, captivating millions of teenagers and crossing racial boundary lines. The unusual partnership paid huge dividends as Ernie Young transformed his shop into one of the largest mail-order record retailers in the world. With his built-in distribution network, Ernie’s own label releases by Slim Harpo, Arthur Gunter, Lightnin’ Slim, Lazy Lester, and more landed in record collections across the US. By the early 1960s, Excello releases were reaching the shores of the UK, where they inspired young Brits such as Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Eric Clapton to launch their own R&B combos. Through extensive research and interviews, Shake Your Hips: The Excello Records Story chronicles the tale of one of the most unusual labels to emerge from the 1950s. Shedding new light on Nashville’s rich history as much more than a country music town, author Randy Fox takes readers deep behind the scenes of the rise and fall of an inimitable label whose contributions to blues and R&B continue to reverberate today.
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Black Panel Press Inc Kiss the Sky Jimi Hendrix 19421970
Book SynopsisBefore he became the legendary guitarist, Hendrix navigated a childhood reminiscent of Dickens, evolving into an obscure musician and facing a journey paved with hardships. In this intimate portrait by Mezzo and JM Dupont, authors of the acclaimed Love in Vain, explore the dark and desperate quest for recognition that defined the early chapters of Hendrix''s life.This narrative, a perfect blend of lyricism and realism, delves not only into the tormented soul of the future rock star but also unveils his lesser-known musical odyssey. Join Hendrix on his path as he encounters legendary artists during his formative years Little Richard, Ike & Tina Turner, BB King, Curtis Mayfield, Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett, Bob Dylan, and the Rolling Stones.Intriguing and captivating, this book promises a deeper understanding of the iconic figure. Uncover the story behind Hendrix''s rise from obscurity to immortality.
£17.09
Brepols N.V. Giovanni Battista Sammartini and His Musical
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Universitatsverlag Winter Into the Woods of Wicked Wonderland: Musicals
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Jeske, Otger, u. Matthias Mader. I.P. Verlag Damn the Machine: The Story of Noise Records
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Sternberg Press Tainted Love: From Nina Simone to Kendrick Lamar
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Planeta Publishing Corp Taylor Swift Icon
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Libros del Kultrum Que Rule El Amor: Memorias
Book SynopsisQue rule el amor (LET LOVE RULE) es una ferviente y sentida invocaci n al principio activo que...
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Ma Non Troppo Metallica: Furia, Sonido Y Velocidad
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Ma Non Troppo Rockeras: Pioneras, Rebeldes Y Rompedoras del
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Ma Non Troppo Reggae: Historia, Cultura, Artistas Y Álbumes
Book SynopsisThis is the exciting history of a musical genre that was born in Jamaica in the fifties and quickly
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Malpaso Editorial Alucina mi vida con Frank Zappa
Book SynopsisNingún admirador de Frank Zappa puede prescindir de este singular relato, una obra que, sin pretenderlo, nos acerca como ninguna otra a la vida cotidiana del gran músico y al momento más explosivo de una época memorable.
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Ma Non Troppo Freddie Mercury de la A A La Z
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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
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Contra Fuego Eterno: La Historia de Jerry Lee Lewis
Book SynopsisLa dramática y atormentada vida de Jerry Lee Lewis es una de las más legendarias de la historia de la música popular norteamericana. Considerada una de las mejores biografías jamás escritas, "Fuego eterno (Hellfire)" es un fascinante relato que bascula entre la ficción más oscura y desatada y la precisión documental de un cirujano, y que desde su publicación en 1982 no ha dejado de ser aclamado y reivindicado.Nacido en Luisiana de una dinastía que se remonta a los primeros colonos del Nuevo Continente ?una estirpe de jugadores y bebedores empedernidos?, Jerry Lee Lewis se debatió desde su temprana juventud entre el Espíritu Santo y las tentaciones del demonio; entre la Salvación y el sexo, las drogas y el rock and roll, y fraguó junto a otros muchachos indómitos una de las grandes revoluciones culturales y musicales de Occidente.Empezó a tocar a los catorce años, cuando descubrió que el piano ?que tocaba como un poseso? podía ser un instrumento diabólico y espiritual, y a los veintiuno grabó Whole Lotta Shakin? Goin? On para la mítica discográfica Sun Records de Memphis y se convirtió en leyenda. Poco después vendrían la provocadora Great Balls of Fire, las drogas, el arrebato, la fama desmesurada, el matrimonio con su prima de trece años, la infamia y el escándalo. Y cuando parecía que su carrera estaba acabada, renació como artista country a finales de los 60."Fuego eterno" ilumina la atormentada alma de uno de los salvajes más perdurables de la cultura popular y explica a la perfección la gran revolución que supuso la eclosión del rock and roll, cuyo estruendo y revulsivo han llegado hasta nuestros días.
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Ma Non Troppo Country Rock: Historia, Cultura, Artistas Y
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Ma Non Troppo Indie & Rock Alternativo: Historia, Cultura,
Book SynopsisThe large outdoor music festivals that dominate in indie music scenes today are a phenomenon that...
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Ma Non Troppo Guns N' Roses: La Novela Gráfica del Rock
Book SynopsisMarc Olivent's illustrations and Jim McCarthy's words perfectly capture the dangerous spirit of Axl
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Ma Non Troppo El Punk: Historia, Cultura, Artistas Y Álbumes
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Contra The Haçienda: Cómo No Dirigir Un Club
Book SynopsisTras el suicidio de Ian Curtis en 1980, los componentes de Joy Division se reagruparon para formar New Order, bajo el auspicio de su mánager, el carismático Rob Gretton. Durante las giras norteamericanas que cimentarían el éxito del grupo en EE.UU., descubrieron fascinados la emergente escena de clubs neoyorquina, con los míticos Danceteria y Paradise Garage a la cabeza. El excéntrico y ambicioso Tony Wilson, máximo responsable de Factory, el sello discográfico de Manchester que labró su éxito gracias, sobre todo, a Joy Division y New Order, decidió emprender con Gretton, arrastrando, de paso, a New Order, una ambiciosa reforma del International Marine Center para reconvertirlo en el que debía ser el club más elegante y sofisticado del mundo, a imagen y semejanza de los que habían visto en Nueva York. Para ello, contrataron al visionario arquitecto Ben Kelly, que transformó el espacio en una catedral de acero y cristal a la que llamaron The Haçienda, y que incluso recibió un número de referencia: FAC 51.Peter Hook, cuyas líneas de bajo en Joy Division y New Order son un referente de la música popular, narra con humor y un ritmo endiablado su experiencia no solo como bajista de dos de los grupos fundamentales del rock británico sino también como copropietario a la fuerza de uno de los clubs más influyentes de todos los tiempos. Hooky, que vivía humildemente con veinte libras a la semana, no pudo imaginarse nunca que gran parte de sus abultados ingresos tras éxitos como "Blue Monday", "Bizarre Love Triangle" o "True Faith" se esfumarían en ese "agujero en el suelo conocido como The Haçienda", tal y como lo describió el productor Martin Hannett, que abrió sus puertas el 21 de mayo de 1982 para cambiar para siempre el rumbo de la escena de clubs del Reino Unido. Y si bien al principio funcionó más como una sala de conciertos ?allí dieron bolos antológicos grupos como los Smiths, Happy Mondays o Stone Roses?, a partir de 1984, DJs como Mike Pickering y sus noches Nude tomaron el testigo y empezaron a pinchar una ecléctica mezcla de funk, primigenia música electrónica e indie que revolucionaron la escena musical y plantaron las semillas del fenómeno que se conoció como Madchester. Para que la revolución acabara de estallar, ya solo quedó el advenimiento del Segundo Verano del Amor, de inspiración ibicenca, que dio lugar en 1988 al apogeo de la cultura rave y al acid house.Esta es la hilarante y desquiciada historia de The Haçienda, contada por un narrador de excepción como Peter Hook, que vio cómo la mala gestión, la violencia del crimen organizado de Manchester (rebautizada "Gunchester"), una administración pública beligerante y errores de amateur de todo tipo acabaron con la vida de un club legendario cuyo legado aún hoy pervive.
£23.07
Aarhus University Press Polyrhythms
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Insight Comics The Beatles Yellow Submarine
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HarperCollins Publishers Be More Dolly
Book SynopsisDo you ever find yourself:Tumblin’ out of bed and stumblin’ to the kitchen?Searchin’ for a cup of ambition?Sighin’ and groanin’ at the mundanity of life?
£13.22
HarperCollins Heartbreak Is the National Anthem
Book Synopsis***The Instant New York Times Bestseller!***An intimate look at the life and music of modern pop?s most legendary figure, Taylor Swift, from leading music journalist Rob Sheffield.A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos. There?s no parallel to Taylor Swift in history: a teenage girl who turns into the world?s favorite pop star, songwriter, storyteller, guitar hero, live performer, changing how music is made and heard. An all-time great on the level of The Beatles, Prince, or David Bowie.Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Musicis the first book thatgoes deep on the musical and cultural impact of Taylor Swift.Nobody can tell the story like Rob Sheffield, the bestselling and award-winning author ofDreaming the Beatles,On Bowie, andLove Is a Mix Tape.The legendary Rolling Stone journalist is the writer who has chronicled Taylor for every step of her long career, from her early days to the Eras Tour. Sheffield gets right to the heart of Swift and her music, her lyrics, her fan connection, her raw power.At once one of the most beloved music figures of the past two decades and one of the most criticized, Taylor Swift is known as much for her life beyond her music as she is for her hits?the most public of stars, yet also the weirdest and most mysterious. In the tradition of Sheffield?sDreaming the Beatles,Heartbreak Is the National Anthemwill inform and delight a legion of fans who hang on every word from Taylor and every word Rob writes on her.
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Oxford University Press Inc The Business of Bobbysoxers
Book SynopsisThe Business of Bobbysoxers reconsiders the story of American popular music, celebrity following, and fan behavior during World War II through close examination of bobbysoxers. Preserved in popular memory as primarily white, hysterical, teen girl devotees of Frank Sinatra clad in bobby socks and saddle shoes, these girls were accused of displaying inappropriate behavior and priorities in their obsessive pursuit of a crooning celebrity at a time of international crisis. Author Katie Beisel Hollenbach peels back the stereotypes of girlhood idol adoration by documenting the intimate practices of wartime Sinatra fan clubs, revealing a new side of this familiar story in American history through the perspective of the bobbysoxer. In World War II America, fan clubs and organizations like Teen Canteens offered a haven for teenage girls to celebrate their enjoyment of popular culture while cultivating relationships with each other through media icons and the entertainment industry. Many of these organizations attempted to encourage diverse memberships, influenced in part by Frank Sinatra''s public work on racial and religious tolerance, and by Sinatra''s own identity as an Italian American. Away from the critical public eye, these communities offered girls a place to safely explore and discuss issues including civil rights, politics, the war, patriotism, internationalism, and professional development in the context of their shared Sinatra fandom. With these broader social and political complexities in mind, The Business of Bobbysoxers shines a light on musical fan communities that provided teenage girls with peer groups at a critical moment of personal and historical change, allowing them to creatively express their desires and imagine their futures as American women together.
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University of Chicago Press Blowin Up Rap Dreams in South Central
Book SynopsisDr. Dre. Snoop Dogg. Ice Cube. Some of the biggest stars in hip hop made their careers in Los Angeles. And today there is a new generation of young, mostly black, men busting out rhymes and hoping to one day find themselves blowin' upgetting signed to a record label and becoming famous. Many of these aspiring rappers get their start in Leimart Park, home to the legendary hip hop open-mic workshop Project Blowed. In Blowin' Up, Jooyoung Lee takes us deep inside Project Blowed and the surrounding music industry, offering an unparalleled look at hip hop in the making. While most books on rap are written from the perspective of listeners and the market, Blowin' Up looks specifically at the creative side of rappers. As Lee shows, learning how to rap involves a great deal of discipline, and it takes practice to acquire the necessary skills to put on a good show. Along with Leewho is himself a pop-lockerwe watch as the rappers at Project Blowed learn the basics, from how to hold a microphone to how to control their breath amid all those words. And we meet rappers like E. Crimsin, Nocando, VerBS, and Flawliss as they freestyle and battle with each other. For the men at Project Blowed, hip hop offers a creative alternative to the gang lifestyle, substituting verbal competition for physical violence, and provides an outlet for setting goals and working toward them. Engagingly descriptive and chock-full of entertaining personalities and real-life vignettes, Blowin' Up not only delivers a behind-the-scenes view of the underground world of hip hop, but also makes a strong case for supporting the creative aspirations of young, urban, black men, who are often growing up in the shadow of gang violence and dead-end jobs.
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Blowin Hot and Cool Jazz and Its Critics
Book SynopsisIn the illustrious and richly documented history of American jazz, no figure has been more controversial than the jazz critic. Jazz critics can be revered or reviled often both but they should not be ignored. And while the tradition of jazz has been covered from seemingly every angle, nobody has ever turned the pen back on itself to chronicle the many writers who have helped define how we listen to and how we understand jazz. That is, of course, until now.In Blowin' Hot and Cool, John Gennari provides a definitive history of jazz criticism from the 1920s to the present. The music itself is prominent in his account, as are the musicians from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington to Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Roscoe Mitchell, and beyond. But the work takes its shape from fascinating stories of the tradition's key critics Leonard Feather, Martin Williams, Whitney Balliett, Dan Morgenstern, Gary Giddins, and Stanley Crouch, among many others. Gennari is the first to show the many ways t
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Penguin Books Ltd Over the Rainbow
Book SynopsisA raucous, behind-the-scenes account of the year Blur got back togetherThere is nothing that can touch the sound made by a close-knit group of people who have been playing together for years and years and years, playing as though their lives depended on it. For many years, all our lives did, and actually, I'd suddenly realised, they did still. One winter's night, Alex James received an unexpected call. Blur had been invited to play their biggest gig ever: Wembley Stadium. The only trouble was, he and his bandmates hadn't spoken to or even shouted at each other for years. And he now had five children, an out-of-control menagerie of cats, and a sprawling farm to run. This is the story of what happened next. Taking us behind the scenes of a raucous, rollercoaster year, Alex describes how the band made a surprise and emotional return, recording an acclaimed album and playing sold-out shows around the world, from Colchester to Colombia and beyond. Plus: how he went on a crash diet to fit back into his Britpop Trousers,' somehow organised an entire festival of his own, and tried to perfect the recipe for a giant Frazzle. Over the Rainbow is a heartfelt and hilarious account of what it feels like to be catapulted back into the limelight with one of the world's biggest bands. It is a love letter to Blur, to friendship and to music. And it shows us all that, however old or hungover we might feel, nothing's ever truly over: it's always just the start of the next thing.
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University of Texas Press The Flatlanders
Book SynopsisA group of three friends who made music in a house in Lubbock, Texas, recorded an album that wasn’t released and went their separate ways into solo careers. That group became a legend and then—twenty years later—a band. The Flatlanders—Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Butch Hancock—are icons in American music, with songs blending country, folk, and rock that have influenced a long list of performers, including Robert Earl Keen, the Cowboy Junkies, Ryan Bingham, Terry Allen, John Hiatt, Hayes Carll, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, and Lyle Lovett.In The Flatlanders: Now It’s Now Again, Austin author and music journalist John T. Davis traces the band’s musical journey from the house on 14th Street in Lubbock to their 2013 sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall. He explores why music was, and is, so important in Lubbock and how earlier West Texas musicians such as Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison, as well as a touring Elvis Presley, inspireTrade ReviewDavis packs a wealth of material into this book, drawing on his considerable insight into the American music scene. It’s an enjoyable read, highlighting an oft-overlooked contribution to the development of Americana. * R2 *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: The Land Chapter 1: The Llano Chapter 2: The City Chapter 3: The Invasion Chapter 4: The House Part Two: The Men, First Verse Chapter 5: Joe, Jimmie, and Butch, Part 1 Chapter 6: Compañeros Part Three: The Music Chapter 7: Genesis Chapter 8: More a Legend Chapter 9: Diaspora Part Four: The Men, Second Verse Chapter 10: Joe, Jimmie, and Butch, Part 2 Part Five: The Return Chapter 11: More a Band Chapter 12: Alchemy: Now Again Chapter 13: Cruising Speed: Wheels of Fortune/Live '72 Chapter 14: Dust to Dust: Hills and Valleys Chapter 15: Closing the Circle: The Odessa Tapes Epilogue: Carnegie Hall: Practice, Practice, Practice Discography
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Hachette Books Pretend Were Dead
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Sampling and Remixing Blackness in HipHop Theater
Book SynopsisIn a cultural moment where racial identity is performed through Hip-Hop culture’s resistance to the status quo and complicity in maintaining it, Hodges Persley asks us to consider who has the right to claim Hip-Hop’s blackness when blackness itself offers both consent and resistance to transgressive and inspiring acts of performance.Trade Review“Hodges Persley’s passion for Hip Hip as a cultural aesthetic and methodology is second only to the fascinating case studies she analyzes. Like no other scholar before her, her multimodal engagement of Hip Hop pushes the field of theater studies and race to new heights.”– E. Patrick Johnson, Northwestern UniversityTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Licensed to Ill: Alternative White Masculinities in Danny Hoch's Jails, Hospitals and Hip-hop and Matt Sax's Clay Empire State of Mind: Remixes of the Hip-Hop American Dream in Nikki S. Lee's The Hip-Hop Project and Sarah Jones’s Bridge & Tunnel One Nation Under a Groove: (Re)Membering Hip-Hop Dance in Jonzi D's TAG and Rennie Harris's Rome & Jewels Musical Mash-Ups of Americanness: Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights and Matt Sax's Venice The Ghosting of American History: Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton: An American Musical Conclusion: Arrested Developments: New Arrangements of Identity in Hip-Hop Performance Notes
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LUP - University of Michigan Press The Jazz Republic
Book SynopsisReveals the wide-ranging influence of American jazz on German discussions of music, race, and culture in the early twentieth centuryTrade ReviewUnique in reconstructing the reception of jazz in and the translation of jazz into Weimar Germany in its multidimensionality and (trans-)national specificity. The detail and scope of the author’s research and the nuanced way he is interpreting his findings are impressive. The author has followed unfinished traces and tracked down surprising connections to assemble a picture that is rich in both depth and scale."" - Tobias Nagl, University of Western Ontario
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The University of Michigan Press Protest Arts Gender and Social Change
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The University of Michigan Press Jazz from Detroit
Book SynopsisMark Stryker celebrates Detroit's profound influence on jazz from the mid-20th century through the present day.Trade Review“There is no other city like Detroit: the musicians, the vibe, the people. Thank you, Mark Stryker, for Jazz from Detroit.”- Sonny Rollins;“No city has meant more to American musical culture than Detroit. In the bass register alone, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, and James Jamerson provided the foundation for some of the greatest music of the 20th century, and we can continue to climb the entire frequency range to find the same deep and detailed descriptions of American life at its very best through the ideas and voices of iconic Detroit musicians. Deeply researched and expertly rendered, Mark Stryker’s Jazz from Detroit has provided a diligent and insightful window into every aspect of how Detroit came to be one of the major centers of modern American musical research. This is an important and highly entertaining document that will stand as a definitive testament to the musical culture of Detroit.”- Pat Metheny;“With a smooth and deeply informed style Mark Stryker in Jazz from Detroit writes authoritatively about the city’s almost matchless contribution to the history of jazz. His profiles on some of the iconic figures in jazz are so insightfully drawn, so musical that you are tempted to stop reading and listen to their recordings.”- Herb Boyd, author of Black Detroit: A People’s History of Self-Determination;“Jazz from Detroit is a masterpiece—one of the most insightful books about this music ever written. Mark Stryker’s perceptive commentary will resonate with both aficionados and newcomers to jazz.”- Ethan Iverson;""Building on his many years of covering the jazz scene in Detroit, Stryker (long-time journalist for the Detroit Free Press) has produced an important book about many of the luminaries of Motown. ... Highly recommended.""- CHOICE
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Dover Publications Inc. Alexander Borodin Polovstian DanceS And In The
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Dover Publications Inc. Symphonies Nos 1 and 2 Full Score Dover Music
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Faber Music Really Easy Jazzin About Bassoon
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsDragonfly; Easy Tiger **Trinity Guildhall selected piece: Bassoon syllabus 2012-2014; Riding Out West **ABRSM selected piece: Bassoon syllabus 2006-2013; Smooth Operator; Cheeky Cherry **Trinity Guildhall selected piece: Bassoon syllabus 2012-2014; Hot Chilli **Trinity Guildhall selected piece: Bassoon syllabus 2012-2014; Crystal Spring; Keep Truckin'; Buttercup; Cat Walk **ABRSM selected piece: Bassoon syllabus 2006-2013; Swing Your Partners; Simply The Rest! **Trinity Guildhall selected piece: Bassoon syllabus 2012-2014
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