Music reviews and criticism

A brand-new look at the life and music of renowned composer Erich Wolfgang KorngoldErich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was the last compositional prodigy to emerge from the Austro-German tradition of Mozart and Mendelssohn.

A brand-new look at the life and music of renowned composer Erich Wolfgang KorngoldErich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was the last compositional prodigy to emerge from the Austro-German tradition of Mozart and Mendelssohn.

What began as an underground 60s Mod scene in unlicensed, no-frills clubs in the North West of England became a youth craze that has long surpassed all others.

The Ultimate Guide to Proving You Know Everything About Music.

'A wonderfully warm tale of weddings, funerals, marathon sauna contests - and the incomparable thrill of your first kiss, from "e;the Nick Hornby of the Arctic"e;.

A remarkable memoir from the legendary drummer with The Police.

La obra "e;Sociologia y musica: aportes investigativos para el caso colombiano"e; es una compilacion academica que busca contribuir a la investigacion sobre la sociologia de la musica en Colombia a traves de ocho trabajos diversos.

Sobre la vida del jazz es un ensayo que aborda el jazz no solo como genero musical, sino como forma de entender el mundo.

"e;Escribir sobre musica es como bailar sobre arquitectura"e;.

En esta nueva edición de la Guía del flamenco se expone el origen y el desarrollo del flamenco, y se analizan los periodos fundamentales de su evolución, así como los enclaves geográficos más significativos.

En tiempos recientes, los corridos tumbados han emergido como un fenómeno musical sin parangón.

En este libro la musica se mueve libremente a traves de limites y fronteras; anda en el tren del forro, del frevo, detras del trio electrico.

Per ogni ARMY che ha mai messo in pausa una canzone per cogliere un verso, rimandato indietro un videoclip fotogramma per fotogramma, o perso un pomeriggio in una teoria sui BTS: questo libro è per te.

A college student handed a CD to a Minneapolis radio station on a whim.

Every nation has a song - a melody meant to unite, to honor, and to remember.

En esta obra la cumbia no solo se escucha.

Un libro que nos presenta 25 exponentes destacados de la musica espanola en el siglo XXI, cuya obra recorre generos y sonoridades, confeccionando en cierta medida un mapa de la diversidad sonora que hay en ese pais, recorriendo del folclor de distintas regiones a la cancion de autor, el flamenco, el rock, el hip-hop, el rap, la musica de fusion, etcetera.

The ultimate collection of 100 legendary guitarsFrom the beginnings of the American guitar in the 19th century to the avant-garde Canadian creations of a few months ago, from folk to electric to archtop; from the cheap guitar of the bluesmen of the 1960s to the Les Paul worth half a million dollars; all the instruments presented in this book are exceptional, whether it's because of their sound, their craftsmanship, the way they play, their aesthetics or the artists they inspired.

El territorio andado es el de la formacion auditiva, un espacio paradojal y caleidoscopico, en el cruce de las exigencias del dominio de la notacion musical de los musicos del siglo XIX y las necesidades que de ella tienen los protagonistas de la cultura musical posalfabetizada.

The hotly anticipated literary debut by SELF ESTEEM

'An oracle'
DOLLY ALDERTON

'Articulate[s] a universal, feminine wisdom with such ferocity it feels like she's slapping the reader around the face'
OBSERVER

'Equal parts self-lacerating, tender and witty'
GLAMOUR

'Furious, sharp, funny, honest'
iPAPER

Sometimes when I drink wine out of a globulous glass with the thinnest of rims, blocking out the fact it's billed at £14 a pop, I think of baby Becky.

Hair so blonde it's neon white, cheeks so chubby you can't see her eyes. What must she think right now? She must think she made it.

We're a great big adult person.

That was always the plan, right?

In her extraordinary debut, with her trademark lyricism and razor-sharp wit, Ivor Novello Award-winning musician and artist Rebecca Lucy Taylor (aka SELF ESTEEM) takes us on a journey through womanhood - whatever the hell that means.

Through the notes, lyrics and biting observational prose for which Taylor has become renowned, A Complicated Woman offers itself up as a subversive anti-Bible for any woman who has ever cracked under the weight of impossible expectation; who has done unto others the damage that has been wrought upon her; and who has discovered deep within herself a resilience that surprised her.

A Complicated Woman is a cathartic scream of a book that gets to the heart of being a woman in the world today, and cements Taylor as one of the most exciting voices of her generation.

Without Beethoven, music as we know it wouldn't exist.

Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Millicent Fawcett, Emmeline Pankhurst, Constance Markievicz, Nancy Astor They terrorised the establishment.

'The most important thing you'll read this year' Elle The incendiary new book about toxic masculinity and misogyny from Clementine Ford, author of the bestselling feminist manifesto, Fight Like A Girl.

'The most important thing you'll read this year' Elle The incendiary new book about toxic masculinity and misogyny from Clementine Ford, author of the bestselling feminist manifesto, Fight Like A Girl.

Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Millicent Fawcett, Emmeline Pankhurst, Constance Markievicz, Nancy Astor They terrorised the establishment.

In seinem neuesten Buch entlarvt Marcus drei »gewöhnliche« amerikanische Songs als grundlegende Dokumente amerikanischer Identität: Bascom Lamar Lunsfords »I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground« (1928), Geeshie Wileys »Last Kind Words Blues« (1930) und Bob Dylans »Ballad of Hollis Brown« (1964).

En una tierra donde tantas voces fueron acalladas, una se alzó con la fuerza de lo inquebrantable.

"e;I really enjoyed the book's gung-ho style.

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice';A comprehensive biography of .

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice';A comprehensive biography of .

'A vital call to arms that demands we confront ableism at every level of society.

The Rock 'n' Roll Archives is a series collecting vintage artist interviews and record reviews from the archives of award-winning rock critic and music historian Rev.