A combination of button accordion and bajo sexto, conjunto originated in the Texas-Mexico borderlands as a popular dance music and became a powerful form of regional identity.
From the storied ache of mbube harmonies of the '40s to the electronic boom of kwaito and the amapiano and house explosion of the '00s, this book explores vignettes taken from across South Africa's popular music history.
From the storied ache of mbube harmonies of the '40s to the electronic boom of kwaito and the amapiano and house explosion of the '00s, this book explores vignettes taken from across South Africa's popular music history.
Alastair Riddell's band Space Waltz was a short-lived one-album New Zealand rock act who hit gold with a #1 hit single in October 1974 with the song 'Out On The Street' but thereafter failed to achieve anything even close to that feat.
Alastair Riddell's band Space Waltz was a short-lived one-album New Zealand rock act who hit gold with a #1 hit single in October 1974 with the song 'Out On The Street' but thereafter failed to achieve anything even close to that feat.
The voice of Amalia Rodrigues (1920-1999), the "e;Queen of Fado"e; and Portugal's most celebrated diva, was extraordinary for its interpretive power, soul wrenching timbre, and international reach.
The voice of Amalia Rodrigues (1920-1999), the "e;Queen of Fado"e; and Portugal's most celebrated diva, was extraordinary for its interpretive power, soul wrenching timbre, and international reach.
Ed Kuepper's history as a rock pioneer with The Saints and Laughing Clowns means that his albums of the early 1990s represent a remapping of the singer-songwriter concept.
Ed Kuepper's history as a rock pioneer with The Saints and Laughing Clowns means that his albums of the early 1990s represent a remapping of the singer-songwriter concept.
Exploring Peru's lively music industry and the studio producers, radio DJs, and program directors that drive it, Gentleman Troubadours and Andean Pop Stars is a fascinating account of the deliberate development of artistic taste.
In 1980, the celebrated new wave band Blondie headed to Los Angeles to record a new album and along with it, the cover song ';The Tide Is High,' originally written by Jamaican legend John Holt.
"e;Russian folk songs are a living history of the Russian people, rich, vivid and truthful, revealing their entire life,"e; wrote the great Russian writer Nikolai Gogol.
Zwischen Triumph und Tragödie:Das bewegende Leben des Sängers von Depeche ModeDave Gahans Leben ist spannend wie ein Roman: Er erlebte eine bewegende Kindheit und Jugend in Essex, wurde mit Depeche Mode zu einem gefeierten Weltstar.
Die Erschaffung musikalischer Werke ist ein Mysterium: Dem kreativen Funken und magischen Augenblick der zündenden Idee und künstlerischen Inspiration haftet bis zum heutigen Tag ein Black-Box-Charakter an, welcher der Forschung Rätsel aufgibt.
Perhaps the best musical encapsulation of the Cold War as experienced in the walled city of West-Berlin, Kollaps is a product of its time while remaining as vital, exhilarating and surprising as the day it was released.
"El dólar de la salsa examina los avatares de una expresión artística comunitaria en el complejo contexto económico contemporáneo de la música popular.
From the legendary producer of Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, REM, and Taj Mahal and author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s comes a riveting, world-spanning tour of the artists, histories, controversies, and collaborations that shaped global music.
Noch hinter den höchsten Bergen, in den größten Wüsten und auf den kleinsten Inseln finden sich ein paar wackere Metalheads, die sich zu Bands zusammengeschlossen haben, Konzerte geben und Metal-Kultur leben.
Noch hinter den höchsten Bergen, in den größten Wüsten und auf den kleinsten Inseln finden sich ein paar wackere Metalheads, die sich zu Bands zusammengeschlossen haben, Konzerte geben und Metal-Kultur leben.
