This book was painstakingly researched over five years using scores of primary interviews and first-hand recollections by those closest to Ronson, including: Suzi Ronson (wife), David and Maggie Ronson (brother and sister), Minnie Ronson (mother), Steve Popovich (manager), Lou Reed, Ian Hunter, Chrissie Hynde, Steve Harley, Joe Elliott and a host of others.
Michael Ball is more than a Laurence Olivier Award winner and multiplatinum recording artist; he holds the unique status of being Britain's foremost musical theatre actor.
This biography offers students and general readers an insightful look into Jerry Garcia's creative genius as a founding member of The Grateful Dead and the various influences on his work as he contributed to the countercultural movement in the United States.
It has been reviled, dismissed, attacked, and occasionally been the subject of Congressional hearings, but still, the genre of music known as heavy metal maintains not only its market share in the recording and downloading industry, but also as a cultural force that has united millions of young and old fans across the globe.
This fresh interpretation explains how an untutored musician changed music while at the same time playing an inadvertent role in the youth rebellion that has shaped the Baby Boomer generation into the 21st century.
An in-depth look at the rise of enigmatic Australian rock band TISM, the unexpected success of their 1995 album, Machiavelli and the Four Seasons, and the continued trajectory of their storied career.
Die knapp eineinhalb Jahrzehnte nach 1970 erscheinen im Rückblick als eine Art Sattelzeit der deutschen Popmusik: Fast alle maßgeblichen, zukunftsträchtigen Stile, Artikulations- und Inszenierungsweisen des deutschen Pop entwickeln und etablieren sich in diesem Zeitraum.
Women in Vinyl: The Art of Making Vinyl provides a comprehensive guide to the world of vinyl, with a focus on empowerment, diversity, and inclusion, designed to both demystify the vinyl community and highlight the vital role women and minority groups play in shaping the industry.
Across his directorial films, American filmmaker Dennis Hopper used music and sound to propel the narrative, signpost the era in which the films were made, and delineate the characters' place within American culture.
With 2014 marking the 60th anniversary of the release of Elvis Presley's first record, "e;That's All Right,"e; this book makes the perfect companion for celebrating the life and music of one of the world's most popular entertainers.
Women in Vinyl: The Art of Making Vinyl provides a comprehensive guide to the world of vinyl, with a focus on empowerment, diversity, and inclusion, designed to both demystify the vinyl community and highlight the vital role women and minority groups play in shaping the industry.
Across his directorial films, American filmmaker Dennis Hopper used music and sound to propel the narrative, signpost the era in which the films were made, and delineate the characters' place within American culture.
In a time when music streaming has become the dominant mode of consuming music recordings, this book interrogates how users go about listening to music in their everyday lives in a context where streaming services are focused on not only the circulation of music for users but also the circulation of user data and attention.
In a time when music streaming has become the dominant mode of consuming music recordings, this book interrogates how users go about listening to music in their everyday lives in a context where streaming services are focused on not only the circulation of music for users but also the circulation of user data and attention.
Bei bisher über 4`000 Auftritten in 19 Ländern erlebte der preisgekrönte Schweizer Boogie- und Bluespianist Nico Brina den Zauber der improvisierten Musik, wie sie auf Menschen wirkt, was sie auslöst in ihren Seelen.
This book explores how the youth experience, viscerally felt and deeply ingrained at a time of substantial physical, psychological and emotional changes, serves to authenticate that youth experience to the exclusion of that of ensuing youth generations.
The history of rock and roll music can be seen in a long arc of Western civilization's struggle for both greater individual expression and societal stability.
UNO DE LOS MEJORES LIBROS MUSICALES DEL AÑO SEGÚN The Times y MojoLa historia de Joy Division, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Cure, Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy, Killing Joke, The Cult, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Birthday Party, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Cramps, The Gun Club, Lydia Lunch, Soft Cell, Magazine, Theatre of Hate, New Model Army, Joolz, These Immortal Souls, Crime & The City Solution, Diamanda Galás, Einstürzende Neubauten, Virgin Prunes, Cocteau Twins, Danielle Dax, Cardiacs y muchos más.
The history of rock and roll music can be seen in a long arc of Western civilization's struggle for both greater individual expression and societal stability.
Die Pop-Queen der Zukunft – leidenschaftlich in allen Facetten beleuchtet»Country-Rock, Club, Pop, Prunk, Schweinkram, Schönheit und Schmutz: Diese Frau übertrifft in allem alle, sogar dauernd sich selbst.
This edited volume concentrates on the period from the 1940s to the present, exploring how popular music forms such as blues, disco, reggae, hip hop, grime, metal and punk evolved and transformed as they traversed time and space.
This collection of three hip hop plays by Conrad Murray and his Beats & Elements collaborators Paul Cree, David Bonnick Junior and Lakeisha Lynch-Stevens, is the first publication of the critically acclaimed theatre-maker's work.
UPDATED 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITIONOffering an intimate and indispensable window onto the gifted and impassioned, yet vulnerable and uncertain human behind the hip-hop legend of Tupac Shakur, this collection of original poems, letters, and conversations from his time spent incarcerated in 1995 reveals the artist and activist as never seen before.
Mamie Smith's 1920 recording of "e;"e;Crazy Blues"e;"e; is commonly thought to signify the beginning of commercial attention to blues music and culture, but by that year more than 450 other blues titles had already appeared in sheet music and on recordings.
Rising up aus der Asche von Kyuss, Queens Of The Stone Age sind eine elektrisierende musikalische Kraft, die eine ganz neue Musik-Bewegung inspiriert haben.
This edited volume concentrates on the period from the 1940s to the present, exploring how popular music forms such as blues, disco, reggae, hip hop, grime, metal and punk evolved and transformed as they traversed time and space.
The Isley Brothers' 3+3, dissects The Isleys' 50-year-old undisputed masterwork, an album that firmly established their music dynasty on a global scale, as well as heralding the boldest run of genre-defiant albums of their 67-year career.
