African music’s most distinctive feature is the urbatextuality that transpires through its diversity and plural functions and the specific geographical, cultural, religious, linguistic, political, economic, and social contexts from which it evolves.
A ROUGH TRADE AND UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025'Brilliantly entertaining' MOJO'A rollercoaster tale' Classic Pop'Endlessly vivid' i Paper 'A beautifully candid bromance .
Jerome Kern's Jewel Box shows how the integration of spoken and sung performances in Kern's early musicals reveals new connections between musical theater scores and "e;straight"e; (spoken) theater.
Jerome Kern's Jewel Box shows how the integration of spoken and sung performances in Kern's early musicals reveals new connections between musical theater scores and "e;straight"e; (spoken) theater.
Essays on Music, Adolescence, and Identity: The Adolescentia Project explores music consumption, self-discovery, media culture, and memory through autoethnographic essays on albums we loved during adolescence covering three decades (1980-2010) as the music industry and socio-cultural identity landscapes in the United States significantly changed.
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLEREmbark on an extraordinary journey through the life, music and spiritual adventures of Yusuf/Cat Stevens, one of the iconic figures of our time.
Nordic Music Videos fills a gap in the existing research on music videos by bringing together new perspectives on music videos across the Nordic region, from the academic to the practical, the aesthetic to the industrial, while addressing issues of local, transnational, and global significance.
'Beautifully written, deliciously evocative, funny and touching'STEPHEN FRY 'A thermometer up the Khyber Pass of Comedy, expertly administered'RICHARD E GRANTAged twenty-five, dressed as Che Guevara, Nigel Planer answers an ad for a room and his life changes for ever.
'We are all the better for his way of seeing the world' Dame Judi Dench'He is delight and joy personified' - Marian Keyes 'Set to become BBC's next David Attenborough' - DAILY MAIL'Brings a little bit of joy to us all' - GUARDIANHamza Yassin loves being outdoors in nature.
When Fun Lovin' Criminals released their debut album Come Find Yourself in 1996, its fusion of hip-hop, funk, blues and rock quickly became one of the most iconic and influential records of the decade.
From the sonically sparse Pure Heroine to the epic pop euphoria of Melodrama, and from the sunny optimism of Solar Power to the raw, primal energy of Virgin, Lorde has been crafting music that defines the moment for over a decade.
Since its release in 1976, ABBA's song "e;Fernando"e; has been loved by fans around the globe both for its sing-along chorus and its revolutionary spirit.
Keine ausfuhrliche Beschreibung fur "e;Caspar David Friedrichs Gemalde Abtei im Eichwald"e; und die fruhe Wirkungsgeschichte der Ruine Eldena bei Greifswald"e; verfugbar.
Carl Dixon's journey through the twists and turns of a music performer's life began in Northern Ontario, where his boyhood dreams, shaped by the 1960s, collided with a new musical culture.
Carl Dixon's journey through the twists and turns of a music performer's life began in Northern Ontario, where his boyhood dreams, shaped by the 1960s, collided with a new musical culture.
During the years before World War II, hundreds of traditional musicians were sought out by commercial record companies, brought to New York or into local-often makeshift-studios, to cut recordings that would be marketed as "e;race"e; and "e;hillbilly"e; music.
Frank Mathias was a teenager in a small town when the draft swept him into the army and then halfway around the world to the jungles of the South Pacific.
HipHop-Kultur ist global: In jeder Sprache wird gerappt, gesampelt wird alles, von Soul Funk Breaks über Klassik bis hin zum folkloristischen Bläsersatz und auf Youtube tanzen B-Boys aus der ganzen Welt vor Wänden voller Graffiti.
A Rothschild by birth and a Baroness by marriage, beautiful, spirited Pannonica - known as Nica - seemed to have it all: children, a handsome husband and a trust fund.
A Rothschild by birth and a Baroness by marriage, beautiful, spirited Pannonica - known as Nica - seemed to have it all: children, a handsome husband and a trust fund.
Dans les annees 1980, il a eu l'honneur et le grand plaisir de cotoyer les plus grands du monde entier comme Albert Raisner, Larry Adler, Dany Kane, Claude Garden, Jean-Jacques Milteau, Toots Thielemans et bien d'autres cites dans cet ouvrage, qui ont fait la promotion de cet instrument que l'on nomme l'harmonica et que certains ont considere comme un jouet d'enfant !
L'Institut francais est l'un des plus importants du reseau du ministere francais des Affaires etrangeres qui exerce, au nom de la France, le pouvoir doux de la culture.
A l'occasion du centenaire de la mort de Giacomo Puccini en 2024, cette biographie revisite la vie du maitre inconteste de l'opera de la fin du XIX siecle.
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).
Il faut que tu ecrives comme si personne n'allait te lire ; ecrire pour toi, etre authentique, avec tes tripes, sans nuance, ca doit te ressembler sinon ton uvre aura le gout du commun et l'attrait du banal.
