Popular music

This acclaimed travel guide, hailed as the bible of blues travelers throughout the world, will shepherd the faithful to such shrines as the intersection where Robert Johnson might have made his deal with the devil and the railroad tracks that inspired Howlin' Wolf to moan "e;Smokestack Lightnin'.

A disciple of Classical sculpture in a time of pervasive abstract modernism, Lawrence M.

Do you remember these great pop stars and their hits?

The Live Music Business: Management and Production of Concerts and Festivals, Third Edition, shines a light on the enigmatic live music business, offering a wealth of inside advice and trade secrets to artists and bands looking to make a living in the industry.

Status Quo were one of the most successful, influential and innovative bands of the 1970s.

A widely acclaimed biography of one of rock's most compelling, uncompromising and influential singer-songwriters, Ian Johnston's BAD SEED offers a superb overview of Nick Cave's career to date.

In its second edition, this extended and revised volume brings together alternative and innovative approaches in conflict resolution.

Grunge has been perceived as the music that defined 'Generation X'.

Smith examines the different ways in which gay men use pop music, both as producers and consumers, and how, in turn, pop uses gay men.

A Different Paradigm in Music Education is a "e;let's consider some possibilities"e; book.

Presenting for the first time Akim Volynsky's (1861-1926) pre-balletic writings on Leonardo da Vinci, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Otto Weininger, and on such illustrious personalities as Zinaida Gippius, Ida Rubinstein, and Lou Andreas-Salome, And Then Came Dance provides new insight into the origins of Volynsky's life-altering journey to become Russia's foremost ballet critic.

This biography reveals the life story, musical style, personality, lyrics, and fashion of Katy Perry-the elements that have catapulted her to stardom and made her a 21st-century pop music icon.

The first collection of academic essays focused entirely on the musical, historical, cultural and media impact of the Rolling Stones.

Late nineteenth-century France was a nation undergoing an identity crisis: the uncertain infancy of the Third Republic and shifting alliances in the wake of the Franco-Prussian War forced France to interrogate the fundamental values and characteristics at the heart of its own national identity.

African American women have played a pivotal part in rock and roll-from laying its foundations and singing chart-topping hits to influencing some of the genre's most iconic acts.

Everyone knows music is big business, but do you really understand how ideas and inspiration become songs, products, downloads, concerts and careers?

Die Geschichte des Jazz, mal anders.

Many metal songs incorporate poetry into their lyrics using a broad array of techniques, both textual and musical.

Today, jazz is considered high art, America's national music, and the catalog of its recordings-its discography-is often taken for granted.

From its dynamic start at dance parties in the South Bronx in the late 1970s, hip hop and rap music have exploded into a dominant style of popular music in the United States and a force for activism and expression all over the world.

How does popular music influence the culture and reputation of a city, and what does a city do to popular music?

The evolution of the record producer from organizer to auteur, from Phil Spector and George Martin to the rise of hip-hop and remixing.

Originally published in 1973.

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.

Was haben Rock, Pop und Metal mit Spiritualität und dem Glauben zu tun?

This book's central claim is that a close reading of Augustine's epistemology can help political theologians develop affirmative accounts of political liberalism.

"e;Wonderful"e;--The New York Times.

Want to know what really goes on during an Olly Murs UK tour?

David Nichols tells the story of Australian rock and pop music from 1960 to 1985 formative years in which the nation cast off its colonial cultural shackles and took on the world.

Over 30 million records sold.

Popular music has long been used to entertain, provoke, challenge and liberate but also to oppress and control.

Strategies, Tips, and Activities for the Effective Band Director: Targeting Student Engagement and Comprehension is a resourceful collection of highly effective teaching strategies, solutions, and activities for band directors.

What is the relationship between music and culture?

At this book's core is a critical edition of letters exchanged over 50 years between Anglo-Irish composer Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994) and the Welsh composer Grace Williams (1906-1977).

Ruth Etting (1897-1978) was among the most important performers of the early 20th century.

A lively set of new essays on Dylan''s work as a writer and composer and on his place in American culture.

The second compendium of extracts from Continuum's acclaimed and successful 33 1/3 series, Volume 2 features 20 sharp, savvy and very different writers' takes on albums by Neutral Milk Hotel, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, David Bowie, the Pixies, the Beastie Boys, Nirvana, R.

Finding the Beat explores humankind's ability, propensity, and enjoyment in finding the beat in live and recorded experiences of music-making through the lens of entrainment, the human capacity to perceive a beat and to synchronize to it.

This book explores popular music fandom from a cultural studies perspective that incorporates popular music studies, audience research, and media fandom.

The complete lyrics from cultural icon and bestselling author Nick Cave, spanning his entire career to date, with a new foreword by Andrew O'Hagan From Nick Cave's writing for The Birthday Party, through highly acclaimed albums like Murder Ballads, Henry's Dream, DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!

Dance music has seen an unprecedented explosion in the 21st century as a stampede of subgenres, such as dance pop and EDM (electronic dance music), have come to define the pop music scene worldwide.

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American soul music of the 1960s is one of the most creative and influential musical forms of the twentieth century.

Longlisted for the Penderyn Music Book PrizeOver the course of a thirteen-album and multi-award-winning career with Squeeze, it was clear from the very beginning that Chris Difford has few peers when it comes to smart, pithy lyricism.

Do you want to know when Duke Ellington was king of The Cotton Club?

Using a radical and inclusive definition of the genre, this collection explores musicians' autobiographies as articulated in print, on stage, and through various expressive media as a dynamic factor in contemporary culture.

The Personals reveals how classified ads are not just a few commercial lines of text in print or online - they can be a treasure trove of fascinating human stories; stories of love, loss, loneliness, redemption and hope.