Music: styles and genres

Kalakuta Diaries is a personal Narrative of events and characters that propelled and defined an African Social-political setting in the heart of Lagos Nigeria.

Throughout America cocktail parties sparkled defiantly through the dreaded first minutes of January 20, 1920.

With a career spanning 37 years in television broadcasting including 29years at the ABC Television Network, Dan Rapak gives us a glimpse ofwhat went on behind the scenes to broadcast major events.

Stories are something that gives youthoughts and images about what isgoing on in the world without youbeing there.

From the 1950s through the 1980s girl groups were hot and not just because of their looks.

Pookeyology is about a top model, dancer, recording artist, author, and songwriter named DeROY who is determined to find the true meaning to life.

Se ha dicho que si cualquier persona escribiera su vida encontrara la novela ms interesante de toda la historia.

Would you like to know the truth about Albert Einstein from a friend who really knew him?

This is the story of a young girl, an Italian immigrant, who was brought to America in hopes of a better life.

Eve Bransons life reads like a fast-paced adventure novel.

Memories of You is a compilation of author Veta Gardners recollections of her marriage with The Coasters lead singer Carl Gardner.

Mind, Body, Spirit: The Ultimate Motivation is a book of how one man defies all odds.

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This book depicts the ups and downs, ins and outs of surviving and sustaining a solidplace in the radio broadcasting industry from a female minority perspective.

The Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace is a national icon, yet few have heard of its sculptor, Thomas Brock.

When I was a teen I had played the Na Na Record on my stereo quite often.

Nollywood is the general moniker for Nigerias exciting and thriving film industry!

In Writing a Life - part drama, part sitcom - veteran Hollywood writer-producer Joel Rogosin guides us through a highly entertaining memoir, a touching love story, an engaging family history, and an intimate journal

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Sandy Clyburn, (fictitious), was orphaned at five, during Londons Blitz), 1943.

The world has indeed become a challenging place to find relevance and contentment.

For 30 years, Guitar World magazine has served as North America's leading publication for rock guitarists and with more than 325 issues under its belt, the world's bestselling guitar magazine is showing no signs of slowing down.

by David Atkinson, Vic Gammon, Rikky Rooksby, Mark Brend, John Morrish, Martin Carthy, and Nigel Williamson.

How to Play Blues Guitar gives you vital instruction in blues basics from top guitar teachers and reveals the screts of blues greats, often in their own words.

Lyrics sheds light on all aspects of lyric writing for music and will make songwriters feel more confident and creative when they tackle lyrics.

The music of Django Reinhardt is as important today as it has ever been.

The effect that Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl have had upon contemporary music is immeasurable.

Since the inception of the first ';electrical' guitars in the 1920s, no other manufacturer has produced a greater variety of professional quality models than Gibson.

In a relatively short time span, grunge music exploded out of its native Seattle and became the most dominant force of the early '90s.

This book is a virtual encyclopedia of great electric guitar players, with 35 chapters examining the major players in each important era of rock.

An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years.

Now in its 25th year, the Commercial Theater Institute sponsors an annual intensive program in New York for individuals interested in producing or investing in the theatre that attracts people from all over the world.

Culled from 10 years of the Electronic Musician, Remix, and EQ magazines' archives, the articles in Electronic Musician Presents the Recording Secrets Behind 50 Great Albums will enlighten readers about the recording and songwriting techniques that helped create 50 great albums, spanning as far back as 1967 and as recent as 2011, revealing the methodology of numerous talented artists, producers, and engineers.

Conducting an orchestra is something that is seen as well as heard, but it is quite misunderstood when it comes to knowing what this person actually does for a living.

Ludwig van Beethoven's chamber works are some of his most revered compositions.

For nearly a decade, ';Dear Guitar Hero' where everyday fans get a chance to ask their hero a question has remained one of Guitar World magazine's most popular departments.

In hard rock history, there is the time before Metallica and there is everything that has come since: metal, punk, industrial, grunge, alternative all of it absorbed, transformed, and reinvented by the band that, for decades, has ruled as both the Beatles and the Stones of heavy music.

Neil Young has had one of the most remarkable careers in the history of music.

Award-winning beloved actress and talented singer/songwriter Katey Sagal crafts an evocative and gripping memoir told in essaysperfect for fans of Patti Smith's M Train and Mary-Louise Parker's Dear Mr.

One of The Christian Science Monitor's Best Nonfiction Books of the Year ';An engrossing reada historically and psychologically rich account of the young Picasso and his coteries in Barcelona and Paris' (The Washington Post) and how he achieved his breakthrough and revolutionized modern art through his masterpiece, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.

A refreshingly candid and wickedly funny look at lifes second half from Everybody Loves Raymond TV sitcom star and three-time Emmy Awardwinning comic Brad Garrett.

David Hallberg, the first American to join the famed Bolshoi Ballet as a principal dancer and the dazzling artist The New Yorker described as ';the most exciting male dancer in the western world,' presents a look at his artistic lifeup to the moment he returns to the stage after a devastating injury that almost cost him his career.

Jennifer Knapps meteoric rise in the Christian music industry ended abruptly when she walked away and came out publicly as a lesbian.

The riveting story of the rivalry between the two most renowned actresses of the nineteenth century: legendary Sarah Bernhardt, whose eccentricity on and off the stage made her the original diva, and mystical Eleonora Duse, who broke all the rules to popularize the natural style of acting we celebrate today.

An expansive and insightful exploration of one of the most iconic and electrifying artists ever, this book reveals the stunning, multi-generational influence and appeal of Prince and his revered musicfrom celebrated journalist, author, and host of the popular podcast The Tour Show.

Adopted as a child from the Masonic Home for Children at Oxford, Tommy Malboeuf grew up in Troutman, North Carolina before enlisting in the Navy in the early 1950s.

North Carolina fiddler and banjo player Jim Scancarelli's extensive career as a string band musician began in the early 1960s.

Elvis Presley's clever manipulation of his numerous interests remains one of the music world's great marvels.

This book delves into the aural splendor of the Beatles' discography, breaking down each song and taking a close look at how the group's music sounds through headphones rather than external speakers.

Black celebrities in America have always walked a precarious line between their perceived status as spokespersons for their race and their own individual success----and between being "e;not black enough"e; for the black community or "e;too black"e; to appeal to a broader audience.