Music: styles and genres

The latest volume in Hans-Gunter Heumann's successful Best of Piano Classics series offers an attractive colourful mix of very easy to easy original piano pieces from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern periods.

From an award-winning journalist, an illustrated retrospective of Aretha Franklin, celebrating her life, music and legacy.

The serene, delicate songs on Another Green World sound practically meditative, but the album itself was an experiment fueled by adrenaline, panic, and pure faith.

This title offers a superb investigation of what is arguably Johnny Cash's greatest album, focusing on his enduring mythology.

Ween now seems like a permanent fixture on the pop-cultural landscape, but when the band first hit MTV in the early '90s, their longevity wasn't so secure.

When Bruce Springsteen went back on the road in 1984, he opened every show by shouting out, "e;one, two, one, two, three, four,"e; followed by the droning synth chords of "e;Born in the U.

One of the most-streamed female artists of all time, Ariana Grande is the voice of her generation.

Even at four in the morning, the strip clubs and watering holes surrounding the Honolulu studio were still hopping.

When the Motor City 5 stormed the stage, the band combined the kinetic flash of James Brown on acid with the raw musical dynamics of the Who gone berserk.

Zaireeka is the anti-headphone and the anti-mp3.

After Rumours became the best-selling single album of all-time, Fleetwood Mac asked Warner Brothers Records to buy them a studio (the label refused, costing both Warner Brothers and the band significant cash in the long run) and then handed the reins to their guitarist and resident perfectionist Lindsey Buckingham.

Get inside the head of one of the most influential musicians of our time with this collection of her most inspiring and revealing quotes.

Ein Arbeitsbuch für leidenschaftliche Musikhörer und Musikliebhaber ohne Notenkenntnisse.

Twenty-first-century monastic communities represent unique social environments in which music plays an integral part.

Twenty-first-century monastic communities represent unique social environments in which music plays an integral part.

'Goth can plausibly claim to be the near-definitive word on the subject' - GuardianGoth is an entertaining and evocative personal history of Goth music and culture, told by a true insider.

An astonishingly rich, almost encyclopedic biography of the American singer-songwriter, Prince Rogers Nelson.

From ancient to contemporary times, music in the area known as Nigeria has passed through different stages of transmutation.

From the gospel music of slavery in the antebellum South to anti-apartheid freedom songs in South Africa, this two-volume work documents how music has fueled resistance and revolutionary movements in the United States and worldwide.

George Crumb is a composer at the forefront of post-World War II American music, and never before has one volume combined a portrait of his life with a catalogue of his extensive work.

A fascinating look at the history of the Beatles, from their formative years through the present day, as detailed in hundreds of entries chock-full of information never before shared with the public.

Thinkers like W.

Bob Marley was the first, and possibly the only, superstar to emerge from the Third World.

Dive into the worlds of Philip K.

Set against the backdrop of Jim Crow, Night Train to Nashville takes readers behind the curtain of one of music's greatest untold stories during the era of segregation and Civil Rights.

This book brings together a range of hip hop scholars, artists and activists working on Hip Hop in the Global North and South with the goal of advancing Hiphopographic research as a critical methodology with critical fieldwork methods that can provide a critical perspective of our world.

The peak of the British Blues Boom - and Savage Cabbage the band who could have rivalled Cream.

In a novel look at rock 'n' roll lyrics, psychologist Barry Farber highlights those that rise above the rest because they are not only clever, but also wise in their psychological themes and conclusions.

From male bisexuality to religion in pop, Little Richard spent the 1950s pioneering ideas that are still too challenging for the mainstream.

From male bisexuality to religion in pop, Little Richard spent the 1950s pioneering ideas that are still too challenging for the mainstream.

Gower Champion's career spanned the years during which American musical theatre was transformed from a crude popular entertainment into a sophisticated art form.

This book brings together a range of hip hop scholars, artists and activists working on Hip Hop in the Global North and South with the goal of advancing Hiphopographic research as a critical methodology with critical fieldwork methods that can provide a critical perspective of our world.

This is the first book to move beyond the details of Zappa's biography toward a focused treatment of his songs.

This book introduces every important aspect of the Elizabethan music world.

The Grateful Dead, one of the most meticulously documented rock bands, significantly influenced American music and popular culture.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERScenic Wye Valley isn't the typical place for a rock story to begin, but when Echo & the Bunnymen hit the studio to record their ground-breaking debut album, Crocodiles, it was anything but ordinary.

Presenting the life and professional career of The Dean of Afro-American Composers, this is the first comprehensive book on the writings by and about Still, the compositions with manuscript sources, the performances of Still's works, and the reviews of those performances.

Although the choral arrangements of the African-American spirituals constitute the largest group of folk song arrangements in western literature, they have received little scholarly attention.

For more than six decades, reggae legend Glen DaCosta has worked as a musician, songwriter and producer.

When large numbers of students from Spain arrived in New York in 1880, they introduced the American public to a new instrument the mandolin.

This four-volume work provides provocative critical analyses of 160 of the best popular music albums of the past 50 years, from the well-known and mainstream to the quirky and offbeat.

Paul Simon is commonly acknowledged to be one of the most successful singer-songwriters of the pop-rock era.

The five countries that make up Northern Europe-Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland-have, over the course of the last several centuries, developed and unique and viable art music history that easily rivals that of their continental neighbors.

Today's Retro Swing bands, like the Squirrel Nut Zippers and the Brian Setzer Orchestra, all owe their inspiration to the original masters of Swing.

This set covers all aspects of international hip hop as expressed through music, art, fashion, dance, and political activity.

This wide-ranging, two-volume encyclopedia of musicals old and new will captivate young fans-and prove invaluable to those contemplating staging a musical production.

From the gospel music of slavery in the antebellum South to anti-apartheid freedom songs in South Africa, this two-volume work documents how music has fueled resistance and revolutionary movements in the United States and worldwide.