The book is about the multiple meanings and instances of masks (and makeup which seems to have a mask-like function such as in Kiss, many black metal bands, and Insane Clown Posse) within popular culture, specifically films and music.
All author royalties and publisher profits from the sale of this book will go to The Live Aid TrustOn Saturday, 13 July 1985, a blazing, cloudless summer day, millions of people settled in front of the television.
Despite being active for less than a decade and releasing just three studio albums during their short tenure, Nirvana's overwhelming musical and cultural impact on the world cannot be understated.
Fleetwood Macs iconic album Rumours is more popular and acclaimed now than ever and attracts listeners across generationsthis deft analysis (Houston Press) celebrates the albums unlikely creation, surprising longevity, and enduring cultural impact.
In her long career, Canadian songstress Joni Mitchell has been hailed as everything from a 1960s folk icon to 20th century cultural figure, artistic iconoclast to musical heroine, extreme romantic confessor to both outspoken commentator and lyrical painter.
Hailing from Muswell Hill in London, The Kinks were one of the top British bands of the sixties, with over twenty hit singles in the UK, including a trio of number ones, the famous tribute to their home city 'Waterloo Sunset' being one.
In the realm of singer-songwriters, few have been as influential as Neil Young, whose music has always been creative and relevant throughout six decades.
A Rough Trade Book of the YearA Resident Book of the YearA Classic Pop Book of the YearNominated for the 2025 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research'A wonderful book' ELTON JOHN'Beautiful, insightful and honest' CILLIAN MURPHY'A love letter to a charmed life lived through music' OBSERVERAs one-third of seminal band Cocteau Twins, Simon Raymonde helped to create some of the most beautiful and memorable albums of the '80s and '90s - music that continues to cast a spell over millions.
At the Hollywood Bowl, California, on 25 September 2017, the final song of the final concert of the Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 40th Anniversary tour was, almost inevitably, 'American Girl', the classic from the bands 1976 debut album.
Having celebrated 50 years as a band in 2022, Magnum remain a musical enigma, much loved by legions of fans despite never fitting easily into the sub-genres favoured by rock music critics.
The complete plays of Gilbert and Sullivan presents a vibrant collection of comic operas that blend satire, humor, and musical brilliance into performances that remain timelessly entertaining.
Viajando por entre la neblina púrpura del idealismo y la paranoia de los años sesenta, Jimi Hendrix fue el hombre que hizo que Eric Clapton se planteara dejarlo, ante quien Bob Dylan se plegó en su canción «All Along the Watchtower», quien obligó a Miles Davis a replantearse su estilo convencional, y cuyo «Star Spangled Banner» marcó Woodstock.
Seit etwa zehn Jahren hat die Zusammenarbeit von Laien mit professionellen Theatermacher:innen eine immer wichtigere Bedeutung erhalten und die Vermittlungsarbeit an institutionalisierten Theatern und Opernhäusern verändert.
'Represents a pinnacle of its form: a syncretic work of art' DAN CHARNAS'An impeccably constructed examination of an album that boosted the profile of South African music and reinvigorated Simon's career' UNCUT'Made me appreciate the album's intricacies and paradoxes all the more' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWThe definitive story of the making and legacy of Paul Simon's Graceland In 1984, Paul Simon was at a professional and personal crossroads.
Desde su prometedor arranque en 1984 hasta su abrupto final en 1996, Héroes del Silencio encarnaron el rol de estrellas de rock hasta sus últimas consecuencias.
Elvis Presley es una figura de talla mundial de la cultura popular, un artista cuyo talento y fama sólo fueron igualados por sus excesos y su trágico final.
Preparada con la inestimable colaboración de la asociación Cifujazz, esta nueva edición busca volver a hacer accesible al público, por primera vez en forma de libro, la única obra que Juan Claudio Cifuentes escribió de forma sistemática durante su larga carrera.
Se dice que, mientras cumplía una condena de dos meses en la prisión de Holloway por arrojar piedras contra las ventanas de los políticos que se negaban a reconocer el derecho al voto de las mujeres, se pudo ver a Ethel Smyth dirigiendo a través de los barrotes de su celda, con el cepillo de dientes a modo de improvisada batuta, una interpretación de La marcha de las mujeres, el himno que poco antes había compuesto para el movimiento sufragista.
La imagen de un director de orquesta agitando sus brazos frenéticamente al son de la melodía probablemente sea, al tiempo que una de las expresiones más icónicas de la música clásica en el imaginario colectivo, la figura más enigmática e incomprendida de toda la vida concertística.
Probablemente casi todo el mundo haya escuchado, en una versión u otra, la cadencia plúmbea de los acordes que abren la célebre "Marcha fúnebre" de Chopin.
A compelling portrait of rocks greatest guitarist at the moment of his ascendance, Stone Free is the first book to focus exclusively on the happiest and most productive period of Jimi Hendrixs life.
Seit etwa zehn Jahren hat die Zusammenarbeit von Laien mit professionellen Theatermacher:innen eine immer wichtigere Bedeutung erhalten und die Vermittlungsarbeit an institutionalisierten Theatern und Opernhäusern verändert.
