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Country Music: A Very Short Introduction presents a compelling overview of the music and its impact on American culture. Country music has long been a marker of American identity; from our popular culture to our politics, it has provided a soundtrack to our national life. While traditionally associated with the working class, country's appeal is far broader than any other popular music style. While this music rose from the people, it is also a product...
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From the bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape and Turn Around Bright Eyes, "a funny, insightful look at the sublime torture of adolescence".—Entertainment Weekly
The 1980s meant MTV and John Hughes movies, big dreams and bigger shoulder pads, and millions of teen girls who nursed crushes on the members of Duran Duran. As a solitary teenager stranded in the suburbs, Rob Sheffield had a lot to learn about women,...
The 1980s meant MTV and John Hughes movies, big dreams and bigger shoulder pads, and millions of teen girls who nursed crushes on the members of Duran Duran. As a solitary teenager stranded in the suburbs, Rob Sheffield had a lot to learn about women,...
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National Bestseller * Named one of Rolling Stone's Best Music Books of 2018 * One of Newsweek's 50 Best Books of 2018 * A Billboard Best of 2018 * A New York Times Book Review "New and Noteworthy" selection
The author of the critically acclaimed Your Favorite Band is Killing Me offers an eye-opening exploration of the state of classic rock, its past and future, the impact
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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Surveys the history and components of music, concentrating on Western musical traditions.
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English
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Focusing on the years 1971 to the present, Questlove finds the hidden connections in the American tapes- try, whether investigating how the blaxploitation era reshaped Black identity or considering the way disco took an assembly-line approach to Black genius. And these critical inquiries are complemented by his own memories as a music fan, and the way his appetite for pop culture taught him about America. A history of the last half-century and an...
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Twirl
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"When did people start making music? What types of music are there? How are musical instruments made? The Do You Know?(TM) series provides in-depth looks at a wide range of popular subjects. Appealing to children who want to know everything, each thought-provoking book features: 96 pages of engaging and educational answers to many popular questions; Hundreds of labeled full-color illustrations; An index to key terms."--
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Diversion Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Through the decades, the metal scene has been populated by colorful individuals who have thwarted convention and lived by their own rules. For many, vice has been virtue, and the opportunity to record albums and tour has been an invitation to push boundaries and blow the lid off a Pandora's box of riotous experiences: thievery, vandalism, hedonism, the occult, stage mishaps, mosh pit atrocities, and general insanity. To the figures in this book,...
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Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Discover the power of music and be inspired by cultures from all over the world with the Children's Book of Music. You'll find out how instruments are made and played and learn about the fascinating lives and achievements of great composers and musicians, from Bach to Bowie, Bjork, and Beyonce. The book is packed with facts and photos highlighting musical styles from around the globe, from the very earliest music through classical and blues, via reggae,...
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Little, Brown and Company
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©2020.
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English
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"This is a book about the whirlwind of creativity, the passionate drive to make art born of individuated experience that is both unique and unduplicatable. Looking to Get Lost offers deeply felt, masterful portraits of artists like Ray Charles, Howlin' Wolf, Tammy Wynette, Allen Toussaint, Merle Haggard, and Eric Clapton, operating at the height of their creative powers. ... This singular new book of profiles represents not so much a summation as...
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Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Enslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms including music. Drawing on biblical imagery, slave songs both expressed the sorrow of life in bondage and offered a rallying cry for the spirit. Like a Bird brings together text, music, and illustrations by Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Michele Wood to convey the rich meaning behind thirteen of these powerful songs.
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Lion Hudson
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2010.
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English
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This book is the definitive guide to 150 years of Gospel music, from early spirituals to contemporary urban. It explores the social and economic context out of which Gospel grew and flourished. With over 120 atmospheric photographs and memorabilia and feature boxes containing original interview materials with legendary gospel singers.
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