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Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"50 empowering lessons on creativity, self-help, and mental wellbeing from hip-hop's most influential voices. Grant Brydon has interviewed some of the biggest names in hip-hop, including Pharrell Williams, J. Cole, Flo Milli, Big Sean, and Dreezy. Inside, he shares inspirational advice gleaned from these one-on-one interviews to help you take control of your own narrative and make simple outlook changes with major positive consequences."--Back cover....
Author
Publisher
Harper Design
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Sittin' in brings to public view for the first time a rare collection of more than two hundred souvenir photographs and memorabilia from the most renowned jazz nightclubs in America in the 1940s and 1950s. In an era of segreation and Jim Crow laws, jazz nghtclubs across the country were among the first paces where Black and white people mixed in audiences and onstage. These remarkable images, detailed histories of each club, and first-person testimonies...
Author
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Taken from the cult BBC 6 Music show, The First Time invites you inside the lives of some of the music world's most notable legends. From Alice Cooper to Yoko Ono, Courtney Love to Elton John, follow their lives and careers starting with their first musical memories, first records and first gigs, finding out the songs that have shaped them along the way. With 40 compelling interviews, specially commissioned collage illustrations and a bespoke playlist...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life" traces Almond's passion for "rawk" from his earliest (and most wretched) rock criticism to his eventual discovery of a music-crazed soul mate and their subsequent production of two little superfans. Along the way, Almond reflects on the delusional power of songs, the awkward mating habits of drooling fanatics, and why Depression Songs actually make us feel so much better. Includes a special free mix designed by...
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press Incorporated
Pub. Date
©2018.
Language
English
Description
"The Clash thought they could change the world. They never did, but they created some of the greatest rock music of all time in the attempt. Clash interviews were mesmerizing. Infused with the messianic punk spirit, the Clash engaged with the press like no rock group before or since, treating interviews almost as addresses to the nation. Their pronouncements were welcomed but were hardly uncritically reported. The Clash's back pages are voluminous,...
Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The Washington, DC music scene of the 1980s gave birth to influential bands like Bad Brains, Minor Threat, and Fugazi. Here that era is portrayed in its purest form: an oral history by the creators themselves, including nearly two hundred photographs capturing the power and spirit of this politically progressive corner of American underground music. This stunning and intimate collection features rare images from Jim Saah, Cynthia Connolly, Bert Queiroz,...
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This is the most wide-ranging and provocative look at punk rock as a social change movement over the past forty-five years, told through first-hand accounts of roughly 250 musicians and activists. John Malkin brings together punk's most famous figures as well as underground voices, creating a new and insightful history of punk throughout the ages"--
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"John Lennon was a highly opinionated and controversial figure with a commanding personality and quick wit. He spoke candidly about his intense, sometimes tumultuous relationship with Yoko Ono, his split with the Beatles, his squabbles with Paul McCartney, and just about everything else, baring his emotional ups and downs for all to see. By the time he granted his-- and this book's-- final interview, only hours before his death, he had become one...
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Transfigured New York presents conversations with iconic, genre-bending artists who shaped the sounds of experimental movements like no wave, avant-jazz, and electronic music. As an undergrad in the 1980s, Brooke Wentz hosted the show Transfigured Night on Columbia University's WKCR-FM, discussing art and ideas with avant-garde music luminaries. She unearths these candid interviews-heard before only when first broadcast-from cassettes and reel-to-reel...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Following his 2016 smash hit Anatomy of a Song, acclaimed music journalist Marc Myers collects fifty-five new oral histories of iconic songs from his popular Wall Street Journal column. Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more-iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but also change the direction of music. In Anatomy of 55 More Songs, based on his column for the Wall Street Journal, music...
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