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Fables and Stories: Tales from an Alabama TroubadourRick Carter has been writing songs and playing music professionally for over fifty years. His first book, Fables and Stories - Tales From an Alabama Troubadour, is a compilation of short stories, prose, observations on life, song lyrics, and one-liners. As he always says...
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Rock and Roll, Desegregation Movements, and Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era: An Integrated EffortThe rock and roll music that dominated airwaves across the country during the 1950s and early 1960s is often described as a triumph for integration. Black and white musicians alike, including Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis, scored hit records...
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Bite-sized WorldDo they really eat Chicken Kyiv in Kyiv? How do Iranians celebrate the New Year? What's involved in relocating from the UK to Dubai?Ruth Badley answers these and many more questions in this entertaining and unexpectedly nostalgic collection of travel memories, quirky eating experiences...
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Dancing to the Drum Machine: How Electronic Percussion Conquered the WorldDancing to the Drum Machine is a never-before-attempted history of what is perhaps the most controversial musical instrument ever invented: the drum machine. Here, author Dan LeRoy reveals the untold story of how their mechanical pulse became the new heartbeat of popular music. The...
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Chico Buarque's First Chico BuarqueChico Buarque comprises a critical appreciation of the self-titled album (1978), which is one of the Brazilian artist's most representative. This vibrant collection displays the singer-songwriter's singular talents as a composer/poet of songs with both popular appeal and keen analytical skills. The 11 tracks...
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Queen and Philosophy: Guaranteed to Blow Your MindQueen and Philosophy: Guaranteed to Blow Your Mind is a collection of cutting-edge philosophical essays on the rock group Queen, founded in 1970 and originally featuring lead vocalist Freddie Mercury. Queen's reputation and fan following continue to grow in the twenty-first century. These insightful...
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21st-Century Dylan: Late and TimelyBob Dylan has constantly reinvented the persona known as "Bob Dylan," renewing the performance possibilities inherent in his songs, from acoustic folk, to electric rock and a late, hybrid style which even hints at so-called world music and Latin American tones. Then in 2016,...
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Cosmik Debris: The Collected History & Improvisations of Frank Zappa (8th Edition): The CollectAvailable since 1998, Greg Russo's "Cosmik Debris: The Collected History & Improvisations of Frank Zappa" is the go-to book for all things Zappa. Extensive discographical and biographical sections cover Frank Zappa's influence on current and future music and musicians.Author: Greg RussoPublisher: CrossFire Pub.Published: 11/27/2021Pages:...
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The Poets of Tin Pan AlleyFrom the turn of the century to the 1960s, the songwriters of Tin Pan Alley were synonymous with American popular music. Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart--even today these giants remain household names, their musicals regularly revived, their methods...
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Jimmy: Memoirs of My Life as A PiperIn the year 1925, James McIntosh was born into humble beginnings, in a two-room structure that would soon house a family of seven. His home was a stone's throw from the beach in Broughty Ferry, then a thriving fishing village on the east coast...
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The Life of Lou Reed: Notes from the Velvet UndergroundFifty years after the concerts captured on the legendary album 1969: The Velvet Underground Live comes this illuminating biography of Lou Reed. As band leader of the Velvet Underground and later a successful solo artist, Reed was much more than what the general public...
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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound ArtThe Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound Art explores and delineates what Sound Art is in the 21st century. Sound artworks today embody the contemporary and transcultural trends towards the post-apocalyptic, a wide sensorial spectrum of sonic imaginaries as well as the decolonization and deinstitutionalization around...
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Aural DiversityAural Diversity addresses a fundamental methodological challenge in music and soundscape research by considering the nature of hearing as a spectrum of diverse experiences. Bringing together an interdisciplinary array of contributors from the arts, humanities, and sciences, it challenges the idea of a normative...
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Sensitive To Light: The Rainbow StoryThis new tome by the hugely prolific Canadian author Martin Popoff is a detailed re-write and expanded edition of his 2005 publication English Castle Magic. In fact the book is 50% bigger, a whopping 120,000 words and 318 pages including two swell colour photo...
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Free and Bad Company in the 1970s: DecadesFree were formed in 1968 towards the end of the British blues boom. After two critically acclaimed albums, the release of 'All Right Now' and the album Fire and Water in 1970 brought them major success. Musical and personal differences took their toll and...
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So You Want to Sing Musical Theatre: A Guide for Performers, Updated and Expanded EditionFrom television shows like Glee and Smash to the phenomenon of the Broadway show Hamilton, musical theatre has never been more popular. In So You Want to Sing Musical Theatre, Updated and Expanded Edition, Broadway vocal coach Amanda Flynn provides an in-depth look at...
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16 Easy Christmas Songs for Solo Piano: Beginner & Intermediate Arrangements of Every SongLearn to play 16 Easy Piano Christmas Songs with our free audio play-along tracks!This beginner piano Christmas songbook is packed with easy-to-follow holiday piano songs so you'll be ready to impress your friends and family during the holiday season!No complicated piano arrangements here! Instead,...
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The Manuscript Book of Stephen C. FosterIn 1851, Stephen C. Foster purchased a blank notebook, in which he wrote original manuscripts for both famous songs such as "My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night!" and "Old Folks at Home," as well as lesser-known songs such as "The Little Ballad Girl," "Ellen Bayne,"...
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Otra Historia de la Ópera: Un Recorrido Original E Insólito Por La Historia del Género LíricoEsta obra nos ofrece un recorrido singular del espectáculo operístico desde un punto de vista inédito: el trágico final de muchos personajes al que se ven abocados tras el desarrollo de una trama en la que suelen primar temas como la locura, la enfermedad,...
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Doc: The Life and Times of Aussie Rock Legend Doc NeesonHe was a legend of Australian rock, the front man who lived as hard and as wildly as he performed . . . this is his story Often compared to David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Doc Neeson was hailed as a 'messianic rock god'....
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