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Fanatic!
2.13.61 2009; US$ 9.00In 2004, when legendary Los Angeles radio station Indie 103.1 asked Henry Rollins to host a show, he jumped at the chance. He chose the name ?Harmony in My Head,? based on his favorite Buzzcocks tune. As lead man for Black Flag, Rollins was present at the raw beginnings of punk and knew many of its stars. But Rollins? taste encompassed more than punk,... more...
Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet
Scarecrow Press 2010; US$ 41.99Sandke tackles the stubborn and controversial question of whether jazz is the product of an insulated African-American environment, shut off from the rest of society by strictures of segregation and discrimination; or whether it is more properly understood as the juncture of a wide variety of influences under the broader umbrella of American culture.... more...
Dark Mirror
Greenwood Publishing Group 2008; US$ 39.95Brackett explores the intricate nature of isolation and self-absorption in the singer-songwriter's creative work. more...
Mods, Rockers, and the Music of the British Invasion
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 70.00Musical floodgates were opened after the Beatles' first appearance on ^IThe Ed Sullivan Show^R on February 9, 1964. Suddenly, the U.S. record charts, radio, and television were overrun with British rock and pop musicians. Although this British Invasion was the first exposure many Americans had to popular music from the United Kingdom, British pop... more...
Das Pop-Konzert als para-theatrale Form
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 168.00Elvis, David Bowie, Alice Cooper, Marilyn Manson, Frank Zappa, Madonna? the history of pop music is also always a history of stage performances. The Pop Concert as a Para-theatrical Form is the first systematic study to concern itself with this area of research. It deals with the foundations for understanding the particular aesthetics of the pop stage.... more...
Cross the Water Blues
University Press of Mississippi 2007; US$ 50.00This unique collection of essays examines the flow of African American music and musicians across the Atlantic to Europe from the time of slavery to the twentieth century. In a sweeping examination of different musical forms--spirituals, blues, jazz, skiffle, and orchestral music--the contributors consider the reception and influence of black music... more...
Homegrown Music
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 44.00Offers a unique and informative background for readers who want to explore the multifaceted history of bluegrass music and its current popularity. more...
HipHop in Deutschland: Analyse einer Jugendkultur aus pädagogischer Perspektive
Diplomica Verlag 2010; US$ 9.82Hauptbeschreibung Die vorliegende Studie widmet sich in ausführlicher und umfassender Form dem Phänomen der HipHop-Kultur als größte Jugendkultur der Neuzeit. Besonderes Augenmerk wird dabei auf die Situation in Deutschland und auf eine pädagogische Sichtweise gelegt, so dass die Informationen eine Relevanz für den Umgang mit HipHop-affinen Jugendgruppen... more...
Ska
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2010; US$ 35.00Before Bob Marley brought reggae to the world, before Jimmy Cliff and Peter Tosh, before thousands of musicians played a Jamaican rhythm, there were the men and women who created ska music, a blend of jazz, American rhythm and blues, and the indigenous music of the Caribbean. This book tells the story of ska music and its development from Jamaica to... more...
Musiciens cadiens et créoles / The Makers of Cajuns Music
Presses de l''niversite du Quebec 1984; US$ 7.50Musiciens cadiens et créoles est le résultat de dix ans de collaboration entre lauteur et le photographe. Le livre offre une centaine de photographies en couleur de musiciens en public et chez eux. Lintroduction de Barry Jean Ancelet résume brillamment lévolution de la musique et la culture cadiennes, et sa discographie... more...









