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"Cashville" - Dilution of Original Country Music Identity through Increasing Commercialization
Diplomica Verlag 2012; US$ 37.73Hauptbeschreibung Where I come from, it's cornbread and chicken. This line from Alan Jackson's country hit defines the genre as the music of the American South. All its ambiguity set aside, the South stands proudly for its hospitality, politeness, sense of place and community. Family and religion are traditionally more important down there than in... more...
"Do You Know...?"
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 18.00Every night, somewhere in the world, three or four musicians will climb on stage together. Whether the gig is at a jazz club, a bar, or a bar mitzvah, the performance never begins with a note, but with a question. The trumpet player might turn to the bassist and ask, “Do you know ‘Body and Soul’?”—and from there the... more...
1000 Songs that Rock Your World
F+W Media 2011; US$ 19.991000 Songs That Rock Your World is the ultimate visual guide to the best rock music ever produced. From Abba to ZZ Top, it's not simply the ideal playlist, it's a one-stop catalog of a half-century of Rock 'n' Roll. Showcasing songs by nearly 500 artists in all rock genres, 1000 Songs That Rock Your World goes behind the scenes to uncover the fascinating... more...
1001 Songs
Hardie Grant Books 2007; US$ 19.95When RocKwiz, the hugely popular SBS TV rock trivia show, look for questions, there is one resource they continually turn to Toby Creswell's 1001 Songs. The stories behind the great songs of all time from Gershwin to Missy Elliott, from Bob Dylan to Alicia Keys, Sinatra to Offsping, Leonard Cohen to Pulp are all in there. RocKwiz 1001 Songs tells... more...
1989
University of California Press 2009; US$ 21.95In a tour de force of lyrical theory, Joshua Clover boldly reimagines how we understand both pop music and its social context in a vibrant exploration of a year famously described as ?the end of history.? Amid the historic overturnings of 1989, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, pop music also experienced striking changes. Vividly conjuring cultural... more...
The 2000s Pop Music Quiz
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 2.99How well do you know your 2000's Pop Music? This Quiz book will test even the most avid fan, with questions that span the 2000's bands and songs! Test yourself and your friends with this 2000's Pop Music Quiz Book. more...
2Stoned
Random House Group Ltd 2012; US$ 14.67In 1963, in a south London hotel, Andrew Loog Oldham discovered an unknown rhythm and blues band called the Rolling Stones and became their manager and producer; by 1967 they had achieved worldwide celebrity, been arrested in a notorious drugs raid and split with the manager that made them. 2Stoned is the remarkable record of these years, when... more...
31 Songs
Penguin Books Ltd 2007; Not AvailableI decided that I wanted to write a little book of essays about songs I loved ... Songs are what I listen to, almost to the exclusion of everything else.' In his first non-fiction work since Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby writes about 31 songs that either have some great significance in his life - or are just songs that he loves. He discusses, among other... more...
33 1/3 Greatest Hits
Continuum International Publishing 2006; US$ 14.95This is a great-looking, impact-sized paperback, compiling extracts from the first 20 books in our 33 1/3 series. more...
33 1/3 Greatest Hits
Continuum International Publishing 2007; US$ 14.95The second compendium of extracts from Continuum's acclaimed and successful 33 1/3 series. more...









