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“A biography that crackles with as much energy as the great bluesman’s songs.” —Ted Drozdowski, Boston Phoenix The epic, rollicking, up-and-down life of Muddy Waters—who went from Mississippi farmhand to musical legend, invented electric blues, and created the template for the...

A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album, Born in the U.S.A.—a record that both chronicled and foreshadowed the changing tides of modern America On June 4, 1984, Columbia Records issued what would become one of the best-selling and most impactful rock albums of all...

The tragic and inspiring story of the leaders of Outlaw country and their influence on today’s Alt-County and Americana superstars, tracing a path from Waylon Jennings’ survival on the Day the Music Died through to the Highwaymen and on to the current creative and commercial explosion of...

A bestselling music historian follows Jelly Roll Morton on a journey through the hidden worlds and forbidden songs of early blues and jazz. In Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories, Elijah Wald takes readers on a journey into the hidden and censored world of early blues and jazz...

The first biography of the thriving and influential rock scene in Chapel Hill, which gave the world artists like Ben Folds Five, Superchunk, and Squirrel Nut Zippers North Carolina has always produced extraordinary music of every description. But the indie-rock boom of the late 1980s and early...

During fifty years of publishing the “Bible of Rock and Roll,” Jann Wenner recorded a series of interviews that are now regarded among the most important historical documents of rock. From the hubris and pissed-off attitude of Pete Townshend, to the volcano that was John Lennon after the...

Rilke und Brahms begegnen sich im Advent - gestört von Andersen, Bartok, Brecht, Kafka, Krenek,. TrakI, Walser, Webern unter anderen. Ein nicht immer nur gemütliches Adventsprogramm. Unter diesem Titel wurde unser Programm zunächst mit der Schauspielerin Dietlinde Turban entwickel. und vielerorts aufgeführt, später mit Peter Fricke und Patrizia Orlando zum ‚anderen Weihnachtsprogramm’. entwickelt. Den roten Faden des Programms bildet die Begegnung von Rilkes Poesie mit Brahms’ später Musik -. wie sie in den beiden Klarinettensonaten (hier in des Komponisten Fassung für Viola und Klavier) op.

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Iată cum o cultură marginală, considerată încă "tânără“ după aproape 50 de ani de afirmare, inspiră o carte atât de bogată în informații. Ce-i drept, autorii au îndrăznit, iar îndrăzneala le-a fost răsplătită: fie că vorbim despre concertul lui Slick Rick din Roxbury, fie despre vizita la studioul RJam, aceștia au documentat fenomenul din interior, dezbrăcat de orice aparență sau prejudecată. Porniți într-o misiune eminamente imposibilă, autorii reușesc totuși să se apropie de esența rapului.

L'avvento di Internet ha rappresentato una vera e propria rivoluzione nel mondo della musica. L'opportunità strabiliante di usare linguaggi musicali provenienti da ogni tempo e luogo ha rimescolato il concetto stesso di composizione, aprendo un ampio ventaglio di fusioni stilistiche e contaminazioni. Ciò presuppone grande responsabilità da parte del compositore, nonché il rischio di incorrere nell'esplorazione superficiale di un catalogo cosí pericolosamente vasto, smarrendo un requisito fondamentale: il senso critico.

Since 1991, only three albums have sold more than 15 million copies---Metallica (Metallica), Come on Over (Shania Twain), and Jagged Little Pill, by Alanis Morissette. JLP won Grammys, Junos, and stayed in the Billboad 200 for more than a year. Megan Volpert works through Alanis Morissette's career via JLP, her best-known record. Each chapter dives into one of the 13 tracks from the album, dissecting that song while connecting to later work that extends the relevant theme.

Of all the musical developments of rock in the 1960s, one in particular fundamentally changed the music's structure and listening experience: the incorporation of extended improvisation into live performances. While many bands—including Cream, Pink Floyd, and the Velvet Underground—stretched out their songs with improvisations, no band was more identified with the practice than the Grateful Dead. In Get Shown the Light Michael Kaler examines how the Dead's dedication to improvisation stemmed from their belief that playing in this manner enabled them to touch upon transcendence.

Die 80er-Jahre! Was für ein wunderbares musikalisches Jahrzehnt. Die beiden Hosts Falk und Ryll präsentieren im aktuellen Album 13 außergewöhnliche Lieblingssongs der 80er mit den Geschichten ihrer Gäste. Mit "Kayleigh" von Marillion hat Regine Brühl eine wahre Hymne aus den Achtziger-Jahren als ihren Lieblingssong ausgewählt. Dirk Neuß erzählt, was ihn fasziniert an den Tubes und "Don't want to wait anymore". Warum "Hallelujah" von Leonard Cohen für Patricia Küll Veränderung bedeutet hat, das erzählt sie Falk&Ryll.

For millennia, the sacred drummers of pre-Christian Mediterranean and western Asia were women. In this inspiring book, Layne Redmond, herself a renowned drummer, tells their history.

In All the Years Combine: The Grateful Dead in Fifty Shows, Robertson listens to and writes ecstatically about fifty of the band's most important and memorable concerts in order to better understand who the Grateful Dead were, what they became, and what they meant-and what they continue to mean.

Drawing on eighty-six interviews with key architects of this jazz renaissance and those who came before them—from Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia and Moses Boyd to Gilles Peterson, Courtney Pine and Cleveland Watkiss — Unapologetic Expression captures the radical spirit of a vital British musical movement.

Millions of people know the name of the iconic country music artist, George Jones, but few people know that behind the man and his golden voice was a strong, feisty woman who not only saved his life from cocaine addiction, alcoholism, and other abusive and self-destructive behaviors, but also was instrumental in saving his soul. For the first time, in Playin' Possum, Nancy Jones reveals the true “insider” perspectives and little known poignant and as well as humorous stories about the country music icon.

In April 1998, legendary southern jam band Widespread Panic held a free open-air record release show in downtown Athens, Georgia, its home base. No one involved could have known that the predicted crowd of twenty thousand would prove to be nearly five times that size. The show, now known as "Panic in the Streets," went on to become a cult favorite of fans and a decisive moment in Athens music history. This event holds the record for the world's largest record release party, but the story of how the it came to be has not been told until now.

Sung in moments of personal isolation or on state occasions watched by millions, “Amazing Grace” has become an unparalleled anthem for humankind. How did a simple Christian hymn, written in a remote English vicarage in 1772, come to hold such sway in all corners of the modern world? With this short, engaging cultural history, James Walvin offers an explanation.

Михаил Кузищев — музыкальный журналист, исследователь и блогер, автор ряда интервью с зарубежными музыкантами, опубликованных в таких российских изданиях, как Zvuki.ru, InRock, Music Box, "СОЮЗ" (Soyuz.Ru) и другие. Лауреат премии имени А.М. Зверева журнала "Иностранная литература" за материал о текстах Боба Дилана. На протяжении двадцати лет соведущий — вместе с Владимиром Ильинским — передачи "120 минут классики рока" на радиостанции "Эхо Москвы". Автор радиосериала об истории панк-рока "Прогулки по дикой стороне", выходившего в эфир с 2006 по 2014 год.

Una Indagación Filosófica y Cultural sobre la Muerte de la Música. Este tratado filosófico de Halasius Bradford y provocador diseca la transformación de la música de una fuerza orgánica y mística a un producto mercantilizado, argumentando que la música moderna se ha reducido a simples patrones de sonido, despojada de su alma. Explorando las intersecciones entre la consciencia, la tecnología, el capitalismo y la expresión artística, La Música ha Muerto presenta una crítica radical y urgente sobre cómo la era digital ha reformulado el papel de la música en nuestras vidas.