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Entdecke die packende Musikgeschichte einer urbanen Subkultur, die sich aus sozialer Not zum Milliardenmarkt erhob. Auf deiner täglichen Pendelstrecke tauchst du tief in die vibrierende Energie der 1970er Jahre ein. Erlebe hautnah, wie marginalisierte Communitys auf den Straßen New Yorks durch...

Diese mitreißende Musikgeschichte zeigt, wie aus Unterdrückung und Improvisation der Soundtrack der Freiheit wurde. Von den tiefen Wurzeln afroamerikanischer Arbeitslieder bis in die brodelnden Tanzsäle von New Orleans entfaltet sich eine kulturelle Evolution, die unsere moderne Gesellschaft...

Vivez la révolution culturelle où l'énergie d'une jeunesse rebelle a bouleversé l'histoire de la musique. Lors de vos trajets quotidiens, laissez ce documentaire audio immersif vous transporter au cœur des fractures sociales et des pistes de danse d'après-guerre. Ce récit électrique...

Développez votre culture musicale et décryptez l'art sonore avec cet essai historique immersif. Parfait pour transformer votre trajet quotidien en une session d'apprentissage vivante, ce récit traverse les époques clés sans jamais recourir au moindre jargon technique. Laissez-vous porter...

Entdecke den epischen Aufstieg und dramatischen Zerfall der Habsburger in einer fesselnden historischen Erzählung. Auf deinem täglichen Weg zur Arbeit oder beim entspannten Zuhören entfaltet sich das Panorama eines vielsprachigen Kaiserreichs, das die europäische Geschichte für immer...

Diese fesselnde Kulturgeschichte der Musik verwandelt historische Epochen in eine lebendige, leicht verständliche Reise. Perfekt für das tägliche Pendeln oder konzentriertes Lernen am Abend, öffnet dieses stimmungsvolle Hörerlebnis völlig neue Perspektiven auf bekannte Melodien. Von...

Bloomsbury presents Musique Concrète by Christian Kriticos, read by Kris Dyer When musique concrète first hit the airwaves, listeners reached for their earplugs. This strange genre didn’t sound like music at all! It ignored melody and meter. It didn’t even use instruments. Instead, musique...

Wie Leonard Cohen Janis Joplin flach legte (Chelsea Hotel Nr.2); und wie die britische Königin-Mutter Pete Townshend von The Who dazu brachte, eines seiner besten Lieder zu schreiben (My Generation)...

In clear and entertaining prose, Plotkin explores a thousand years of music, introduces listeners to more than 100 great works, and profiles in depth many significant composers, including Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Dvoxak, and Mahler. He describes all the musical instruments in the orchestra, defines major musical terms, and makes music theory comprehensible for the uninitiated. There are also conversations with important musicians who offer fascinating insights about their art.

Much like The Stories Behind The Best-Loved Songs Of Christmas, The Stories Behind The Great Traditions of Christmas and More Stories Behind The Best Loved Songs of Christmas this new Collins Christmas book will fill a void in the book world. With a look at these secular classics, people who...

Here is the extreme story of the indestructible LA group, from their early funk days to eventual success as one of America's top-selling bands. Despite an epic reputation for exhibitionism, drug taking and drunkenness, through it all the Chili Peppers have continued to produce records that shock, challenge and intrigue their fans.

2025 ASSOCIATION FOR RECORDED SOUND COLLECTIONS AWARDS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT * AUDIOFILE MAGAZINE EARPHONES AWARD The audiobook edition of How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History brings listeners closer than ever to their creative heroes. Featuring rare interview excerpts with Nina Simone...

'Hungry Beat is the story of an all-too-brief era where the short-circuiting of that industry seemed viable. But hell, the times were luminous as was the music these artists made. The songs and many of the players remain, and here they tell their story and lick their wounds' Ian Rankin The...

In this enlightening and entertaining book, experience the evolution of country music, from the 1970s Appalachian hillbilly chitlin' circuit to the 1980s country music boom that paved the way for modern Americana. In a dim clearing off a county road in Kentucky sits a sagging outdoor stage...

Have you ever wondered how off-key you are while singing in the shower? Or if your Bob Dylan albums really sound better on vinyl? Or why certain songs make you cry? Now, scientist and musician John Powell invites you on an entertaining journey through the world of music. Discover what distinguishes music from plain old noise, how scales help you memorize songs, what the humble recorder teaches you about timbre (assuming your suffering listeners don’t break it first), and more.

Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung contains the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs—the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s—edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rock critics, Greil Marcus.

This Very Short Introduction takes an expansive and inclusive approach meant to broaden and challenge traditional views of music and technology. In its most common use, "music technology" tends to evoke images of twentieth and twenty-first century electronic devices: synthesizers, recording equipment, music notation software, and the like. This volume, however, treats all tools used to create, store, reproduce, and transmit music—new or old, electronic or not—as technologies worthy of investigation.

On September 19, 1985, a US Senate hearing was instigated by the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC)—founded by Tipper Gore, wife of Senator and later Vice President Al Gore; and Susan Baker, wife of Treasury Secretary James Baker—who wanted to introduce a parental warning system that would label all music albums containing alleged offensive material.

1972 installierte Elliot Mintz ein rotes Licht in seinem Schlafzimmer im kalifornischen Laurel Canyon. Wenn es zu blinken begann, wusste er: John Lennon oder Yoko Ono rufen an. Über einen Zeitraum von fast zehn Jahren telefonierten sie täglich miteinander, oft stundenlang. Elliot Mintz wurde zum engsten Vertrauten eines der öffentlichsten Paare der Welt. Er begleitete Yoko und John durch gute und schwierige Zeiten. Und er war in den Stunden, Tagen und Wochen nach Johns Ermordung an Yokos Seite.

The inspiration for the Play It Loud exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art "Every guitar player will want to read this book twice. And even the casual music fan will find a thrilling narrative that weaves together cultural history, musical history, race, politics, business case studies...