Music

A lively history of the gangster in American film-- soon to be a major television documentary on the Starz/Encore network

COUNTRY FRIED SOUL ADVENTURES IN DIRTY SOUTH HIP-HOP

A fetching account of the singer-songwriter revolution covers a wide range of artists, from Gram Parsons and Kris Kristofferson to Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams, discussing the influence of the 1960s as well as more recent returns to American "roots" music.

In his critically acclaimed book, In the Country of Country, Nicholas Dawidoff travels to the origins of country music and talks to the musicians who created this original American art form.

This tell-all dives into the boys' pre-fame history, early hometown success, their discovery on YouTube and how they are using social media to stay connected to their fans (like their 3 million+ Twitter followers!). Fans will also find details on the band's world tours and their relationship with friends ...

Celebrates the great eras of music and performance, mixing fact and anecdote, personalities and stylistic development with hundreds of illustrations, while key historical dates set the operas in context. This work also contains a reference section including biographies, a timeline, list of opera house openings and premieres, and more.

His unique and intimate history of a nation celebrates the British countryside as a living, working, and occasionally rancorous environment - rather than an unaffected idyll - that forged a nation's musical personality.

Jimi Hendrix was very probably the greatest solo rock artist of all time. With a deceptively theatrical sexuality, he wrought a molten and massive body of sound, which left his contemporaries sounding small, monochrome and tinny by comparison, a body of sound which is still awe-inspiring today.

Music played an important role for soldiers in World War One and this book contains a selection of the popular song series postcards.

(Book). The Lives in Music series meshes biography with discography. This debut title profiles the legendary King of Blues, B.B. King. An opening essay charts his life from childhood in the Mississippi Delta up to his first studio session. The author then takes an inside look at his distinguished career, ...

A study of the impact of Cuban music on Senegalese music and modernity

The full story of Nirvana, their key concerts and all their recordings

The stories behind the music with an album by album analysis, accompanied by images from many of the most well known contemporary rock photographers . The Who defined a generation and rocked the world. "My Generation," "Pinball Wizard," and "Baba O'Riley" are some of the most well known tracks in rock ...

From the acclaimed composer and biographer Jan Swafford comes the definitive biography of one of the most lauded musical geniuses in history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. At the earliest ages it was apparent that Wolfgang Mozart's singular imagination was at work in every direction. He hated to be bored ...

First publication in English of an extraordinary and prestigious series of Lectures given by Pierre Boulez, arguably the most influential composer of the second half of the last century.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Margo Jefferson takes on the legend and legacy of the King of Pop.

Published to co-incide with Cohen's 80th birthday in September 2014.A celebration of the life, music and poetry of Leonard Cohen.

The Beatles are the ultimate rock 'n' roll band, bar none. No other group has achieved so much in so little time and left such a lasting impression on music, popular culture, fashion and even politics. This book tells the amazing story of four simple guys from Liverpool who took over the world, and whose catchy tunes still top the chart.

The 1970s was a decade of contrasts. Pop music boomed as teenagers swooned over David Cassidy and Danny Osmond, and the Jackson Five burst onto the scene with a lead singer who would become a pop culture phenomenon. Variety was the name of the game at the movies...