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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xix, 311 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Spanning three decades worth of astute, acerbic, and overall astounding music writing, Kick Out the Jams is the first large-scale anthology of the work of renowned critic Dave Marsh. Ranging from Elvis Presley to Kurt Cobain, from Nina Simone to Ani DiFranco, from the Beatles to Green Day, the book gives an opinionated, eye-opening overview of 20th century popular music--offering a portrait not just of an era but of a writer wrestling with the American...
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
4 blu-rays (600 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Soundies has been called the music videos of the 1940s, but that doesn't begin to describe their cultural importance. It's true that they feature a remarkable range of talent, from big-band luminaries like Duke Ellington and Count Basie to then-emerging stars like Doris Day and Ricardo Montalban, and lesser-known artists of the American nightclub circuit. But Soundies are also a rich, largely overlooked chronicle of American popular culture during...
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Formats
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Do you dream of belting out a chart-topping single on stage in front of thousands of people? Even with talent and determination, it's a long, winding journey to the top. Chart your path to stardom, facing real-life choices as you go. Some choices may lead to center stage, while others lead to disappointment or redirection into another career field.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the 1970s, disco dominated American pop music. Originating in nightclubs that featured record players instead of live bands, disco was a major stylistic departure from rock, and its rise to the top of the music charts signaled a cultural shift that some found threatening. Disco's roots lay in a gay urban subculture, and the artists who created it were largely African American and Latino. In the gay dance clubs where it flourished, disco was much...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiv, 276 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"The greatest popular songs, whether it's Aretha Franklin singing "Respect" or Bob Dylan performing "Blind Willie McTell," have a way of embedding themselves in our memories. You remember a time and a place and a feeling when you hear that song again. In Holding the Note, David Remnick writes about the lives and work of some of the greatest musicians, songwriters, and performers of the past fifty years"--
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xii, 298 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : photographs, illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Description
"An illuminating deep dive into the making of Bruce Springsteen's most surprising album, Nebraska, revealing its pivotal role in Springsteen's career--from the New York Times bestselling author of Petty: The Biography. Without Nebraska, Bruce Springsteenmight not be who he is today. The natural follow-up to Springsteen's hugely successful The River should have been the hit-packed album Born in the U.S.A, but instead, in 1982, he came out with Nebraska,...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
575 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
The romance of two Indian musicians who form a band. He is Ormus, a composer, she is Vina, an American-raised singer, and their romance plays out across continents, parallel universes and different lives-- she dying and returning for a second life.
Author
Publisher
Editorial Anagrama
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
339 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
Este libro incluye mas de sesenta ensayos centrados en canciones de otros artistas, que van desde Stephen Foster hasta Elvis Costello, pasando por Hank Williams o Nina Simone. Dylan analiza lo que llama la trampa de las rimas faciles, desglosa la forma en que una sola silaba puede malograr una cancion e incluso explica la relacion entre el bluegrass y el heavy metal.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's a madcap bluegrass chase through Fairytale Village as paperboy Tyrone meets his hungry new customers. Inspector Austin of the Paris Police must find Pablo among the quirky passengers aboard the Orient Express. Berlin cabaret plays as Tasha tries to photograph the big news. Garage-band music blasts as Uniqua and Pablo go to Pirate Camp to train under Captain Austin.
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"In Rise Up and Sing!, Andrea Warner explores how music has contributed to the fight for social justice. Across eight areas of activism--the climate emergency, Indigenous rights, civil rights, disability rights, 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, gender equality, the peace/anti-war movement, and human rights--Warner introduces some of the artists, past and present, who have made a difference both on stage and off. Through ground-breaking artists and iconic moments,...
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Author
Publisher
LaGalera young
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Jenny never had much time for boys, K-pop, or really anything besides her dream of being a professional cellist. But when she finds herself falling for a K-pop idol, she has to decide whether their love is worth the risk"--Provided by publisher.
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