Music Styles category: 7119 books
Crazy Like Me
From Memphis and the Rock 'n Roll Trio to Fleetwood Mac
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017
Billy Burnette is the epitome of a rock star – he exudes talent, good looks, and the rock star aura wherever he goes and understandably so, given his journey as a musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist.
Born in Memphis, singer/songwriter/guitarist, Dorsey William Burnette III (aka Billy...
The Dears
Lost in the Plot
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
Over a decade after the release of their first album, The Dears have weathered the indie fringes, the collapse of the music industry as we knew it and the near implosion of the band itself, with their creative vision and gang dynamic intact. The Dears: Lost in the Plot looks at how The Dears survived...
by Clive Unger-Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Grandiose and glamorous, Baroque music stands alone, written to glorify the finest courts of Europe, in Italy, France, Germany, England, Austria and even far flung Spain. Its greatest composers, such as Vivaldi, Handel and Bach, head a fascinating cast of musical magicians, including Albinoni, Pachelbel...
by Vincent Pisek
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
A wonderful collection of 22 bohemian folk songs originally composed by Vincent Pisek. Classic Folk Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of folk music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.
by James Hoag
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Welcome to another in the Legends of Rock & Roll series.This is, like the others, a mini-biography of one the greatest performers in the music world. This time, I highlight a British performer who was 1/4 of the great group, The Beatles, John Lennon.However, this book is not about the...
by James Hoag
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
"It's All About the Music!"Welcome to another in the Legends of Rock & Roll series.This is, like the others, a mini-biography of one the greatest of American performers and bands, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Come with me for a walk down memory lane as I review the life...
Guide to the Blues,Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, Big Mama Thornton, Little Miss Cornshucks, Bessie Smith, T-Bone Walker, Jimmy Rushing Blues dance,
Blues Singer: List of blues musicians, blues albums, films about blues music,Blues guitar playing, British blues musicians
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
Blues Singer: List of blues musicians, blues albums, films about blues music,Blues guitar playing, British blues musicians, Guide to the Blues,Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, Big Mama Thornton, Little Miss Cornshucks, Bessie Smith, T-Bone Walker, Jimmy Rushing, Blues dance,
The Influence Of...
by Jonathan L. Friedmann
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Quotations on Jewish Sacred Music is a collection of over 700 quotations culled from an array of sources, including rabbinic and theological texts, sociological and anthropological studies, and historical and musicological examinations. The book is divided into five chapters: What Is Jewish Music?;...
by Mark Hutchinson
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
What does it mean to talk about musical coherence at the end of a century characterised by fragmentation and discontinuity? How can the diverse influences which stand behind the works of many late twentieth-century composers be reconciled with the singular immediacy of the experiences that they can...
by James Hoag
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2016
Buddy Holly lived a short life, killed at the age of 22 while touring in the mid-west in the middle of a freezing winter in 1959. That day is called "The Day the Music Died", but the music never really died. Buddy Holly has had more of an influence on Rock and Roll that most from that time era. And,...
Everybody Had an Ocean
Music and Mayhem in 1960s Los Angeles
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Los Angeles in the 1960s gave the world some of the greatest music in rock 'n' roll history: "California Dreamin'" by the Mamas and the Papas, "Mr. Tambourine Man" by the Byrds, and "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys, a song that magnificently summarized the joy and...
Country Music
A Biographical Dictionary
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
This illustrated A-Z guide covers more than 700 country music artists, groups, and bands. Articles also cover specific genres within country music as well as instruments used. Written in a lively, engaging style, the entries not only outline the careers of country music's greatest artists, they provide...
by Rebecca Wallwork
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Hangin' Tough, the second album by the New Kids on the Block, has sold more than seventeen million copies worldwide since it was released in 1988. But the album and the band have also been dismissed, derided and deemed uncool by the music establishment.
Almost thirty years later, the New Kids...
Everything Is Combustible
Television, CBGB's and Five Decades of Rock and Roll: The Memoirs of an Alchemical Guitarist
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Legendary Rock and Roll guitarist. Founding member of Television. Masterful storyteller. Written in Lloyd's inimitable, frequently humorous style, Everything is Combustible chronicles, through vignettes, Lloyd's colorful early life, starting in Pittsburgh and soon moving to New York City, and...