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This is a fascinating overview of music's intriguing and enduring relationship with the dark side. Much of the music discussed in Gathering Of The Tribe deals with the special power of sound and tone. Frank Zappa may have said that ‘writing about music is like dancing about architecture,’ but...

The use of irony in music is just beginning to be defined and critiqued, although it has been used, implied and decried by composers, performers, listeners and critics for centuries. Irony in popular music is especially worthy of study because it is pervasive, even fundamental to the music, the business...

The author was  Brian Jones's best friend during the months immediately prior to Brian leaving his hometown of Cheltenham for London and his eventual founding of the Rolling Stones. They shared good times, bad times, money, food, cigarettes, booze, revelations, depressions, views and...

The story behind the fascinating Irish twins who are singing with Vanilla Ice and dancing with Lady Gaga   Fully authorized, this book takes an in-depth look at the two fascinating lives that constitute the newest pop phenomenon. Author Jennifer O'Brien has had exclusive and unlimited...

Really Easy Piano: Michael Jackson contains easy arrangements for nineteen hits from the King of Pop. These simplified arrangements are accompanied by background notes on the songs as well as handy playing hints and tips. Suitable for beginners of all ages, including grades 1-3, this book will make...

Since it was first screened in 2004, the X Factor has become essential weekend viewing, with regular TV audiences of over 12 million but the question remains, how do you win? How do you impress the judges, the cruel Simon Cowell, the twinkly Louis Walsh, the beautiful Cheryl Cole. Is it the singer...

In Terminated for Reasons of Taste, veteran rock critic Chuck Eddy writes that "rock'n'roll history is written by the winners. Which stinks, because the losers have always played a big role in keeping rock interesting." Rock's losers share top billing with its winners in this new collection...

Winner of the Southwest Popular and American Culture Association's 2016 Peter C. Rollins Book Award in the category of Film/Television The popular music industry has become completely interlinked with the film industry. The majority of mainstream films come with ready-attached songs that may...

È stata la regina dei locali underground della New York di inizio anni Ottanta, l’incarnazione assoluta del glamorama della decade di plastica. È stata la ragazza perduta che flirta con la pornografia, imprenditrice di se stessa efficientissima e scandalosa. È stata la Madre Terra, quando a metà...

Finally, a brilliant exploration of the German rock band Can's 1971 album Tago Mago. This hugely unique and influential album deserves close analysis from a fan, rather than a musicologist. Novelist Alan Warner details the concrete music we hear on the album, how it was composed, executed and recorded--including...

Take a Ride with "the Boy" Through the** Heart of the Last Great Era of Hard Rock!** Drumming phenom Bobby Rock takes you behind the scenes to the genesis of his extraordinary musical journey: from the moment he decided to become a drummer, to his fanatical practice and training...

Pete Fowler has been a writer, lecturer, university professor, railway enthusiast, question-setter for Johnny Walker's Radio One quiz, Pop the Question, and very nearly a rock star. Almost Grown opens with a brush with death and proceeds to explore the author's awakening to life, in the Fifties and...

By the age of 13, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift had already inked a development deal with a major record label. This early milestone was an appropriate predictor of what accomplishments were to come. Now a superstar artist with an international fanbase of millions and several critically acclaimed...

An international star, Michael Jackson's music has dominated the charts for the past four decades. Jackson has been awarded 13 Grammys and 26 American Music Awards and is a breaker of multiple Guiness World Records. His 1982 album 'Thriller' remains the best-selling album of all time. The...