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Jeff Buckley

His Own Voice

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Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2019

The journals, notebooks, musings, and early song drafts of Jeff Buckley, the late singer best-known for the definitive version of "Hallelujah" and his classic album Grace, including dozens of evocative photos of his personal effects and ephemera. After the release of his acclaimed...
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by Mark Paytress
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2010

Sid Vicious lived the quintessential punk life fast, furious, out of control and over far too quickly. Twenty-five years after his death, Vicious, perhaps more than any other rock icon, remains a figure of heated debate, a man both loved and loathed, sometimes simultaneously. What is it that continues...
Cover of Signifying Rappers
by Mark Costello, David Foster Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013

Finally back in print--David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello's exuberant exploration of rap music and culture. Living together in Cambridge in 1989, David Foster Wallace and longtime friend Mark Costello discovered that they shared "an uncomfortable, somewhat furtive, and distinctively...
Cover of Glory Days With Elvis
by Joe Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014

Joe Jackson is a freelance journalist with The Irish Times. He also is an author and a broadcaster whose programmes include ten one hour specials titled 'The Essential Elvis.' He also happens to be a life-long Elvis fan who lightheartedly suggests he has been "writing about Elvis since January...
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Experiencing Progressive Rock

A Listener's Companion

by Robert G. H. Burns
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2018

In Experiencing Progressive Rock: A Listener's Companion, Robert G. H. Burns brings together the many strands that define the "prog rock" movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s to chart the evolution of this remarkable rock tradition over the decades. Originating in the 1960s...
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Gathering of the Tribe

Music and Heavy Conscious Creation

by Mark Goodall
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010

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...
Cover of This is the Sound of Irony: Music, Politics and Popular Culture
by Katherine L. Turner
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016

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...
Cover of A Brief History of Rock, Off the Record
by Wayne Robins
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016

The birth of rock ‘n’ roll signaled the blossoming of a new teenage culture, dividing generations and introducing a new attitude of rebellion and independence. From Chuck Berry to the Beatles, from punk rock to hip hop, rock ‘n’ roll has continuously transformed alongside or in reaction to...
Cover of Can's Tago Mago
by Alan Warner
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014

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...
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The 1975

Love, Sex & Chocolate

by David Nolan
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017

Led by exciting, outspoken singer Matthew Healy, The 1975 have taken the music world by storm with their 1980s-inspired funk-pop-rock.Their 2016 album debuted at #1 in the United States, Canada, and England. Music journalist David Nolan interviews key players in The 1975's story, including...
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While You See A Chance

The Steve Winwood Story

by John Van der Kiste
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2018

Born in Birmingham, Steve Winwood was already a semi-professional musician, playing keyboards and guitar, while still at school. As lead vocalist with The Spencer Davis Group, he had had two chart-topping singles by the time he was aged eighteen. In 1967 he formed Traffic, long noted as one of the...
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Rock Over the Edge

Transformations in Popular Music Culture

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Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2002

This collection brings new voices and new perspectives to the study of popular—and particularly rock—music. Focusing on a variety of artists and music forms, Rock Over the Edge asks what happens to rock criticism when rock is no longer a coherent concept. To work toward an answer, contributors...
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Belle and Sebastian

Just a Modern Rock Story

by Paul Whitelaw
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014

In the years since their first release, Belle and Sebastian have grown from a secretive cult concern into one of the most beloved and revered pop'n'roll bands in the world. Intelligent and sensitive, witty and original, beautiful and bold, their music inspires the kind of devotion not seen since The...
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The Madonna Song Guide

251 Songs By The Queen Of Pop

by Emma Fortin
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017

Having sold more than 300 million records worldwide, Madonna is recognized as the best-selling female recording artist of all time by Guinness World Records. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) listed her as the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century and the second highest-certified...
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