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The fourth installment in Ian Glasper's legendary journey into the heart of UK punk and hardcore explores the punk underground's transformation as the gritty 1980s gave way to the 1990s Glasper leaves no stone unturned when exploring the inspirations and motivations that drove the acts of...

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...

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...

New discoveries and a fresh perspective, with unprecedented access to Richey's personal archive On 1 February 1995, Richey Edwards, guitarist of the Manic Street Preachers, went missing at the age of 27. On the eve of a promotional trip to America, he vanished from his London hotel room, his...

From its humble beginnings in the Bronx to its transformation into a multibillion-dollar global industry, hip hop has stirred constant and contentious debate. Avoiding the simple caricatures that either celebrate or condemn this powerful movement, S. Craig Watkins produces one of the most thorough...

A tribute to an independent record label and the people who helped build it, this story encapsulates the zeitgeist in popular music that washed through Vancouver in the 1990s and 2000s. As a label, Mint Records helped launch the careers of the New Pornographers, Neko Case, the Evaporators, the Smugglers,...

Die definitive Geschichte des klassischen post-punk/gothic Pop-Gruppe aus Crawley, der globale Superstars unwahrscheinlich geworden - The Cure. Jeff Apter Charts die Entwicklung und den Aufstieg der Band, Detaillierung die Höhen und Tiefen - darunter, wie ihren ersten "großen" Album...

Pop Hits For Ukulele contains 18 top hits that have been specially arranged for the ukulele and there’s something for everyone! From Alicia Keys and Pharrell Williams to The Lumineers and Mumford & Sons. Each song has been carefully arranged with ukulele chord diagrams and full lyrics....

Included in Publishers Weekly's Big Indie Books of Fall 2017 feature "Morse and Yi (the team behind What Is Punk?) highlight hip-hop's cultural hegemony via an impressively encyclopedic parade of rhyming biographies. Yi's meticulously styled clay figures are as magical as in the previous...

How can we account for the persistent appeal of glossy commercial pop music? Why do certain performers have such emotional power, even though their music is considered vulgar or second rate? In The Persistence of Sentiment, Mitchell Morris gives a critical account of a group of American popular music...

Enjoy this great collection of pop hits, especially arranged for really easy piano. Suitable for young beginners up to Grade 1, each song is designed to be as easy as possible, whilst creating an effective piano solo that children will enjoy playing.

The Acoustic Songbook: Chord Songbook is a unique collection of 65 acoustic songs from the very best acoustic artists ranging from Loudon Wainwright III and Ralph McTell to Katie Melua and Radiohead, all arranged with full lyrics and detailed guitar chord guide. The songs cover a huge variety of styles,...

Beginning early in the 1980s, dance-pop music artists in Europe and the UK ignited a high energy firestorm that burned across international borders. As exciting new beats flooded radio airwaves and filled the clubs, a generation of hitmakers got the world on its feet and brought people together as...

Five Seconds of Summer is the hottest and most popular rock/pop/punk bands in the world. Created during a time when boy bands ruled the airwaves, Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Ashton Irwin and Calum Hood have topped the charts since 2014 when their first hit single "She Looks So Perfect"...