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A decade ago, Manu Chao's band, Mano Negra, toured Colombia by train, negotiating with government troops and rebels - an episode described at the time as 'less like a rock'n'roll tour - more like Na……続きを見る

While Fernando Ortiz's contribution to our understanding of Cuba and Latin America more generally has been widely recognized since the 1940s, recently there has been renewed interest in this scholar……続きを見る

Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop: Globalization, Transcultural Music, and Ethnic Identities, by Christopher Dennis, explores the impact that globalization and the transnational spread of U.S. popular culture……続きを見る

Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song is a critical study of MPB (música popular brasileira), a term that refers to varieties of urban popular music of the 1960s and 1970s, incorporating samba, Bos……続きを見る

Enjoy singing alone in the bathroom? Have no confidence in your voice, yet you know you really like to sing? Why not learn how to sing? Many singers can't sing initially. They go through classes af……続きを見る

This book includes biographical information on Carlos Prieto, his contributions to music, as well as a detailed catalog of 72 pieces commissioned and/or dedicated to him. A graduate of MIT and a for……続きを見る

When Namita is ten years old, her mother takes her to Kennedy Bridge, a seamy neighborhood in Bombay, home to hookers and dance girls. There, in a cramped one-room apartment lives Dhondutai, the las……続きを見る

In the early 1970s, a group of impoverished students formed a rock band in Auckland, New Zealand, and planned their assault on the world's music charts. For a decade Split Enz fought to be understoo……続きを見る

Scholars have long known that world music was not merely the globalized product of modern media, but rather that it connected religions, cultures, languages and nations throughout world history. The……続きを見る

The aim of this book is to stimulate debate by offering a critique of discourse about African music. Who writes about African music, how, and why? What assumptions and prejudices influence the prese……続きを見る

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Peter Fuhrmann hat über ein halbes Jahrhundert die internationale Musikszene als Publizist beobachtet und in Rundfunk, Fernsehen und Presse darüber berichtet. Neben den traditionellen und zeitgenöss……続きを見る

Efforts within the past decade to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa have dealt with HIV/AIDS principally as a medical concernーdespite the fact that doctors continue to be confront……続きを見る

This unique Indigenous man is one of the most inspiring music stories of our generation. From concert halls to recording studios and into Aboriginal heartlands, this is the story of Australia's Geof……続きを見る

The bayou sings and the trees sway with the untold stories of many unsung heroes, including Louisiana�s amazing Zydeco musicians. The music is an extraordinary blend of the accordion, the bass and e……続きを見る

Un saggio musicologico sull'ultimo grande movimento musicale giovanile del XX secolo, e anche l'ultimo in senso assoluto dopo che dagli anni 2000 l'interesse per la musica come fattore di aggregazio……続きを見る

Un saggio divulgativo, spregiudicato e allo stesso tempo approfondito sul grosso rivolgimento socio-culturale che avvenne nel decennio compreso tra il periodo del Punk e la caduta del Muro di Berlin……続きを見る

Un saggio storico, musicologico e sociologico molto spigliato sul grosso rivolgimento musicale che si ebbe tra la fine degli anni '70 con l'avvento del Punk, e la metà degli anni '80 quando, ormai d……続きを見る

The Mexican American orquesta is neither a Mexican nor an American music. Relying on both the Mexican orquesta and the American dance band for repertorial and stylistic cues, it forges a synthesis o……続きを見る

The 1st installment of The Inc'd Mag from Black Print Entertainment Inc. The magazine covers independent artists, DJs, Music Producers, Independent Radio Stations, Music, Music Applications, Contest……続きを見る

Historical ethnomusicology is increasingly acknowledged as a significant emerging subfield of ethnomusicology due to the fact that historical research requires a different set of theories and method……続きを見る

Valentina Süzükei takes readers on a journey through the life of legendary throat singer Kongar-ool Ondar. When he came onto the scene in 1989, Ondar was one of the pioneers of Tuvan throat singing ……続きを見る

This book is not just for the student, teaher or performer of belly-dance. It is also for the stuednt, teacher or performer of Middle Eastern drum. The DERBECKI, TAR, TAMBOURINE, KATAM, and TUBL BEL……続きを見る

Ova e-knjiga sadrži 42 napjeva za ojkanje, tradicionalni način pjevanja naroda centralne Dalmacije, Like i Bosanske krajine. Sami napjevi - ojkače - se pjevaju u dvostihu, a naziv im dakle dolazi od……続きを見る

As the Soviet Union stood on the brink of collapse, thousands of Bukharian Jews left their homes from across the predominantly Muslim cities of Central Asia, to reestablish their lives in the United……続きを見る

The novel behind the new Danish TV series starring The Killing's Sofie Gråbøl, available on All 4 / Walter Presents Two young men from very different backgrounds. Christian is the son of Danish ex-p……続きを見る

For more than thirty years, musician Carlos Varela has been a guide to the heart, soul, and sound of Havana. One of the best known singer-songwriters to emerge out of the Cuban nueva trova movement,……続きを見る

Before The Beatles landed on American shores in February 1964 only two British acts had topped the Billboard singles chart. In the first quarter of 1964, however, the Beatles alone accounted for six……続きを見る

(Strum Together). This new, easy-to-use format features melody, lyrics, and chord diagrams for five popular folk instruments: standard ukulele, baritone ukulele, guitar, mandolin, and banjo. Enjoy s……続きを見る