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ELVIS and LENNON** By Chris Hutchins and Peter Thompson HOW the meeting at Elvis’s Bel Air mansion – arranged by their friend, the co-author Chris Hutchins – lit the touch paper for a dangerous feu……続きを見る

This volume marks the 25th anniversary of Karin Barber’s ground-breaking article, "Popular Arts in Africa", which stimulated new debates about African popular culture and its defining categories. Fo……続きを見る

As India celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of its independence, much praise was lavished on its emergence as a major player on the global stage. Its economic transformation and geopolitical signif……続きを見る

Copyright lies at the very heart of the music business. It determines how music is marketed, artists are rewarded, and all the uses to which their work is put. And copyright claims and counter-claim……続きを見る

Sound Media considers how music recording, radio broadcasting and muzak influence people's daily lives and introduces the many and varied creative techniques that have developed in music and journal……続きを見る

This comprehensive and illuminating guide explores the entire spectrum of pop music, from Beatlemania and the long-playing record to Eminem and the iPod. 続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

Why The Beatles Are Relevant is the second volume of essays of the research study BeatleMusings- an anthology of scholarship that examines the historical and musical legacy of The Beatles. The Beatl……続きを見る

One of the most successful pop stars of the 80s, his face adorning posters on teenager's walls from Acton to Akron, Adam Ant was a phenomenon. Now in this frank and revealing autobiography, he tells……続きを見る

This is the uncensored independent guide to the music of Bob Dylan. This authoritative eBook encompasses the complete inside story of the man and his music, tracing the Bob Dylan story from his earl……続きを見る

This brilliant biography of the cult guitar player will likely cause you to abandon everything you thought you knew about jazz improvisation, post-punk and the avant-garde. Derek Bailey was at the t……続きを見る

This is the true story of Lady Gaga featuring explosive interviews with Lady Gaga from around the world.The real influences, desires and aspirations of Lady Gaga are laid bare in this powerful and c……続きを見る

The Music Documentary offers a wide-range of approaches, across key moments in the history of popular music, in order to define and interrogate this prominent genre of film-making. The writers in th……続きを見る

Situating Salsa offers the first comprehensive consideration of salsa music and its social impact, in its multiple transnational contexts. 続きを見る

The biography of the hugely successful British band One Direction, who shot to fame after taking the seventh series of The X-Factor by storm.1D: The One Direction Storyexplores the backgrounds, earl……続きを見る

**UPDATED FOR 2019** Ballroom Dancing: Learn Romantic Ballroom Dance Steps & Types of Dance to Ignite the Passion Did you know that dancing is the fastest way to the ignite romance? If you've be……続きを見る

Music, Power, and Politics presents sixteen different cultural perspectives on the concept of music as a site of socio-political struggle. Essays by scholars from around the world explore the means ……続きを見る

Rock and Popular Music examines the relations between the policies and institutions which regulate contemporary popular music and the political debates, contradictions and struggles in which those m……続きを見る

George Michaels unerwarteter Tod an Weihnachten 2016 hat die Karriere einer der beliebtesten britischen Pop-Ikonen abrupt und viel zu früh beendet. Er war über 30 Jahren lang einer der größten Stars……続きを見る

This sad, slow, haunting song is written in Eb major. Lyrics appear in the music and on a Lyrics Only sheet in 18 point font size for vocalists. Guitar chords are noted. A template for Transposition……続きを見る

Beatle Song Profiles: Let It Be (and assorted singles) Each of the 10 songs from Let It Be and and an additional seven singles that were released around this time period but did not appear on any al……続きを見る

This song can be performed with a straight drum beat, a Latin, or a rock beat. It is written in the key of F. Lyrics appear in the music. In addition there is a "Lyrics Only" sheet in 18 point font ……続きを見る

Justice as Improvisation: The Law of the Extempore theorises the relationship between justice and improvisation through the case of the New York City cabaret laws. Discourses around improvisation of……続きを見る

Elvis’ last car was a what? What was the name of Elvis’ pet chimpanzee? What was the name of Elvis’ twin brother? Which audition did Elvis fail on CBS Network in 1955? Which country was first to ho……続きを見る

Grounded in the fields of Ethnomusicology, Anthropology, Popular Music Studies, and Japanese Studies, this book explores the underground Tokyo hardcore scene, ultimately asking what play as resistan……続きを見る

In a career that spanned nearly five decades, Dorothy Fields penned the words to more than four hundred songs, among them mega-hits such as "On the Sunny Side of the Street," "I Can't Give You Anyth……続きを見る

Blues: The Basics offers a concise introduction to a century of the blues. Organized chronologically, it focuses on the major eras in the growth and development of this popular musical style. Materi……続きを見る

'Essential reading for anyone interested in the heady, vulgar, marvellous miasma of British music and culture in the nineties' – Irving Welsh 'A true believer in the power of music and more importan……続きを見る

College campuses have become rich sites of hip-hop culture and knowledge production. Despite the attention that campus personnel and researchers have paid to student life, the field of higher educat……続きを見る

Often called the Picasso, Stravinsky, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham revolutionized ballet stages across the globe. Using newly discovered archival sources, award-winning ch……続きを見る