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Second Edition The jembe drum is one of the most popular percussion instruments in the world. This book will explore African drumming and dance before the jembe drum arrived in America. Drummers, da……続きを見る

Diana Ross is a classic musical icon from the 1960s and 1970s. DIANA ROSS, THE QUEEN OF SOUL, spoke about her great career from the beginning to the present, as well as her age, family life, career,……続きを見る

Rock 'n' roll may not have toppled the USSR, but it definitely rumbled through its foundations. Unlike the often-saccharine pop music sanctioned by the Soviet state, Ukrainian punk musicians of the ……続きを見る

This is the first study of its kind, focusing exclusively on scenes throughout the world; it makes an important contribution to metal studies. Metal Scenes around the World is a collection of thirte……続きを見る

Antônio Carlos Jobim has been called the greatest of all contemporary Brazilian songwriters. He wrote both popular and serious music and was a gifted piano, guitar and flute player. One of the key f……続きを見る

The music of Serbia and Greece has long been a vital part of Balkan culture, but it has been excluded from the academic canon of Western music history. Katy Romanou corrects this oversight with Serb……続きを見る

Now available in paperback, this fully illustrated volume traces the emergence of Welsh traditional music through the ages and is complemented throughout with more than 200 musical examples. Phyllis……続きを見る

Awarded an Academy Award for Best Actress, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Estelle Louise Fletcher (July 22, 1934 – Se……続きを見る

Having written or contributed to several volumes of Celtic guitar music over the course of four decades, El McMeen offers fresh and unusual concepts in these 30 fingerstyle arrangements of both fami……続きを見る

Twenty five fun-to-play, great-sounding piano solos for beginning pianists of various ages. Covers a range of musical styles. 続きを見る

The Dead C's Clyma est mort (1993) is the record of a live gig for one person. Tom Lax was running the Siltbreeze label in Philadelphia and had come to New Zealand to meet the artists he was releasi……続きを見る

El flamenco es herencia y memoria de la civilización más antigua del occidente europeo; himno de rebeldía y desesperación de un pueblo que clama por la identidad que le fue arrebatada. Andalucía es ……続きを見る

Esta nueva edición, de Orígenes del flamenco y secreto del cante jondo, que se integra en la colección de obras relativas a la Historia del Flamenco, es una aportación más a la difusión del conocimi……続きを見る

"Highlife Giants is an intimate portrait of the pioneering artistes of West Africa's vibrant music scene from the 1920s onwards. It is packed full of inside information from stars including E.T Mens……続きを見る

What in the World is Music? Second Edition is an undergraduate, interactive e-textbook that explores the shared ways people engage with music and how humans organize and experience sound. It adopts ……続きを見る

During the 1960s and 70s some ethnomusicologists formed relationships with music-makers and ritual specialists in an attempt to interpret how they understood their musical actions. Subsequently ethn……続きを見る

This book offers the first social history of music in undivided Punjab (1800-1947), beginning at the Lahore court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and concluding at the Patiala royal darbar. It unearths new……続きを見る

"Belafonte: The captivating biography "The Story of a Trailblazer" tells the story of Harry Belafonte's remarkable life and legacy as a musician, actor, and activist. Belafonte's journey has been no……続きを見る

The success of the Hip-Hop album The Calling (2003) by the Hilltop Hoods was a major event on the timeline of Hip-Hop in Australia. It launched a formerly 'underground' scene into the spotlight, rad……続きを見る

Written by one of the best-known academic writers on African music, On African Music is a collection of seven essays addressing various techniques, influences, and scholarly approaches to African mu……続きを見る

Are you ready to dive into the world of kirtan? Then this extraordinary collection of devotional music is for you! In this book, you’ll find over 1,400 kirtans and bhajans, featuring heart-felt comp……続きを見る

The voice of Amália Rodrigues (1920-1999), the “Queen of Fado” and Portugal's most celebrated diva, was extraordinary for its interpretive power, soul wrenching timbre, and international reach. Amal……続きを見る

Louisiana State Penitentiary is one of the largest and most brutal maximum-security prisons in the United States. Built on the grounds of a former plantation, the prison is commonly referred to as "……続きを見る

Progressive and libertarian, anti-Communist and revolutionary, Democratic and Republican, quintessentially American but simultaneously universal. By the late 1980s, rock music had acquired a dizzyin……続きを見る

Ed Kuepper's history as a rock pioneer with The Saints and Laughing Clowns means that his albums of the early 1990s represent a remapping of the singer-songwriter concept. His classic Honey Steel's ……続きを見る

Melbourne, 1971: radical counterculture, hippies, opposition to the Vietnam War and consumerism. The birth of Oz blues rock. Influenced by American blues after Robert Johnson, parallel to developmen……続きを見る

ReSounding Poverty: Romani Music and Development Aid engages with global scholarship on development, poverty, and applied research. It addresses the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) wit……続きを見る

Approximately 1300 ethnographic field recordings of Tiwi songs, made between 1912 and 1981, are archived at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) in Can……続きを見る

Krautrock is not a music genre. Krautrock is a way of life. Its sonic diversity and global reach belie the common culture from where it emerged. This is a band-by-band history. In May 1945, the Alli……続きを見る

A deep dive into the history and retro appeal of musical exotica, including the Orientalism, Hawaiianesque, and Afro-tropicalism sub-sets. Widening the Horizon is the first in-depth study of exotici……続きを見る