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Warren Zevon was one of the most original songwriters to emerge from the prolific 1970s Los Angeles music scene. Beyond his most familiar songーthe rollicking 1978 hit “Werewolves of London”ーZevon’……続きを見る

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 ……続きを見る

From the late-1970s to the late-1980s rock music in Yugoslavia had an important social and political purpose of providing a popular cultural outlet for the unique forms of socio-cultural critique th……続きを見る

Chuck Berry is known as "the Father of Rock and Roll". Without Chuck Berry, rock and roll would have been very different. He is its greatest songwriter, one of its greatest guitar players and one of……続きを見る

Buddy Holly lived a short life, killed at the age of 22 while touring in the mid-west in the middle of a freezing winter in 1959. That day is called "The Day the Music Died", but the music never rea……続きを見る

Walls Come Tumbling Down charts the pivotal period between 1976 and 1992 that saw politics and pop music come together for the first time in Britain's musical history; musicians and their fans sudde……続きを見る

This collection of essays, documented by an international and interdisciplinary array of scholars, represents the first academically focused volume exploring the creative idiolect of Frank Zappa. Se……続きを見る

Political Rock features luminary figures in rock music that have stood out not only for their performances, but also for their politics. The book opens with a comparative, cultural history of artist……続きを見る

Studies of opera, film, television, and literature have demonstrated how constructions of madness may be referenced in order to stigmatise but also liberate protagonists in ways that reinforce or ch……続きを見る

Grunge has been perceived as the music that defined 'Generation X'. Twenty years after the height of the movement there is still considerable interest in its rise and fall, and its main figures such……続きを見る

Black British musicians have been making jazz since around 1920 when the genre first arrived in Britain. This groundbreaking book reveals their hidden history and major contribution to the developme……続きを見る

Black Popular Music in Britain Since 1945 provides the first broad scholarly discussion of this music since 1990. The book critically examines key moments in the history of black British popular mus……続きを見る

Drawing on methodologies and approaches from media and cultural studies, sociology, social history and the study of popular music, this book outlines the development of the study of men and masculin……続きを見る

"It's All About the Music!" This is, like the others, really a mini-biography of Bob Dylan which emphasizes the music that he has created. The author has had a lifelong passion for the music of the ……続きを見る

Before there was Prince, before there was Michael Jackson, before even the Beatles there was Little Richard, a true Rock and Roll trailblazer. It seems like everybody in Rock and Roll has a title. J……続きを見る

Jerry Lee Lewis, also known as "The Killer", and the "Ferriday Fireball" had a tumultuous career. Is there an early rock and roller who had the energy he had, who could play (or pound) a piano with ……続きを見る

Paul Anka started out as a teen idol. He was the boy the girls all swooned over when he sang. I listened to the radio a lot when I was a kid and always enjoyed a Paul Anka song when it came on. Even……続きを見る

Neil Diamond began his career in the Sixties. He started as a songwriter. He grew his career from songwriter to singer to major recording artist to international star. He has withstood the changes i……続きを見る

Music and Identity in Ireland and Beyond represents the first interdisciplinary volume of chapters on an intricate cultural field that can be experienced and interpreted in manifold ways, whether in……続きを見る

The emergence of Thatcherism around 1980, which ushered in a period of neo-liberalism in British politics that still resonates today, led musicians, like other artists, to respond to their context o……続きを見る

The spread of UK music festivals has exploded since 2000. In this major contribution to cultural studies, the lid is lifted on the contemporary festival scene. Gone are the days of a handful of form……続きを見る

Roy Orbison had one of the best voices in pop music. It was a forceful, almost operatic bel canto tenor that is unlike anyone else in music. When you hear a Roy Orbison song, you almost immediately ……続きを見る

The perfect companion to Baz Luhrmann's forthcoming biopic Elvis, a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks and Austin Butler. What was it like to be Elvis Presley? What did it feel like when imposs……続きを見る

"It's All About the Music!" Welcome to another in the Legends of Rock & Roll series. This is, like the others, a mini-biography of one the greatest performers, The Bee Gees. I love the music of the ……続きを見る

Everyone knows that Aretha Franklin is the Queen of Soul. Growing up in Detroit, she was the daughter of one of the most charismatic evangelists in the city. So, you would think she would become a g……続きを見る

Welcome to another in the Legends of Rock & Roll series. This is, like the others, really a mini-biography of one the greatest of American bands, The Beach Boys. To the author, it is the music that ……続きを見る

Invisible Now describes Bob Dylan's transformative inspiration as artist and cultural figure in the 1960s. Hughes identifies Dylan's creativity with an essential imaginative dynamic, as the singer p……続きを見る

An intimate look into the heart and soul of one of rock's most enduring bands. Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac chronicles the band's formation, meteoric rise, and tumultuous relationships through can……続きを見る

Sexo, drogas, lendas e rock‘n’roll. Parece que é só entrar no mundo roqueiro para começar a ver grandes nomes desse gênero envolvidos em fatos nebulosos, boatos e muita história mal explicada. Alice……続きを見る

"It's All About the Music!" Welcome to another in the Legends of Rock & Roll series. This is, like the others, a mini-biography of one the greatest performers in the music world. This is the third o……続きを見る