Author: Rick MadiganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Land of 1000 Dances
Author: Rick Madigan1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die
Author: Tom MoonPublisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 076113963X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
Book Description
A guide to music provides recommendations on one thousand recordings that represent the best in such genres as classical, jazz, rock, pop, blues, country, folk, musicals, hip-hop, and opera, with listening notes, commentary, and anecdotes about performers.
Land of a Thousand Dances
Author: David ReyesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Reyes and Waldman tell the stories of Chicano rock music in Southern California and the musicians who continue to make pop music with a Latin beat.
Sound Tracks
Author: Michael JarrettPublisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9781439905661
Category : Popular music
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
In the Midnight Hour
Author: Tony FletcherPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190252944
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Looks at the life and music career of prominent soul singer Wilson Pickett, chronicling the performer's rise to stardom and his self-destructive fall into alcohol and drug addiction before ending his career on a high note with a Grammy-nominated album.
Dave Barry's Bad Habits
Author: Dave BarryPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805029642
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Presents a collection of humor columns by Dave Barry, originally published in the "Miami Herald."
The 20th Century's Greatest Hits
Author: Paul WilliamsPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 146683188X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
The book that will make you think about the 20th Century. This book lists and discusses the "top 40" artistic events of the 20th century, using a quirky and personal list created by Paul Williams, which is illuminated by forty short essays discussing his choices. That alone would suffice. But in addition, Williams has created an entertaining, readable book-length work on personal and subjective responses to art. Everybody loves top-40 lists: Will it have your own secret favorites on it? Or will there be some stuff you never heard of? Or hate? Bob Dylan? Sure, but what by Dylan? Every list provokes delight an danger and, if it is a good one, illumination and surprise. Paul Williams's lists mixes high art and popular culture, and is sure to leave no one who reads it unmoved. But a list only takes one page--and the rest of this book is Williams's thoughts on how everyday people connect with art and performance, subjects on which Williams is brilliant, insightful, and entertaining. This is a good and serious book that is fun to read. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
Listen to Soul!
Author: James E. PeronePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 144087526X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Listen to Soul! Exploring a Musical Genre provides an overview of soul music for fans of the genre, with a focus on 50 must-hear singers, songs, and albums that define it. Listen to Soul! Exploring a Musical Genre provides both an overview and a critical analysis of what makes soul music in the United States. A list of 50 songs, albums, and musicians includes many of the best-known hits of the past and present as well as several important popular successes that are not necessarily on the "best-of" lists in other books. Like the other books in this series, this volume includes a background chapter followed by a chapter that contains 50 critical essays on must-hear albums, songs, and singers, approximately 1,500 words each. Chapters on the impact of soul music on popular culture and the legacy of the genre further explain the impact of these seminal compositions and musicians. This volume additionally includes a greater focus on soul music as a genre, making it a stand-out title on the topic for high school and college readers.
Fullerton
Author: Sylvia Palmer MudrickPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625848129
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
America enjoyed newfound prosperity in the decades following World War II, and Southern California was an epicenter of postwar growth. Among the many Orange County communities that grew and flourished in this hopeful and exciting era, Fullerton led the way. Join authors Sylvia Palmer Mudrick, Debora Richey and Cathy Thomas as they recount Fullerton's boom years. It was a time characterized by economic growth, vibrant development and engaged civic participation. From the founding of the world-famous Fender guitar company to the establishment of Fullerton's first university, discover the events and people that transformed Fullerton from a small town to a thriving city.
Land of a Thousand Balconies
Author: Jack StevensonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781900486231
Category : B films
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Most books about B-movies are straight-forward genre guides, biographies or encyclopaedias. Not this one. In addition to chapters on film showmen, gimmicks and cult films, Land of a Thousand Balconies documents those incidents and unusual film happenings which author Jack Stevenson has -- over the past fifteen years -- been privy to in his various capacities as show organiser, tour arranger, festival jury member and projectionist-for-hire. Land of a Thousand Balconies also focuses on movie theatres and renegade exhibition spaces, lamenting on the disappearing 'sense of place' that is such an integral part of the movie-going experience. Here the reader is invited to tour a diversity of venues -- from the notorious old grindhouses of San Francisco, the home-made store-front cinemas of Seattle and NY, through to the underground film clubs of Europe. Book jacket.