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After Dark - Birth of the Disco Dance Party (Hardcover): Noel Hankin After Dark - Birth of the Disco Dance Party (Hardcover)
Noel Hankin
R670 R610 Discovery Miles 6 100 Save R60 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Deep Down with Dennis Brown (Paperback): Penny Reel Deep Down with Dennis Brown (Paperback)
Penny Reel
R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Real Ambassadors - Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong Challenge Segregation (Hardcover): Keith Hatschek, Yolande... The Real Ambassadors - Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong Challenge Segregation (Hardcover)
Keith Hatschek, Yolande Bavan
R3,279 Discovery Miles 32 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Keith Hatschek tells the story of three determined artists: Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, and Iola Brubeck and the stand they took against segregation by writing and performing a jazz musical titled The Real Ambassadors. First conceived by the Brubecks in 1956, the musical's journey to the stage for its 1962 premiere tracks extraordinary twists and turns across the backdrop of the civil rights movement. A variety of colorful characters, from Broadway impresarios to gang-connected managers, surface in the compelling storyline. During the Cold War, the US State Department enlisted some of America's greatest musicians to serve as jazz ambassadors, touring the world to trumpet a so-called "free society." Honored as celebrities abroad, the jazz ambassadors, who were overwhelmingly African Americans, returned home to racial discrimination and deferred dreams. The Brubecks used this double standard as the central message for the musical, deploying humor and pathos to share perspectives on American values. On September 23, 1962, The Real Ambassadors's stunning debut moved a packed arena at the Monterey Jazz Festival to laughter, joy, and tears. Although critics unanimously hailed the performance, it sadly became a footnote in cast members' bios. The enormous cost of reassembling the star-studded cast made the creation impossible to stage and tour. However, The Real Ambassadors: Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong Challenge Segregation caps this jazz story by detailing how the show was triumphantly revived in 2014 by Jazz at Lincoln Center. This reaffirmed the musical's place as an integral part of America's jazz history and served as an important reminder of how artists' voices are a powerful force for social change.

The Complete Helen Reddy Illustrated Discography (hardback) (Hardcover): Daniel Selby The Complete Helen Reddy Illustrated Discography (hardback) (Hardcover)
Daniel Selby
R1,203 Discovery Miles 12 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The City is Ablaze! - The Story of a Post-punk Popzine, 1984-1994 (Paperback): Karren Ablaze The City is Ablaze! - The Story of a Post-punk Popzine, 1984-1994 (Paperback)
Karren Ablaze
R740 Discovery Miles 7 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Trouble Bored (Hardcover): Matthew Ryan Lowery Trouble Bored (Hardcover)
Matthew Ryan Lowery; Cover design or artwork by Scott White
R621 Discovery Miles 6 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Banned (Hardcover): D Kershaw, Ben Thomas Banned (Hardcover)
D Kershaw, Ben Thomas
R798 Discovery Miles 7 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Divine Devotions - Hear What God Says (Hardcover): Jack Hetzel Divine Devotions - Hear What God Says (Hardcover)
Jack Hetzel
R742 Discovery Miles 7 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Pearl Jam and Philosophy (Hardcover): Stefano Marino, Andrea Schembari Pearl Jam and Philosophy (Hardcover)
Stefano Marino, Andrea Schembari
R3,316 Discovery Miles 33 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The first scholarly discussion on the band, Pearl Jam and Philosophy examines both the songs (music and lyrics) and the activities (live performances, political commitments) of one of the most celebrated and charismatic rock bands of the last 30 years. The book investigates the philosophical aspects of their music at various levels: existential, spiritual, ethical, political, metaphysical and aesthetic. This philosophical interpretation is also dependent on the application of textual and poetic analysis: the interdisciplinary volume puts philosophical aspects of the band's lyrics in close dialogue with 19th- and 20th-century European and American poetry. Through this widespread philosophical examination, the book further looks into the band's immense popularity and commercial success, their deeply loyal fanbase and genuine sense of community surrounding their music, and the pivotal place the band holds within popular music and contemporary culture.

Dylan's Visions of Sin (Paperback, 1st Ecco pbk. ed): Christopher Ricks Dylan's Visions of Sin (Paperback, 1st Ecco pbk. ed)
Christopher Ricks
R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Bob Dylan's ways with words are a wonder, matched as they are with his music and verified by those voices of his. In response to the whole range of Dylan early and late (his songs of social conscience, of earthly love, of divine love, and of contemplation), this critical appreciation listens to Dylan's attentive genius, alive in the very words and their rewards.

"Fools they made a mock of sin." Dylan's is an art in which sins are laid bare (and resisted), virtues are valued (and manifested), and the graces brought home. The seven deadly sins, the four cardinal virtues (harder to remember?), and the three heavenly graces: these make up everybody's world -- but Dylan's in particular. Or rather, his worlds, since human dealings of every kind are his for the artistic seizing. Pride is anatomized in "Like a Rolling Stone," Envy in "Positively 4th Street," Anger in "Only a Pawn in Their Game" ... But, hearteningly, Justice reclaims "Hattie Carroll," Fortitude "Blowin' in the Wind," Faith "Precious Angel," Hope "Forever Young," and Charity "Watered-Down Love."

In The "New Yorker, Alex Ross wrote that "Ricks's writing on Dylan is the best there is. Unlike most rock critics -- 'forty-year-olds talking to ten-year-olds, ' Dylan has called them -- he writes for adults." In the "Times (London), Bryan Appleyard maintained that "Ricks, one of the most distinguished literary critics of our time, is almost the only writer to have applied serious literary intelligence to Dylan ..."

Dylan's countless listeners (and even the artist himself, who knows?) may agree with W.H. Auden that Ricks "is exactly the kind of critic every poet dreams of finding."

Music in a Word Volume 3 - Whippings and Apologies (Paperback): Ira A Robbins Music in a Word Volume 3 - Whippings and Apologies (Paperback)
Ira A Robbins
R583 Discovery Miles 5 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Knix - The Buck Owens Years (Hardcover): Jim West Knix - The Buck Owens Years (Hardcover)
Jim West; Foreword by Michael Owens
R714 R637 Discovery Miles 6 370 Save R77 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Running Tracks - The playlist and places that made me a runner (Paperback): Rob Deering Running Tracks - The playlist and places that made me a runner (Paperback)
Rob Deering
R249 Discovery Miles 2 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Rob Deering has been listening to music his whole life, but it was only in his mid-thirties that - much to his surprise - he found himself falling in love with the hugely popular, nearly perfect, sometimes preposterous activity of running In this vividly conjured collection, Rob shares stories of when a run, a place and a tune come together in a life-defining moment. His adventures in running have spanned four continents, fifteen marathons and numberless miles of park and pavement, and the carefully chosen music streaming through his headphones has spurred him forward throughout. What makes the perfect running tune? Where can you find the best routes, even in an unfamiliar town? Why do people put themselves through marathons? In Running Tracks, Rob Deering shares his sometimes surprising answers to these questions, and explains how a hobby became an obsession that changed his life forever.

Memphis Going Down - A Century of Blues, Soul and Rock 'n' Roll (Hardcover): James L. Dickerson Memphis Going Down - A Century of Blues, Soul and Rock 'n' Roll (Hardcover)
James L. Dickerson
R877 Discovery Miles 8 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Popular Music, Power and Play - Reframing Creative Practice (Hardcover): Marshall Heiser Popular Music, Power and Play - Reframing Creative Practice (Hardcover)
Marshall Heiser
R3,313 Discovery Miles 33 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Once the domain of a privileged few, the art of record production is today within the reach of all. The rise of the ubiquitous DIY project studio and internet streaming have made it so. And while the creative possibilities available to everyday musicians are seemingly endless, so too are the multiskilling and project management challenges to be faced. In order to demystify the contemporary popular-music-making phenomenon, Marshall Heiser reassesses its myriad processes and wider sociocultural context through the lens of creativity studies, play theory and cultural psychology. This innovative new framework is grounded in a diverse array of creative-practice examples spanning the CBGBs music scene to the influence of technology upon modern-day music. First-hand interviews with Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads), Bill Bruford (King Crimson, Yes) and others whose work has influenced the way records are made today are also included. Popular Music, Power and Play is as thought provoking as it will be indispensable for scholars, practitioners and aficionados of popular music and the arts in general.

History of Pittsburgh Jazz - Swinging in the Steel City (Hardcover): Richard Gazarik, Karen Anthony Cole History of Pittsburgh Jazz - Swinging in the Steel City (Hardcover)
Richard Gazarik, Karen Anthony Cole
R712 Discovery Miles 7 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Easy Action - The Original Alice Cooper Band (Paperback): Martin Popoff Easy Action - The Original Alice Cooper Band (Paperback)
Martin Popoff
R517 R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Save R44 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The astonishing run of albums unleashed upon an unsuspecting public within the span of five years created the legend of Alice Cooper that lives on to this day. But we're talking about the original Alice Cooper group here, a band called that with a lead singer also going by that name. In other words, the legend was built by Vincent "Alice Cooper" Furnier, Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway and "platinum god" Neal Smith. It is all of them working together - along with producer Bob Ezrin - that created the mystique of songs like "I'm Eighteen," "Is It My Body," "Desperado," "Under My Wheels," "Be My Lover," "Elected" and "No More Mr. Nice Guy." And it is all of them working together - along with crack management in Shep Gordon and Joe Greenberg-that created the shock rock buzz that kept the newspapers full of indignation about this band set out to destroy human civilization. Easy Action: The Original Alice Cooper Group tells the story in meticulous chronological detail, from the band's early days in Phoenix as The Spiders, through being broke on the Sunset Strip, followed by a career-reviving relocation to a notorious party house on the outskirts of Pontiac, Michigan. Corroborating the improbable sequence of events is a plethora of stories from the band themselves, who explain how the original Alice Cooper group went from politely ignored pariahs in Los Angeles to international Public Enemies No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Listen to the guys and their good-natured explanations behind the mayhem, and it soon becomes apparent that the ghoulish makeup around the singer's eyes and the boa constrictor around his neck - not to mention the head-choppings, the hangings and the hard rock - were all served up in good fun. Now it's time for you, dear reader, to join in the fun and see why Alice Cooper was, for a golden moment in time fully 50 years ago now, the most feared and revered act in all of rock 'n' roll.

The Poetics of Noise from Dada to Punk (Hardcover): John Melillo The Poetics of Noise from Dada to Punk (Hardcover)
John Melillo
R3,309 Discovery Miles 33 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

By reinterpreting 20th-century poetry as a listening to and writing through noise, The Poetics of Noise from Dada to Punk constructs a literary history of noise through poetic sound and performance. This book traces how poets figure noise in the disfiguration of poetic voice. Materializing in the threshold between the heard and the unheard, noise emerges in the differentiation and otherness of sound. It arises in the folding of an "outside" into the "inside" of poetic performance both on and off the page. Through a series of case studies ranging from verse by ear-witnesses to the First World War, Dadaist provocations, jazz modernist song and poetry, early New York City punk rock, contemporary sound poetry, and noise music, The Poetics of Noise from Dada to Punk describes productive failures of communication that theorize listening against the grain of sound's sense.

Music City Melbourne - Urban Culture, History and Policy (Hardcover): Shane Homan, Seamus O'Hanlon, Catherine Strong, John... Music City Melbourne - Urban Culture, History and Policy (Hardcover)
Shane Homan, Seamus O'Hanlon, Catherine Strong, John Tebbutt
R2,974 Discovery Miles 29 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How did Melbourne earn its place as one of the world's 'music cities'? Beginning with the arrival of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s, this book explores the development of different sectors of Melbourne's popular music ecosystem in parallel with broader population, urban planning and media industry changes in the city. The authors draw on interviews with Melbourne musicians, venue owners and policy-makers, documenting their ambitions and experiences across different periods, with accompanying spotlights on the gendered, multicultural and indigenous contexts of playing and recording in Melbourne. Focusing on pop and rock, this is the first book to provide an extensive historical lens of popular music within an urban cultural economy that in turn investigates the contemporary nature and challenges of urban music activities and policy.

All Roads Lead to The Birchmere - America's Legendary Music Hall (Hardcover): Gary Oelze, Stephen Moore All Roads Lead to The Birchmere - America's Legendary Music Hall (Hardcover)
Gary Oelze, Stephen Moore
R1,133 Discovery Miles 11 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Chasing the Blues (Hardcover): Dennis Walker Chasing the Blues (Hardcover)
Dennis Walker; Designed by Judy Walker
R2,049 Discovery Miles 20 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Your Hidden Freedom - The Ultimate Force (Hardcover): John Oliver Brunelle Your Hidden Freedom - The Ultimate Force (Hardcover)
John Oliver Brunelle
R836 Discovery Miles 8 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Popular Music in Japan - Transformation Inspired by the West (Hardcover): Toru Mitsui Popular Music in Japan - Transformation Inspired by the West (Hardcover)
Toru Mitsui
R3,816 Discovery Miles 38 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Popular music in Japan has been under the overwhelming influence of American, Latin American and European popular music remarkably since 1945, when Japan was defeated in World War II. Beginning with gunka and enka at the turn of the century, tracing the birth of hit songs in the record industry in the years preceding the War, and ranging to the adoption of Western genres after the War--the rise of Japanese folk and rock, domestic exoticism as a new trend and J-Pop--Popular Music in Japan is a comprehensive discussion of the evolution of popular music in Japan. In eight revised and updated essays written in English by renowned Japanese scholar Toru Mitsui, this book tells the story of popular music in Japan since the late 19th century when Japan began positively embracing the West.

K-Pop - The Odyssey: Your Gateway to the Global K-Pop Phenomenon (Hardcover): Wooseok Ki K-Pop - The Odyssey: Your Gateway to the Global K-Pop Phenomenon (Hardcover)
Wooseok Ki
R786 R697 Discovery Miles 6 970 Save R89 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Elvis a Personal Memoir (Hardcover): Chris Hutchins Elvis a Personal Memoir (Hardcover)
Chris Hutchins
R781 R714 Discovery Miles 7 140 Save R67 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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