0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Browse All Departments
Price
  • R100 - R250 (10)
  • R250 - R500 (56)
  • R500+ (127)
  • -
Status
Format
Author / Contributor
Publisher

Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > Soul & Gospel

Women of Motown - An Oral History (Second Edition) (Paperback): Susan Whitall Women of Motown - An Oral History (Second Edition) (Paperback)
Susan Whitall
R621 R558 Discovery Miles 5 580 Save R63 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Luther - The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross (Paperback): Craig Seymour Luther - The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross (Paperback)
Craig Seymour
R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Whitney Houston - 1963-2012: We Will Always Love You (Paperback): James Robert Parish Whitney Houston - 1963-2012: We Will Always Love You (Paperback)
James Robert Parish
R570 Discovery Miles 5 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
I Hear a Symphony - Motown and Crossover R&B (Hardcover): J. Andrew Flory I Hear a Symphony - Motown and Crossover R&B (Hardcover)
J. Andrew Flory
R3,247 Discovery Miles 32 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

I Hear a Symphony opens new territory in the study of Motown's legacy, arguing that the music of Motown was indelibly shaped by the ideals of Detroit's postwar black middle class; that Motown's creative personnel participated in an African-American tradition of dialogism in rhythm and blues while developing the famous "Motown Sound." Throughout the book, Flory focuses on the central importance of "crossover" to the Motown story; first as a key concept in the company's efforts to reach across American commercial markets, then as a means to extend influence internationally, and finally as a way to expand the brand beyond strictly musical products. Flory's work reveals the richness of the Motown sound, and equally rich and complex cultural influence Motown still exerts.

Chicano Soul - Recordings and History of an American Culture (Paperback, 10th Revised edition): Ruben Molina Chicano Soul - Recordings and History of an American Culture (Paperback, 10th Revised edition)
Ruben Molina
R904 R783 Discovery Miles 7 830 Save R121 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 2007, Ruben Molina published the first-ever history of Mexican-American soul and R&Bmusic in his book, Chicano Soul: Recordings and History of an American Culture. Ten yearslater, Chicano Soul remains an important and oft-referenced study of this vital but oftenoverlooked chapter of the greater American musical experience. Chicano soul music of the1950s and 1960s still reverberates today, both within Chicano communities and throughoutmany musical genres. Molina tells the story of the roots of Chicano soul, its evolution, and itsenduring cultural infl uence. "Brown-eyed soul" music draws on 1950s era jazz, blues, jump blues, rock 'n' roll, Latinjazz, and traditional Mexican music such as ranchera, norteno, and conjunto music. With its rareand gorgeous photos, record scans, concert bills, and impressive discography (to say nothingof its rich oral histories/interviews), it is one of those rare works that speaks to both generaland academic audiences.

Jackie Wilson - The Black King of Rock 'n Roll (Paperback): Doug Saint Carter Jackie Wilson - The Black King of Rock 'n Roll (Paperback)
Doug Saint Carter
R724 R637 Discovery Miles 6 370 Save R87 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
SOM Magazine - Issue #1 (Paperback): Som Networks SOM Magazine - Issue #1 (Paperback)
Som Networks
R446 Discovery Miles 4 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Give the Drummers Some! (Paperback): Jim Payne Give the Drummers Some! (Paperback)
Jim Payne
R757 Discovery Miles 7 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sounds Like Teen Spirit - Stolen Melodies, Ripped-off Riffs, and the Secret History of Rock and Roll (Paperback, 2016 ed.): Tim... Sounds Like Teen Spirit - Stolen Melodies, Ripped-off Riffs, and the Secret History of Rock and Roll (Paperback, 2016 ed.)
Tim English
R749 Discovery Miles 7 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Top 100 Underrated R&B Songs (Paperback): Rashad Skyla Mitchell The Top 100 Underrated R&B Songs (Paperback)
Rashad Skyla Mitchell
R199 Discovery Miles 1 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Living the Life I Sing - Gospel Music from the Dorsey Era to the Millennium (Paperback): Alphonso Simpson Jr., Thomas A. Dorsey... Living the Life I Sing - Gospel Music from the Dorsey Era to the Millennium (Paperback)
Alphonso Simpson Jr., Thomas A. Dorsey III
R4,558 Discovery Miles 45 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Living the Life I Sing: Gospel Music from the Dorsey Era to the Millennium discusses the foundations of gospel music and how the form has developed across time to create a genre that reaches far beyond its geographical borders. In addition, it addresses the future of the genre and considers its place in the general music industry. Section One explores the development of Gospel music, including its transition from the secular path of the blues to a path of sacred spirituality. Section Two focuses on the rise and role of the Black church in spreading Gospel music. Topics include the development of a Gospel methodology, the resistance of the Black press to "swinging" spirituals, the promise of and challenges to contemporary Gospel , and the value of live recording. Living the Life I Sing compiles an outstanding selection of resources to chronicle Gospel music from its blues-based foundation to its role in the lives of a post-millennial generation. The book is well-suited to courses on African-American music, those on the music business, religious music, and African-American history. It can also be used in music workshops.

Revolve: The Book (Hardcover): John Newman Revolve: The Book (Hardcover)
John Newman 1
R644 R580 Discovery Miles 5 800 Save R64 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'The main reason I have written this book is because I want people to know the process behind making my second album. I fight every day to show people what I see inside my head, my vision and what I want to create.'Revolve is a first-person account from the platinum-selling singer-songwriter John Newman, documenting the creative process involved in writing his second album.In the book, John explores the influences of his Yorkshire upbringing, where Northern Soul and Motown moulded his musical ear. From Settle to London, this unique behind-the-scenes narrative charts the build-up to the release of his break-out single 'Love Me Again', his No.1 album 'Tribute' and his first world tour.Revolve then details the making of his much anticipated second album, from creating and sketching the concept, writing the lyrics and recording in LA. Exclusive photography captures John's experiences, alongside songs scrawled on envelopes, early gig posters and his own personal drawings. Revolve provides the in-depth story of John's musical and personal evolution so far.'My first encounter with John Newman was on my daily afternoon break from a studio session to buy a Tesco's flapjack. I found him outside my studio complex with Mr Hudson, who he was making a record with. They were making fun of my car, as it had been shat on that day by an army of gulls. We've both come a long way since then; I had my car cleaned, and he has become one of the most exciting performers and songwriters of his generation.' - Calvin Harris

The Bbsat's Level II - Baby Boomers Soul Aptitude Test: Baby Boomers Soul Aptitude Test (Paperback): Anthony C Davis The Bbsat's Level II - Baby Boomers Soul Aptitude Test: Baby Boomers Soul Aptitude Test (Paperback)
Anthony C Davis
R451 Discovery Miles 4 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio - How the Swampers Changed American Music (Hardcover): Carla Jean Whitley Muscle Shoals Sound Studio - How the Swampers Changed American Music (Hardcover)
Carla Jean Whitley
R816 R712 Discovery Miles 7 120 Save R104 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Louis Jordan - Son of Arkansas, Father of R&B (Hardcover): Stephen Koch Louis Jordan - Son of Arkansas, Father of R&B (Hardcover)
Stephen Koch
R816 R712 Discovery Miles 7 120 Save R104 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Barrys Songs (2015) (Paperback): Arttsi Institute Barrys Songs (2015) (Paperback)
Arttsi Institute
R236 Discovery Miles 2 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Barry Vincent was both a Love Child of the 1960s & a Soul Brother. In this colorful book you get plenty of the idealism of the flower-power love generation, and also the self-rightous indignation of proud black nationalism. There are many feelings that can't be expressed in words but music is the perfect medium to get the listener involved. This is a reason that there are so many performance instructions which are actually moods and attitudes. Music allows you to capture a feeling, document a time and place, paint a picture - sometimes better than the visual arts. Music is a language that sometimes says things that words simply can't communicate. Make your experience eternal by writing it down. Let us thank those that have upheld traditions, carried on culture, language, forms and feelings that would have otherwise been neglected, and sometimes even sadly lost forever. Barry shares the optimism of the Flower Power era and the consciousness of the Civil Rights movement in beautiful songs and positive stories and sounds.

The Stone Cold Truth on Payola! - Cash, Cocaine, Cars, and The Music Biz (Paperback): Jacob Katel, Henry Stone The Stone Cold Truth on Payola! - Cash, Cocaine, Cars, and The Music Biz (Paperback)
Jacob Katel, Henry Stone
R258 Discovery Miles 2 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Woke Me Up This Morning - Black Gospel Singers and the Gospel Life (Paperback, New): Alan Young Woke Me Up This Morning - Black Gospel Singers and the Gospel Life (Paperback, New)
Alan Young
R1,052 Discovery Miles 10 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many studies of African-American gospel music spotlight history and style. This one, however, is focused mainly on grassroots makers and singers. Most of those included here are not stars. A few have received national recognition, but most are known only in their own home areas. Yet their collective stories presented in this book indicate that black gospel music is one of the most prevalent forms of contemporary American song. Its author Alan Young is a New Zealander who came to the South seeking authentic blues music. Instead, he found gospel to be the most pervasive, fundamental music in the contemporary African-American South. Blues, he concludes, has largely lost touch with its roots, while gospel continues to express authentic resources. Conducting interviews with singers and others in the gospel world of Tennessee and Mississippi, Young ascertains that gospel is firmly rooted in community life. " Woke Me Up This Morning " includes his candid, widely varied conversations with a capella groups, with radio personalities, with preachers, and with soloists whose performances reveal the diversity of gospel styles. Major figures interviewed include the Spirit of Memphis Quartet and the Reverend Willie Morganfield, author and singer of the million-selling "What Is This?" who turned his back on fame in order to pastor a church in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. All speak freely in oral-history style here, telling how they became involved in gospel music and religion, how it enriches their lives, how it is connected to secular music (especially blues), and how the spiritual and the practical are united in their performances. Their accounts reveal the essential grassroots force and spirit of gospel music and demonstrate that if blues springs from America's soul, then gospel arises from its heart.

New Atlantis - Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans (Paperback): John Swenson New Atlantis - Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans (Paperback)
John Swenson
R1,091 Discovery Miles 10 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

At its most intimate level, music heals our emotional wounds and inspires us. At its most public, it unites people across cultural boundaries. But can it rebuild a city? That's the central question posed in New Atlantis, journalist John Swenson's beautifully detailed account of the musical artists working to save America's most colorful and troubled metropolis: New Orleans. The city has been threatened with extinction many times during its three-hundred-plus-year history by fire, pestilence, crime, flood, and oil spills. Working for little money and in spite of having lost their own homes and possessions to Katrina, New Orleans's most gifted musicians-including such figures as Dr. John, the Neville Brothers, "Trombone Shorty," and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux-are fighting back against a tidal wave of problems: the depletion of the wetlands south of the city (which are disappearing at the rate of one acre every hour), the violence that has made New Orleans the murder capitol of the U.S., the waning tourism industry, and above all the continuing calamity in the wake of Hurricane Katrina (or, as it is known in New Orleans, the "Federal Flood"). Indeed, most of the neighborhoods that nurtured the indigenous music of New Orleans were destroyed in the flood, and many of the elder statesmen have died or been incapacitated since then, but the musicians profiled here have stepped up to fill their roles. New Atlantis is their story. Packed with indelible portraits of individual artists, informed by Swenson's encyclopedic knowledge of the city's unique and varied music scene-which includes jazz, R&B, brass band, rock, and hip hop-New Atlantis is a stirring chronicle of the valiant efforts to preserve the culture that gives New Orleans its grace and magic.

The Last Sultan - The Life and Times of Ahmet Ertegun (Paperback): Robert Greenfield The Last Sultan - The Life and Times of Ahmet Ertegun (Paperback)
Robert Greenfield
R748 R667 Discovery Miles 6 670 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Brilliant, cultured, brash, and irreverent, Ahmet Ertegun was a legend in the music world. Blessed with great taste and sharp business acumen, he founded Atlantic Records and brought rock 'n' roll into the mainstream. He quickly became as renowned for his incredible sense of style and nonstop A-list social life as for his pioneering work in the studio.
Ertegun discovered, signed, or recorded many of the greatest musical artists of all time, among them Ruth Brown; Ray Charles; Bobby Darin; Sonny and Cher; Eric Clapton; Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Led Zeppelin; and the Rolling Stones.
Ertegun lived grandly but was never happier than when he found himself in some down-and-out joint listening to music late at night. As colorful and compelling as its subject, "The Last Sultan "is the fascinating story of a man who always lived by his own rules.

Go-Go Live - The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City (Paperback, New): Natalie Hopkinson Go-Go Live - The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City (Paperback, New)
Natalie Hopkinson
R698 R654 Discovery Miles 6 540 Save R44 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Go-go is the conga drum-inflected black popular music that emerged in Washington, D.C., during the 1970s. The guitarist Chuck Brown, the "Godfather of Go-Go," created the music by mixing sounds borrowed from church and the blues with the funk and flavor that he picked up playing for a local Latino band. Born in the inner city, amid the charred ruins of the 1968 race riots, go-go generated a distinct culture and an economy of independent, almost exclusively black-owned businesses that sold tickets to shows and recordings of live go-gos. At the peak of its popularity, in the 1980s, go-go could be heard around the capital every night of the week, on college campuses and in crumbling historic theaters, hole-in-the-wall nightclubs, backyards, and city parks.

"Go-Go Live" is a social history of black Washington told through its go-go music and culture. Encompassing dance moves, nightclubs, and fashion, as well as the voices of artists, fans, business owners, and politicians, Natalie Hopkinson's Washington-based narrative reflects the broader history of race in urban America in the second half of the twentieth century and the early twenty-first. In the 1990s, the middle class that had left the city for the suburbs in the postwar years began to return. Gentrification drove up property values and pushed go-go into D.C.'s suburbs. The Chocolate City is in decline, but its heart, D.C.'s distinctive go-go musical culture, continues to beat. On any given night, there's live go-go in the D.C. metro area.

Behind The Curtains - with The VOLCANOS Storm Warning And The Grammy Award Winning TRAMMPS Disco Inferno (Paperback): Stephen C... Behind The Curtains - with The VOLCANOS Storm Warning And The Grammy Award Winning TRAMMPS Disco Inferno (Paperback)
Stephen C Kelly
R399 R369 Discovery Miles 3 690 Save R30 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Do you remember when certain songs connected you to that special someone and related to a certain time and location as if the recording artist knew what you were going through? Those were the days of doo-wop, better known as the good old days. The songs were magical, they touched you. Songs like: "Tears On My Pillow"-by Little Anthony & The Imperials, "Lovers Never Say Goodbye"-The Flamingoes, "Oh What a Night"-The Dells, "For Your Precious Love"-Jerry Butler & The Impressions. Even a song like "Soldier Boy"- by the Shirelles today relate to our troops, friends and love ones in combat. Fighting to preserve our freedom. The magical legacy carried over into the sixties and seventies. "Yes I'm Ready"-Barbara Mason, "Hey There Lonely Girl"- Eddie Holman, "Storm Warning"- The Volcanos, "Love Aint Been Easy"-The Trammps. These songs and the late Weldon McDougal III inspired me to write the true story of "The Volcanos" and "The Trammps." You will read about the beginning of my hunger to be in show business, the success and the unheard-of phenomenon that took place behind- the-curtains with "The Volcanos" and The Grammy Award Winning "Trammps." Jerry Blavat would say "You Only Rock Once" Read on and relive the days of doo-wop, disco, and memories. It's show time So Let the show begin..............

Donny Hathaway's Donny Hathaway Live (Paperback): Emily J Lordi Donny Hathaway's Donny Hathaway Live (Paperback)
Emily J Lordi
R306 R276 Discovery Miles 2 760 Save R30 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In January of 1979, the great soul artist Donny Hathaway fell fifteen stories from a window of Manhattan's Essex House Hotel in an alleged suicide. He was 33 years old and everyone he worked with called him a genius. Best known for "A Song for You," "This Christmas," and classic duets with Roberta Flack, Hathaway was a composer, pianist, and singer committed to exploring "music in its totality." His velvet melisma and vibrant sincerity set him apart from other soul men of his era while influencing generations of singers and fans whose love affair with him continues to this day. The first nonfiction book about Hathaway, Donny Hathaway Live uses original interviews, archival material, musical analysis, cultural history, and poetry to tell the story of Hathaway's life, from his beginnings as a gospel wonder child to his final years. But its focus is the brutally honest, daringly gorgeous music he created as he raced the clock of mental illness-especially in the performances captured on his 1972 album Donny Hathaway Live. That album testifies to Hathaway's uncanny ability to amplify the power and beauty of his songs in the moment of live performance. By exploring that album, we see how he generated a spiritual experience for those present at his shows, and for those with the privilege to listen in now.

Memphis Boys - The Story of American Studios (Paperback): Roben Jones Memphis Boys - The Story of American Studios (Paperback)
Roben Jones
R1,248 Discovery Miles 12 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Memphis Boys chronicles the story of the rhythm section at Chips Moman's American Studios from 1964, when the group began working together, until 1972, when Moman shut down the studio and moved the entire operation to Atlanta. Utilizing extensive interviews with Moman and the group, as well as additional comments from the songwriters, sound engineers, and office staff, author Roben Jones creates a collective biography combined with a business history and a critical analysis of important recordings. She reveals how the personalities of the core group meshed, how they regarded newcomers, and how their personal and musical philosophies blended with Moman's vision to create timeless music based on themes of suffering and sorrow. Recording sessions with Elvis Presley, the Gentrys, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, the Box Tops, Joe Tex, Neil Diamond, B. J. Thomas, Dionne Warwick, and many others come alive in this book. Jones provides the stories behind memorable songs composed by group writers, such as "The Letter," "Dark End of the Street," "Do Right Woman," "Breakfast in Bed," and "You Were Always on My Mind." Featuring photographs, personal profiles, and a suggested listening section, Memphis Boys details a significant phase of American music and the impact of one amazing studio. Roben Jones of Gallipolis, Ohio, has published poetry in various magazines and in Wild Sweet Notes: Fifty Years of West Virginia Poetry, 1950-1999.

You Send Me - The Life and Times of Sam Cooke (Paperback): Cliff White, Daniel Wolff, G. David Tenenbaum, S. R. Crain You Send Me - The Life and Times of Sam Cooke (Paperback)
Cliff White, Daniel Wolff, G. David Tenenbaum, S. R. Crain 1
R538 R489 Discovery Miles 4 890 Save R49 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

When Sam Cooke was shot dead in a cheap motel in Hollywood, he was one of America's most successful pop stars. He left a world in which he had been born poor and had become very rich from the success of such records as "You Send Me" and "A Wonderful World", yet his body lay unrecognised in a morgue for two days. This biography follows Cooke's life in a racist America where his voice was one of the first to reach beyond the segregated audiences and command a white following, Cooke himself becoming a player in the fledgling civil rights movement. This award-winning biography is a full and sometimes shocking story of a man whose songbook is revered by great performers such as Otis Redding, Rod Stewart and Aretha Franklin.

Free Delivery
Pinterest Twitter Facebook Google+
You may like...
Great God A'Mighty! The Dixie…
Jerry Zolten Hardcover R733 Discovery Miles 7 330
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio - How the…
Carla Jean Whitley Paperback R627 R569 Discovery Miles 5 690
To the Ends of the Earth - Northern Soul…
Paul Mercieca, Anne Chapman, … Hardcover R1,914 Discovery Miles 19 140
The Meaning of Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey Paperback R285 R258 Discovery Miles 2 580
Keeping the Faith - A History of…
Keith Gildart, Stephen Catterall Paperback R817 Discovery Miles 8 170
Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That…
George Clinton Paperback R536 R506 Discovery Miles 5 060
After Dark - Birth of the Disco Dance…
Noel Hankin Hardcover R687 R623 Discovery Miles 6 230
New Atlantis - Musicians Battle for the…
John Swenson Hardcover R912 Discovery Miles 9 120
Wax Poetics Journal Issue 68 (Hardcover…
Various Authors Hardcover R1,192 Discovery Miles 11 920
Louis Jordan - Son of Arkansas, Father…
Stephen Koch Paperback R563 R516 Discovery Miles 5 160

 

Partners