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Music: styles & genres

hardcover. .
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
powerHouse Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781576877753
ISBN
9781576877753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. Serves as a history of rap music. This book traces the genre's history from its roots in West African bardic traditions, the Jamaican dancehall tradition, and African American vernacular expressions to its permeation of the cultural mainstream as a major tenet of hip-hop lifestyle and culture. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGR; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072017
ISBN
9780252072017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGR; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
African American Images United States
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934155028
ISBN
9781934155028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 169 x 13. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Plexus Publishing
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859653268
ISBN
9780859653268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.75

Paperback. The dumbest band with the dumbest tunes - but still they transcend all other groups as the ground zero of rock, reduced to its crudest essence. This, their first album is a brutal combination of 60s pop and garage punk with adolescent tales of girls and sniffing glue. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 121 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826416711
ISBN
9780826416711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Examines blues as literature, music, personal expression, and cultural product. This title contains pieces on Ella Fitzgerald, Son House, and Robert Johnson; on the styles of vaudeville, solo guitar, and zydeco; on a comparison of blues and African music; on blues nicknames; and on lyric themes of disillusionment. Editor(s): Evans, David S. Series: African American Music in Cultural Perspective. Num Pages: 392 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; AVGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 655.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074486
ISBN
9780252074486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. The groundbreaking biography, available for the centennial of Woody Guthrie's birth in July 2012. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393327366
ISBN
9780393327366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.66

Paperback. Covers Johnny Winter's career as a guitar slinger from toughing it out in Texas to his appearance at Woodstock, his affair with Janis Joplin, his stadium-filling tours, and washing out on drugs and the temptations of the road before finally fulfilling his dream of becoming a 100-per cent pure bluesman and resurrecting the career of Muddy Waters. Num Pages: 366 pages, Two 8-Page Photo Inserts. BIC Classification: AVGK; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676. The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter. 366 pages, Two 8-Page Photo Inserts. Covers Johnny Winter's career as a guitar slinger from toughing it out in Texas to his appearance at Woodstock, his affair with Janis Joplin, his stadium-filling tours, and washing out on drugs and the temptations of the road before finally fulfilling his dream of becoming a 100-per cent pure bluesman and resurrecting the career of Muddy Waters. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGK; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight: 648.
Publisher
Backbeat Books
Number of pages
366
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879309732
ISBN
9780879309732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.04

Paperback. .
Publisher
Thunder´s Mouth Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560253532
ISBN
9781560253532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.28

Paperback. A comprehensive study of the impact of the railroads on 19th and early 20th Century African American society and the many and varied references to this phenomenon in early blues lyrics. Num Pages: 390 pages, 118 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; AVGK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
Music Mentor Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
390
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954706838
ISBN
9780954706838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 22.06

paperback. This volume is a collection of pieces covering 20 years of music - pop, soul, country and blues - in the US. It includes interviews with Lou Reed, Randy Newman and Johnny Cash; profiles of cult heroes Big Star, Little Feat and Todd Rungeon; and essays on disco, cyberpunk and Americana. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pimlico United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712604680
ISBN
9780712604680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.28

Paperback. Here is the story of perhaps the finest soul singer of the rock era--Etta James. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Hachette Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306812620
ISBN
9780306812620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. What binds this series together, and what brings it to life, is that all of the authors - musicians, scholars, and writers - are deeply in love with the album they have chosen. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 122 x 9. Weight in Grams: 140. Series: 33 1/3. 128 pages. What binds this series together, and what brings it to life, is that all of the authors - musicians, scholars, and writers - are deeply in love with the album they have chosen. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP. Dimension: 166 x 122 x 9. Weight: 140.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826416636
ISBN
9780826416636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. An exploration of Radiohead's game-changing album. Rather than simply reinforcing Kid A's canonical status, it situates the album in the temporal, examining it from various philosophical and cultural interpretations of time in order to arrive at its political and social stakes. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 121 x 10. Weight in Grams: 154. Series: 33 1/3. 144 pages, ill. An exploration of Radiohead's game-changing album. Rather than simply reinforcing Kid A's canonical status, it situates the album in the temporal, examining it from various philosophical and cultural interpretations of time in order to arrive at its political and social stakes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Dimension: 165 x 121 x 10. Weight: 154.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826423436
ISBN
9780826423436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Searching for the disappearing subject in Kid A and Amnesiac Series: Profiles in Popular Music. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 music exx. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222725
ISBN
9780253222725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.15

Hardcover. Num Pages: 632 pages, Includes 24 b&w illustrations and 196 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859678094
ISBN
9780859678094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.37

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072703
ISBN
9780252072703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.19

Paperback. Covers the various terrain of African American music, from bebop to hip-hop. This title offers an account of the author's own musical experiences with family and friends on the South Side of Chicago, evoking Sunday-morning worship services, family gatherings with food and dancing, and jam sessions at local nightclubs. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 293 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 2 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
293
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520243330
ISBN
9780520243330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Hardcover. Num Pages: 503 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGD; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Urim Publications
Number of pages
503
Condition
New
SKU
V9789655241433
ISBN
9789655241433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.93

Paperback. The band that took US college rock across the world and turned it into stadium rock. This is their first album that kicked off their journey to stardom and remains a cult obsession to the legions of dedicated fans. Features their classic song Radio Free Europe. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 121 x 11. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826416728
ISBN
9780826416728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.62

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