Phaedra was the album that saw Tangerine Dream move from relative obscurity to mainstream success. Championed by broadca......more
Phaedra was the album that saw Tangerine Dream move from relative obscurity to mainstream success. Championed by broadca......more
New facsimile edition of a Classic Text of Music Education. This detailed study is based on reliable information and dev......more
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Startup language, culture and strategy--once seen as enemies to the music business--have permeated artists’ careers and ......more
Startup language, culture and strategy--once seen as enemies to the music business--have permeated artists’ careers and ......more
Schenkerian theory has become recognized internationally as a valuable method of music analysis. But Viennese theorist H......more
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While Southern California punk bands were saying, "Our band could be your life," Los Angeles’s hair metal acts were insi......more
This book explores the enigma of class in heavy metal, challenging existing accounts that have dismissed the genre for i......more
Bedroom Rapper is a book for obsessive music fans who are looking for the definitive take on what’s happened in the last......more
How do we study the sonic nature of war when very few of these sounds remain? World War One has left little sonic trace ......more
Changes in the construction of musical instruments have always taken place, some with more radical results than others. ......more
Changes in the construction of musical instruments have always taken place, some with more radical results than others. ......more
In Go All The Way, today’s best and brightest writers go deep on what certain Power Pop bands and songs mean and have me......more
Thomas Morley (1557/8-1602) has long been regarded as the most important English music theorist of the early modern peri......more
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Musical improvisation is a complex form of creative human expression. In this book, Sabina Rakcheyeva explores the logic......more
Adolph Bernhard Marx (1795-1866) may be the single most influential music theorist before Heinrich Schenker; he is also ......more
Mali has provided many of Africa s best known and most celebrated artists, several of whom have won Grammy awards and ot......more
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With the abrogation of the Zen Buddhist Fuke sect during Japan s modernisation process in the late nineteenth century, t......more
Carl Stumpf (1848-1936) was a German philosopher and psychologist and a visionary and important academic. During his lif......more
2018 will mark the 800th anniversary of the consecration of the Abbey of St Beno (R)t-sur-Loire - or Fleury Abbey - the ......more
This is the first book to explore the manifestation of myth, magic and mysticism in music since 1920 against a backgroun......more
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This new and musicologically informed version presents for the first time an accurate translation of a key text within M......more
"Although the title makes it sound like a reference book, it is so much more than that. The style of writing is engaging......more
Dave Davieswas seventeen when he recorded "You Really Got Me." With the British Invasion in full swing, the precocious t......more
The sound of New Wave pop music and the early days of MTV were defined by the work of a handful of iconic musicians, and......more
How did Keith Urban go from Australian smalltown singer to Nashville superstar? The Grammy Award winner’s astonishing tr......more
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Discover the enthralling world of Ralph J. Gleason, a pioneering music journalist who expanded the possibilities of the ......more
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Performing Folk Songs is the first full-length volume to explore English folk singing from the perspective of performanc......more
This book re-examines how Bonhoeffer employs musical patterns of thought and language to a theological end. It outlines ......more
"How punk engaged with the fight for women’s rights and how it can achieve liberation for women. Punk was different and ......more
In 1974, when young music promoters Allan Pepper and Stanley Snadowsky opened their night club the Bottom Line in an ind......more
Listen to Jazz!: Exploring a Musical Genre explores jazz as both an American musical genre and a global creative exchang......more
The unlikely story of a bunch of small-town Canadian punks who conquered the global music industry. After punk found com......more
From the multi-hyphenate bassist for AJR and founder of Planet Reimagined comes a blueprint for supercharging activism, ......more
The turn of the millennium has heralded an outgrowth of culture that demonstrates an awareness of the ephemeral nature o......more
An archive and annotation of Black music-performance culture, produced alongside Harmony Holiday’s first solo museum exh......more
In today’s globalized landscapes, both traditional and progressive K-12 music education practices, including those assoc......more
In today’s globalized landscapes, both traditional and progressive K-12 music education practices, including those assoc......more
The story of a revolution in classical music and technology, told through a century of recordings of the music of Johann......more
On the 50th anniversary of Talking Heads, acclaimed music biographer Jonathan Gould presents the long-overdue, definitiv......more
Mad Libs is the world’s greatest word game and the perfect gift or activity for anyone who likes to laugh! Write in the ......more
One of the most important events in modern music remains the late 80s cross-collision of rock and hip hop. Aerosmith/Run......more
Further adventures in psychedelic rock, ball room dancing, performance art, and parenting in 1980s Britain. Further adve......more
A poignant, funny, and lively memoir of sexual awakening, music, and discovering one’s true self. Pete Crighton came of ......more
Pioneers of what was once dubbed ’progressive rock’ with their extended songs, technical experimentation, challenging ly......more
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Break out the parachute pants, jelly shoes, and Aqua Net and indulge in this nostalgic illustrated trip through the 1980......more
From the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, showbands became all the rage among Ireland’s dancing audiences. Performing covers ......more
From the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, showbands became all the rage among Ireland’s dancing audiences. Performing covers ......more
A memoir-in-essays on transness, dad rock, and the music that saves us....more
The first definitive biography of Gene Krupa, the most famous drummer on the planet, whose feverish rhythms leapt across......more
Daddy Yankee is a record-breaking rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and icon. In his first book, ReaDY, published simul......more
Canada and the Blackface Atlantic traces the origins of theatre, dance, and concert singing in Canada and their connecti......more
The diva - a central figure in the landscape of contemporary popular culture: gossip-generating, scandal-courting, papar......more
Remediating Sound studies the phenomena of remixing, mashup and recomposition: forms of reuse and sampling that have com......more
Room 100 chronicles the tragic story of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, punk rock’s very own Romeo and Juliet. Through a ......more
The volume on a standard amp goes to 10. But, sometimes, that’s just not high enough. Sometimes, you need to rock even h......more
Delve into the extraordinary life and music of Bono, the iconic frontman of U2, with this captivating tome filled with i......more
Revolution is a detailed exploration into the era of Prince’s most prolific and groundbreaking music made with considera......more
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The revered and authorized Queen biography, revised and updated. The original edition explored every aspect of the legen......more
"Robertson offers the whole picture, warts and all. In doing so, he honors the music of artists who have enriched his li......more
This is the incredible story of the forty years of the The Smiths in a lavishly illustrated hardback edition. Manchester......more
Emerging from a period of protest and social unrest, 1968 was the year that ushered in gut-punching sounds that would de......more
Fleetwood Mac All the Songs dives deep into the unique and often fraught recording history of the mega-bestselling and h......more
On the possibilities and limits of the means of production in music-making today This book explores the many channels th......more
The Grand Ole Opry, an American institution and world-renowned stage for country music, turns 100 in 2025, and The Grand......more
Discourse on popular music frequently describes artists’ recordings and performances as "intimate." Yet that discourse o......more
Throughout the history of popular music, the careers of many culturally significant artists and groups began on the smal......more
"In Queen and A Night at the Opera, rock historian Gillian Gaar takes a deep dive into the iconic band’s breakthrough al......more
"Out the front door, across the street, down the hill, and into Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. This is how Ben Ratliff......more
In this insightful new volume, Jack Chambers explores Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington’s music thematically, collating mo......more
In this insightful new volume, Jack Chambers explores Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington’s music thematically, collating mo......more
The final word from one of Canada’s greatest cultural critics and music writers. In the summer of 2020, acclaimed music ......more
In its seventeenth-century heyday, the English broadside ballad was a single large sheet of paper printed on one side wi......more
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Women built the popular song industry of Tin Pan Alley, yet many of their stories have seldom been told. They blazed the......more
Yes are widely recognised as pioneers of progressive rock through their defining work in the 1970s, including classic re......more
In 1998, the future of the Red Hot Chili Peppers seemed extremely uncertain. Once considered alternative rock’s hottest ......more