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BRUNO MARS: THE GOLDEN VOICEA Journey from Humble Beginnings in Hawaii to Global Stardom, Chart-Topping Hits, and Musical GreatnessStep into the extraordinary world of Bruno Mars-a story where talent meets perseverance, and dreams take flight under the bright lights of global fame.From a small...

Go beyond the music with The Taylor Book, the most comprehensive exploration of Taylor Swift - giving her stratospheric career the depth it deserves. From her humble days as a teen country artist to her record-obliterating Eras tour, Taylor Swift is a supernova that...

What does it mean, in a polarized political climate, that feminism was popular in mainstream popular music of the 2010s? Engaging with feminist theory and previous research about gender and music, this book investigates the meaning of current trends relating to gender, feminism and...

In the seventies, Record Plant Studios was at the heart of the largest boom in record production in music history. With studios in New York, Los Angeles, and Sausalito, and a fleet of remote recording trucks, Record Plant was everywhere there was music. In...

Addressing their shared passion for literature, art, and music, this book documents how Samuel Beckett and David Bowie produce extraordinarily empathetic creative outputs that reflect the experience and the effect of alienation. Through an exploration of their artistic practices, the study also illustrates how...

Swifties have taken the world by storm. As Taylor Swift's profile has grown, as has her legion of fans, and they're now one of the biggest and most influential fanbases in the world. Over 50% of US adults now count themselves as fans of...

(Guitar Play-Along). The Hal Leonard Guitar Play-Along series will assist players in learning to play their favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing...

""Bing"" is a biography of the legendary American singer and actor Bing Crosby, written by his friend and collaborator Ted. The book chronicles Crosby's life from his early days in Spokane, Washington, to his rise to fame as one of the most popular entertainers...

Mastering Electronic Dance Music is a guide to the sonic considerations of EDM audio. Written by a successful Apple-approved mastering engineer, it introduces readers to all the techniques behind mastering electronic dance music (EDM).Beginning with the essentials of preparation, the book addresses the nature...

Welcome to the electrifying world of K-pop! From its origins in a once-overlooked corner of Asia to today's global superstars like BTS and BLACKPINK, discover how South Korea built an entertainment empire that's revolutionizing modern culture. This comprehensive guide reveals the fascinating story behind...

Ya-Hui Cheng examines the emergence of popular music genres - jazz, rock, and hip-hop - in Chinese society, covering the social underpinnings that shaped the development of popular music in China and Taiwan, from imperialism to westernization and from modernization to globalization. The political...

Stitch your love for Harry Styles's music and style into fabulous crochet creations. Unofficial Harry Styles Crochet is a delightful homage to the iconic style and charisma of Harry Styles, seamlessly blending the art of crochet with his distinctive fashion sense. Crafted by Lee...

An accessible introduction to the study of popular music, this book takes a schematic approach to a range of popular music genres, and examines them in terms of their antecedents, histories, visual aesthetics, and sociopolitical contexts. Within this interdisciplinary and genre-based focus, readers will...

A performer who rivaled Sinatra, Bobby Darin rose from dire poverty to become one of the biggest stars of his generation. Dogged by chronic illness, he knew that time was not on his side, and so, in a career full of dizzying twists and...

Theory in popular music has historically tended to approach musical processes of rhythm, harmony, counterpoint, and form as abstractions, without very directly engaging the intimate connection between the performer and instrument in popular music performance. Embodied Expression in Popular Music illuminates under-researched aspects of...

Morrissey is a popular music icon. The former singer of the influential Manchester band the Smiths is arguably one of the most intriguing and popular, if not polarizing, iconic figures of popular culture. But this book is not about Morrissey. This book is about...

The early decades of American popular music are, for most listeners, the dark ages. It wasn't until the mid-1920s that the full spectrum of this music -- black and white, urban and rural, sophisticated and crude -- made it onto records for all to...

This book studies how the complex relationship between music, the avant-garde, and counterculture challenges all sorts of boundaries. By exploring the avant-garde as a thoughtful inquiry into experimentation, creativity, and originality, we bring to the fore the "invisible republics" of culture, the ephemeral, the...

This pioneering study provides a critical appraisal of pop star Kylie Minogue. It argues that a study of this mononymous global pop icon and celebrity - as "Kylie," she takes her place alongside Cher, Madonna and Beyonc? in the pop pantheon - is long...

Creatively bringing the songs, prayers, and poetry of Leonard Cohen into conversation with Scripture, this book deeply grounds Cohen's work in the landscape of the biblical imagination, paying special attention to Jesus together with the prophetic and priestly voices of Scripture. What emerges is...

This book is about Lady Gaga's branding-the stories that inform it and the ideas that shape her public image. Who is Lady Gaga and how does she connect with her fans and audiences via storytelling? These questions guide Nelligan's discourse and textual analyses of...

Leading authorities write on the complex--and sometimes controversial--history, politics, and culture of rap and hip hopAuthor: William PerkinsISBN-10: 1566393620ISBN-13: 9781566393621Publisher: Temple University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/14/1996Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 8.62h x 6.42w x 0.69dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 05/15/1996 pg. 64Black Issues Book Review 01/01/2000 pg....

In this fresh and innovative study, Judith A. Peraino investigates how music has been used throughout history to call into question norms of gender and sexuality. Beginning with a close examination of the mythology surrounding the sirens--whose music seduced Ulysses into a state of...

Celebrate your enlistment in Rihanna's Navy with this gorgeously illustrated, all-encompassing fan book on everything there is to know and love about the modern icon that is Rihanna. From her first muscial trio with classmates in Barbados, to signing with Def Jam and moving...

The Evolution of Taylor Swift: From Country Star to Global Icon is a captivating exploration of the journey of one of the most influential pop stars of our time-Taylor Swift. This book delves into her rise from a small-town country singer to a global...

The music industries hinge on entrepreneurship. The recent, rapid convergence of media and the parallel ongoing evolution of music businesses have again seen the focus shift to independent companies and individual entrepreneurs. Opportunities tend not to be advertised in professional music and practically everyone...

Mad Libs is the world's greatest word game and the perfect gift or activity for anyone who likes to laugh! Write in the missing words on each page to create your own hilariously funny stories all about fans of Billie Eilish. VERB ENDING IN...

As market reforms and migration transformed Albania in the early 1990s, Ardit Gjebrea began mixing traditional folk music with world music and Italian pop. The resulting album, Projekt Jon (1997), provided a new model for song-Western and cosmopolitan, yet firmly rooted in the fertile...

Ageing and Contemporary Female Musicians focuses on ageing within contemporary popular music. It argues that　context, genres, memoirs, racial politics and place all contribute to how women are 'aged' in popular music.Framing contemporary female musicians as canonical grandmothers, Rude Girls, neo-Afrofuturist and memoirists settling accounts,...

One of the first artists that I actually 'got into' was Elton John. At the time he was just starting to have regular hits in the UK Top 40 singles chart and it was from here on that I started to follow his career.I...

Serge Gainsbourg is arguably the Francophone songwriter whose contribution to the international appeal of French popular music has been the most significant in the post-war era. Sampled by Beck, De La Soul, Massive Attack and Fatboy Slim, remixed by Howie B. and David Holmes,...

Everybody loves food. Everybody loves music. Put the two together and you have a sumptuous, one-of-a kind cookbook guaranteed to stir the senses and tickle the taste buds. 'Kitchen Goddess' Margie Lapanja and rocker Cindy Coverdale have cooked up sheer delight where everybody gets...

In 2011, Janet Devlin wowed X-Factor judges and charmed the nation with her unique vocals and performances. She consistently received the highest consecutive public vote out of all the contestants and gained a place on the live arena tour. But rather than this steering...

Bob Dylan Too Much of Nothing is a brand new book that takes a fresh look at Dylan's restless search for a meaning to his life and for a musical way forward too. Written by acknowledged Dylan expert Derek Barker (editor of the best...

This book provides a fan's-eye account of the Fab Four as they conquered the world. From their skiffle days as The Quarrymen, their thrilling early gigs at the Cavern Club in Liverpool through to the Beatlemania of the Shea Stadium concerts in the USA....

This Element outlines an overview of popular music made in Brazil, from the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Initially addressing the definition of the 'popular' category, discussion then follows on the ways a Brazilian music identity was built after the...

Modern popular music is closely linked to the 'traditional' heritage - intangible and material - of which artist-musicians have, in a way, usufruct. This Element examines the relationship between (cultural) heritage and the transformation of popular music in C?te d'Ivoire. It views heritage from...

This Element outlines an overview of popular music made in Brazil, from the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Initially addressing the definition of the 'popular' category, discussion then follows on the ways a Brazilian music identity was built after the...

Modern popular music is closely linked to the 'traditional' heritage - intangible and material - of which artist-musicians have, in a way, usufruct. This Element examines the relationship between (cultural) heritage and the transformation of popular music in C?te d'Ivoire. It views heritage from...

Dive into the extraordinary life of Taylor Swift, a musical icon who has captivated the world with her enchanting voice, compelling lyrics, and constant reinvention. In "Taylor Swift: A Biography of a Music Icon," author Fiona Sterling takes readers on an intimate journey through...

There has never been--and will never be--another nightclub to rival the sheer glamour, energy, and wild creativity that was Studio 54. This catalog accompanies an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum exploring how Studio 54 was a unique zeitgeist of an era. From the moment...

Mad Libs is the world's greatest word game and the perfect gift or activity for anyone who likes to laugh! Write in the missing words on each page to create your own hilariously funny stories all about fans of Olivia Rodrigo. Throw on your...

When Miranda Sawyer interviewed Liam Gallagher in 1994, his gag wishing Damon Albarn would die of AIDS became front-page news all over the world. This fascinating pop history, exploring the moment British music suddenly meant everything, explains why. Picking out twenty key songs, delving...

This book provides an interdisciplinary focus on music, memory, and ageing by examining how they intersect outside of a formal therapeutic context or framework and by offering a counter-narrative to age as decline. It contributes to the development of qualitative research methodologies by utilizing...

Contains alphabetical entries on musicians and others in the music industry, covering natives of Georgia as well as those who have made a major contribution to the state's musical history. Contains career biographies of personalities including the Allman Brothers, James Brown, R.E.M., Millie JacksonAuthor:...

This book examines the role music has played in the formation of the political and national identity of the Bahamas. Timothy Rommen analyzes Bahamian musical life as it has been influenced and shaped by the islands' location between the United States and the rest...

Jan Gradvall's coveted biography on the most well-known but secretive band of all time: ABBAAgnetha F?ltskog, Bj?rn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad: ABBA. Formed in Stockholm in 1972 and disbanded in 1982, ABBA's music has never been off the airwaves. International music journalist...

Conveying Lived Experience through Rock and Pop Music Lyrics explores seven decades of lyrics to elucidate themes about the human experience. The opening chapters discuss romantic relationships and break ups. Subsequent chapters consider lyrics describing nostalgia, as well as those about leaving home, going...

Adventures in Everyday Life explores the life of one of the biggest stars on the planet, Justin Bieber. The things you don't know about him could fill a book This oneAuthor: Jason AndersonISBN-10: 1530653053ISBN-13: 9781530653058Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/21/2016Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize:...

Live your best Little Monster life with this gorgeously illustrated, all-encompassing fan book on everything there is to know, love, and celebrate about the modern icon that is Lady Gaga. From finding her voice on Manhattan's Lower East Side to working on her debut...