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In the '60s and '70s, America's music scene was marked by raucous excess, reflected in the tragic overdoses of young superstars such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. At the same time, the uplifting harmonies and sunny lyrics that propelled Karen Carpenter and her brother, Richard, to international fame belied a different sort of tragedy - the underconsumption that led to Karen's death at age 32 from the effects of an eating disorder.

Discover the cosmic roots of Egyptian musical, vocal, and dancing rhythmic forms. Learn the fundamentals (theory and practice) of music in the typical Egyptian way: simple, coherent, and comprehensive. Review a detailed description of the major Egyptian musical instruments, playing techniques, functions, etc. Discover the Egyptian rhythmic practices in all aspects of their lives.

Radio doesn't play a lot of those oldies anymore, even though you would enjoy hearing them again. This book tells you all about the lost or forgotten oldies, as well as history about the artists and their songs.

A comprehensive social history of Jewish contributions to American popular music in the 20th century. Musician, journalist, producer, and author, Sidran, uses his first person experience to frame the story behind the story of Jews in American popular music.

This cultural brilliance of sound presented a voice and unique mind through the rough streets of America's largest conurbations going as far back as the 1920s. Sprung from the spirits of poverty, this inner city culture quickly uncovered an amazing bunch of young fresh black American forces of nature eager to express their unique self-street accounts and contributed to a spirited new style of soul of black Americana across major cities in the USA. Nowadays, hip hop has reached the doorsteps of regions as distinct as Africa, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Jamaica, and just about everywhere.

This audiobook is a tour guide to the best art, music, movies, and literature of Western Civilization. In just a few hours you will become an intermediate level scholar of great paintings, and music...The emphasis is on ancient Greece, ancient Rome, Bible art, Renaissance art, Catholic counter reformation, and the Victorian age for paintings.

Born in a small town near Warsaw, Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) was a musical prodigy who began giving public concerts and composed his first piano pieces at the age of seven. Following studies at the Warsaw Conservatory, he left his native Poland in 1830, eventually settling in Paris, where he lived for the rest of his life. There he cultivated friendships with prominent musicians and intellectuals of the period and quickly achieved renown as a virtuoso performer and pioneering composer.

Guthrie kept moving throughout his life, making friends, soaking up influences, and writing about his experiences. Along the way, he produced more than 3,000 songs, as well as fiction, journalism, poetry, and visual art, that gave voice to the distressed and dispossessed. In this insightful audiobook, Will Kaufman examines the artist’s career through a unique perspective: the role of time and place in Guthrie’s artistic evolution.

The 20th century witnessed an explosion of creativity as artists, musicians, and writers rejected centuries of past practice and boldly created new visual forms, new musical languages, and new ways of thinking. This is the story of the individuals who created the art, told within the context of the times in which they lived.

Since 1974, Judas Priest has established themselves as one of the go-to bands in the history of heavy metal. Cause & Effect: Turbo highlights many of the events that were going on within Judas Priest at the time of the controversial Turbo album, as well as many of Akin’s own personal recollections from that period in his life in 1986. In the end, Turbo is an album that has never changed the minds of hardcore fans, but brought in a new group of fans that stayed with them through their most recent works today.

Sacramento’s greatest commodity isn’t the Kings, trees, the Farm-to-Fork Festival, or being the capitol of California. Around the world, Sacramento is most known for its rap music. Sac’s rich 35-year rap history is admired far beyond our borders. With Mozzy’s success and X-Raided’s prison release, Sac rap is bigger than ever! The History Of Sacramento Rap: The Rise and Fall takes an in-depth look at the controversial history of our Sacramento rap culture.

Bob Dylan is many things to many people. Each Bob Dylan joins a collective cast that has made up his persona for more than 50 years. No version of Dylan turns out uncomplicated, but the postmillennial manifestation seems peculiarly contrary - a tireless and enterprising antiquarian; a creator of singular texts and sounds through promiscuous poaching; an artist of innovation and uncanny renewal. The collection of essays does justice to this difficult Bob Dylan by examining his method and effects through a disparate set of viewpoints.

An exploration into the question of greatness from the Chief Classical Music Critic of the New York Times When he began to listen to the great works of classical music as a child, Anthony Tommasini had many questions. Why did a particular piece move him? How did the music work? Over time, he...

From the chief architect of the Pandora Radio’s Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of how your mind, body, and upbringing influence the music you love. In this sweeping and authoritative audiobook, Dr. Nolan Gasser - a composer, pianist, and musicologist, and the chief architect of the Music Genome Project, which powers Pandora Radio - breaks down what musical taste is, where it comes from, and what our favorite songs say about us.

In January 1959, Berry Gordy borrowed $800 from his family and founded the Detroit-based record company that in less than a decade was to become the largest Black-owned business in the United States. It also became one of the most productive and influential producers of popular music anywhere in the world. The Story of Motown is the story of Berry Gordy's triumph over powerful, established financial interests, entrenched popular taste, bigotry, and racism.

That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound is the definitive treatment of Bob Dylan's magnum opus, Blonde on Blonde, not only providing the most extensive account of the sessions that produced the trailblazing album but also setting the record straight on much of the misinformation that has surrounded the story of how the masterpiece came to be made. Including many new details and eyewitness accounts, as well as keen insight into the Nashville cats who helped Dylan reach rare artistic heights, it explores the lasting impact of rock's first double album.

From the sugar rush of Tokyo’s idol subculture to the discordant polyrhythms of its experimental punk and indie scenes, this audiobook by Japan Times music columnist Ian F. Martin offers a witty and tender look at the issues that shape Japanese music today. With insights into the evolution of J-pop as well as its history, infrastructure, and (sub)cultures, Martin deconstructs an industry that operates very differently from counterparts overseas.

Throughout his career, Johnny Cash was depicted - and depicted himself - as a walking contradiction: social protestor and establishment patriot, drugged wildman and devout Christian crusader, rebel outlaw hillbilly thug and elder statesman. Leigh H. Edwards explores the allure of this paradoxical image and its cultural significance. She argues that Cash embodied irresolvable contradictions of American identity that reflect foundational issues in the American experience.

Lors d'une rencontre en 1986 dans les studios de France Musique, Cyril Huvé (pianiste) et Daniel Mesguich (comédien) décident d'explorer ensemble le répertoire du mélodrame romantique dans les œuvres de Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt, Johann Strauss, Richard Wagner... Cette collaboration donne lieu à de fréquents concerts en France et à l'étranger, puis à ce livre audio.

Wie aus einem marxistischen Lied ein Weihnachtsklassiker wurde "Stop the Cavalry", warum der Song "California Dreamin" nur im Winter entstehen konnte, welcher Hit von Elvis aus der Feder eines italienischen Geigers stammt, der mit dem Winter in der Ukraine nicht klar kam...

Neste audiolivro, o jornalista e crítico musical Irineu Franco Perpetuo conta a História da Música Clássica a partir da Idade Média, com seu cantochão. Depois, explica o que era a prática da polifonia, fala dos trovadores, da Ars Nova e da escola franco-flamenga.

Dieser Pop-Split erzählt, wie eine Gedichtzeile zu einem musikalischen Liebesbekenntnis und damit zu einem der berühmtesten Country-Songs wurde.

Der Titel ist Teil des Pop-Splits "Always on my mind -- 21 Geschichten aus Liebe".

Wie man über den Tod des eigenen Kindes hinwegkommt (Tears in Heaven); wie die "Bravo" für eine Familienzusammenführung bei Abba sorgte (Knowing You, Knowing Me); und wie die Liebe an und für sich zum tödlichen Spiel werden kann (Suicide Blond)...

Dieser Pop-Split beantwortet die Frage, wie die britische Königin-Mutter Pete Townshend von The Who dazu brachte, mit "My Generation" eines seiner besten Lieder zu schreiben.

Wie eine Bierwerbung den Aufstieg dieser Band begründet und warum Blur nichts mit B2-Bombern zu tun haben möchte.

Dieser Titel ist Teil des Pop-Splits "Wind of Change - 21 Geschichten über Politik und Zeitgeschehen".

Dieser Pop-Splits ist Eric Claptons Song "Tears in Heaven" gewidmet und beantwortet die Frage, wie man musikalisch über den Tod des eigenen Kindes hinwegkommt...

Der Titel ist Teil des Pop-Splits "Tears in Heaven - 21 traurige und schöne Geschichten".

Wie ein Spruch aus der Haarschampoo-Werbung zu einer Frauenhymne wurde (A Woman's Worth); welche Therapie zur kollektiven Sause taugt (Shout) und welcher ursprünglich für einen Porno komponierte Song die Puppen tanzen ließ (Ma Nah Ma Nah)...

Welches weltbekannte Mädchen nicht einmal einen Imbißstand unter ihrem Pseudonym aufmachen durfte (Girl from Ipanema); mit welchem Handbuch man einen Top-Ten-Hit schreibt (3 A.M. Eternal); und weshalb man von seiner eigenen kreativen Leistung am Ende oft nichts hat (Bitter Sweet Symphony)...

Wie man sich als Rockstar an nervigen Fans rächt (Elke); wie man es mit Muttis Hilfe im Rockgeschäft nach ganz oben schafft (Mit 18); und wie man mit masturbativen Übungen eine ganze Nation in Atem hält (Heiß)...

Wie die US-Armee mit Rockmusik einen Dikator stürzte (Welcome To The Jungle); wie der Song eines Afrikaners das Leben der Kurden in der Türkei erleichterte (Yeke Yeke), und wie die RAF-Terroristin Ulrike Meinhof Marianne Faithful aus einer Depression holte (Broken English)...