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An estimated four hundred gold records have been recorded in the Muscle Shoals area. Many of those are thanks to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, dubbed "the Swampers."

Audiobuch über das Leben und Wirken des legendären Sängers und Songwriters. John Denver lebt: zumindest in den Gedanken der immer noch riesigen Fangemeinde des 1997 durch einen Flugzeugabsturz ums Leben gekommenen amerikanischen Sängers und Songwriters. Jetzt ist ein Hörbuch über ihn erschienen, das über das Leben und Wirken des Künstlers informiert. Das Hörbuch enthält dazu Interviewpassagen von einer Pressekonferenz, die John Denver auf seiner letzten Deutschlandtournee im Jahre 1995 gegeben hat.

This Very Short Introduction takes an expansive and inclusive approach meant to broaden and challenge traditional views of music and technology. In its most common use, "music technology" tends to evoke images of twentieth and twenty-first century electronic devices: synthesizers, recording equipment, music notation software, and the like. This volume, however, treats all tools used to create, store, reproduce, and transmit music—new or old, electronic or not—as technologies worthy of investigation.

The spiritual journey of the Beatles is the story of an entire generation of visionaries in the sixties who transformed the world. The Inner Light illumines hidden meanings of the Beatles' India-influenced lyrics and sounds, decoded by Susan Shumsky—a rare insider who spent two decades in the ashrams and six years on the personal staff of the Beatles' mentor, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

De parecido modo a como refiere Homero en la odisea al dar noticia del irreprimible deseo que apodérase de Ulises —embriagarse con los cantos de las sirenas—, no es menos cierto que pocos son los que se resisten al embrujador encanto del acervo musical de Cuba; trasunto "afrocañí" de la isla de las sirenas por cuyas entrañas fluyen y concluyen tantas tradiciones musicales de Ultramar.

Un aspecto poco conocido en la historia del rock nacional es el vertiginoso avance técnico que ocurrió durante la década del 80 a la par del alcance masivo de las canciones más emblemáticas, la exportación de artistas hacia otros rincones de Latinoamérica y la llegada al país de figuras internacionales de primera línea. Detrás de escena hubo un puñado de actores que acompañaron el crecimiento del rock local con pasión, entusiasmo desbordante, amor por su profesión y ganas de trascender las fronteras.

The first book of its kind, A Quick Ting on Afrobeats chronicles the social and cultural development of the eponymous music genre, tracing its rich history from the African continent all the way to the musical centre of the Western world.

Kurt Cobain. GG Allin. Wendy O. Williams. Duane Allman. Travis Barker. Jimmy Page. Janis Joplin. Ozzy Osbourne. Chrissie Hynde. Dee Dee Ramone. Chris Cornell. Marc Bolan. Tommy Lee. Amy Winehouse. Jimi Hendrix. What do these artists all have in common? They’re rowdy rock stars whose over-the-top lifestyles spun out of control, landing them deep in Rock & Roll Nightmare territory. Rock & Roll Nightmares: True Stories, Volume 1 is a meticulously-researched, up-to-date, entertaining, and shocking book that rounds up the tragic tales from the 1960s to the present day.

El propio título lo dice: ¡Viva la música, j***r! Que es lo mismo que decir, viva la más incomprendida de las músicas: bien porque se supone que la clásica es demasiado difícil de escuchar, o porque su etiqueta de conciertos resulta demasiado pomposa y encorsetada o, simplemente, porque sus entradas son demasiado caras.

La chanteuse et comédienne Morgan Touzé présente cinq pièces immersives 3D réalisées par son mari, le poète et pionnier du son binaural, Pascal Rueff. "Mon mari aime bien que j'incarne moi-même les personnages quand je voyage dans ses espaces-temps." dit-elle. Venez y plonger avec elle ! Ces voyages sonores, à écouter au casque, visitent vingt ans de prise de son 3D, du sud de la Crète à Tchernobyl.

Singer and actress Morgan Touzé presents five immersive 3D pieces produced by her husband, the poet and binaural sound pioneer, Pascal Rueff. "My husband likes me to take on the characters when roaming through his space-times." she says. Come dive in with her! These sound journeys, to be listened to through headphones, visit twenty years of 3D sound recording, from southern Crete to Chernobyl.

In haar hoorcollege over 120 jaar stijlen en substijlen in jazz en in de geïmproviseerde muziek geeft Vera Vingerhoeds inzicht in de muzikale ontwikkelingen in jazz. Wat is jazz? Hoe ontwikkelen zich nieuwe vormen van jazz? Welke muzikale ingrediënten zijn kenmerkend voor een stijl? Hoe wordt er geïmproviseerd? Van worksongs en blues via swing, bebop en free jazz naar postbop, fusion, wereldjazz en de urban jazz van vandaag: meer dan 20 jazzstijlen komen aan bod met gebruikmaking van veel luisterfragmenten.

Die Geschichte der schönsten Weihnachtslieder der amerikanischen Tradition. Ein faszinierender und unterhaltsamer Überblick über die Geschichte der Weihnachtslieder, die mit der amerikanischen Tradition verbunden sind. Pikante Anekdoten, Hintergründe, Skandale und Klatsch aus anderen Zeiten eines Amerikas, das es nicht mehr gibt. Alles, was Sie über die schönsten Weihnachtslieder Altamerikas noch nicht wissen, finden Sie in diesem mit Leidenschaft und leichter Hand geschriebenen Buch.

Barrington saw the eight-year-old Mozart perform in London. He then met with Mozart and his family, and he recounts that meeting, describing Mozart's skill at sight-reading and improvisatory composition demonstrated at the meeting, as well as describing elements of the young composer's personality. He also conveys the results of his research into Mozart's other early activities and compares Mozart's precocious talents to other well-known child prodigies of his era.

Zur Einstimmung auf laute Tage und lange Nächte präsentiert Nico Rose vom "Ministerium für Schwermetall" erhellende Erkenntnisse rund um die Psychologie des Metalheads. In "Hard, Heavy & Happy" gehen wir der Frage auf den Grund, wie Metal das Leben bereichert und einfach glücklich macht – oder manchmal: etwas weniger unglücklich. Wir werfen einen meist heiteren, bisweilen aber auch melancholischen Blick auf die besonderen Sitten und Gebräuche der Szene. Als Psychologe beleuchtet Nico Rose insbesondere die seelisch-emotionale Seite dieser außergewöhnlichen Musik.

The central experience of the Ramones and their music is of being an outsider, an outcast, a person who’s somehow defective, and the revolt against shame and self-loathing. The fans, argues Donna Gaines, got it right away, from their own experience of alienation at home, at school, on the streets, and from themselves. This sense of estrangement and marginality permeates everything the Ramones still offer us as artists, and as people. Why the Ramones Matter compellingly makes the case that the Ramones gave us everything.

Since its launch in late 1992, the BBC’s ‘Later….with Jools Holland’ has been widely regarded as the world’s foremost music programme, showcasing a huge variety of bands, singers and musicians in a live performance setting. Now in its 50th series ‘Later…’ has broadcasted over 300 episodes. The book will be a definitive, celebratory oral history of the show—and the last three decades of music more generally—featuring interviews with many of those who have performed over its quarter century.

Few people in recent memory have dedicated themselves as devotedly to the story of twentieth-century American music as Rob Kapilow, the composer, conductor, and host of the hit NPR music radio program, What Makes It Great? Now, in Listening for America, he turns his keen ear to the Great American Songbook, bringing many of our favorite classics to life.

New York City Blues: Postwar Portraits from Harlem to the Village and Beyond offers a deep dive into the blues venues and performers in the city from the 1940s through the 1990s. Interviews in this volume bring the listener behind the scenes of the daily and performing lives of working musicians, songwriters, and producers. The interviewers capture their voices—many sadly deceased—and reveal the changes in styles, the connections between performers, and the evolution of New York blues.

The immense cultural contribution made by two maverick Scottish independent music labels, Fast Product and Postcard, cannot be underestimated. Bob Last and Hilary Morrison in Edinburgh, followed by Alan Horne and Edwyn Collins in Glasgow, helped to create a confidence in being Scottish that hitherto had not existed in pop music (or the arts in general in Scotland). Their fierce independent spirit stamped a mark of quality and intelligence on everything they achieved. Hungry Beat is a definitive oral history of these labels and the Scottish post-punk period.