Skip to main content
Search Button
United States Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “scott d calhoun”
Skip side bar filters

  • Ska

    The Rhythm of Liberation

    by Heather Augustyn ...
    Series series Tempo: A Rowman & Littlefield Music Series on Rock, Pop, and Culture
    Like other major music genres, ska reflects, reveals, and reacts to the genesis and migration from its Afro-Caribbean roots and colonial origins to the shores of England and back across the Atlantic to the United States. Without ska music, there would be no reggae or Bob Marley, no British punk and pop blends, no American soundtrack to its various subcultures.In Ska: The Rhythm of Liberation, ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • U2 Above, Across, and Beyond

    Interdisciplinary Assessments

    by Matt Hamilton, Arlan Elizabeth Hess, Ed Montano, Brian F. Wright, Fred Johnson, Steve Taylor, Theodore Louis Trost, Chris Wales ...
    Series series For the Record: Studies in Rock and Popular Music
    U2’s success and significance are due, in large part, to finding inventive, creative solutions for overcoming obstacles and moving past conventional boundaries. As it has embraced change and transformation over and over again, its fans and critics have come to value and expect this element of U2. These new essays from the disciplines of organizational communication, music theory, literary studies, ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Exploring U2

    Is This Rock 'n' Roll?: Essays on the Music, Work, and Influence of U2

    Edited by Scott D. Calhoun ...
    Exploring U2: Is This Rock 'n' Roll? features new writing in the growing field of U2 studies. Edited by Scott Calhoun, with a foreword by Anthony DeCurtis, Exploring U2 contains selections from the 2009 inaugural gathering of "The Hype and The Feedback: A Conference Exploring The Music, Work and Influence of U2." In keeping with U2's own efforts to remove barriers that have long prevented dialogue ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

People who read these also enjoyed

  • Seven Deadly Sins

    Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good

    by Corey Taylor ...
    For the first time, Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor speaks directly to his fans and shares his worldview about life as a sinner. And Taylor knows how to sin. As a small-town hero in the early '90s, he threw himself into a fierce-drinking, drug-abusing, hard-loving, live-for-the moment life. Soon Taylor's music exploded, and he found himself rich, wanted, and on the road. His new and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Jagger

    Rebel, Rock Star, Rambler, Rogue

    by Marc Spitz ...
    A biography and cultural examination of the Rolling Stones' frontman Mick Jagger's spectacular life and the cultural revolution he led.As the Rolling Stones' legendary front man Mick Jagger remains an enigma. He hasn't given an in-depth interview for a decade and a half and never commented on his friend and partner, Keith Richard's often critical biography. Drawing on firsthand recollections from ... Read more

    Was $10.99 USD Now $7.99 USD

  • Anatomy of a Song

    The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop

    by Marc Myers ...
    "A winning look at the stories behind 45 pop, punk, folk, soul and country classics" in the words of Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder, Cyndi Lauper and more ( The Washington Post).Every great song has a fascinating backstory. And here, writer and music historian Marc Myers brings to life five decades of music through oral histories of forty-five era-defining hits woven from interviews with the artists ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Crosby, Stills & Nash

    The Biography

    by Dave Zimmer, Henry Diltz ...
    Crosby, Stills & Nash created some of the most indelible songs and beautiful harmonies of the late 1960s and early 1970s: "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," "Woodstock," "Teach Your Children."This copiously illustrated account of the trio's personal and musical history tells the story behind the songs. Longtime CSN chronicler Dave Zimmer, with the full cooperation of the band, traces all of the performers ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Frank Zappa: The Complete Guide to his Music

    by Ben Watson ...
    The indispensable consumers' guide to the music of Frank Zappa - the genius of the absurd, and one of the most prolific and unpredictable characters of 20th century music.A thorough analysis of Zappa's complete recorded output, from the early days of the Mothers Of Invention, through his more avant-garde compositions and classical projects to the most recent posthumous releases. The guide features ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Nirvana - A Tour Diary: My Life on the Road with One of the Greatest Bands of All Time

    by Andy Bollen ...
    When Nirvana first exploded onto the music scene in 1991 with the anthemic 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', few people could've predicted their subsequent global impact. No one knew then that Nevermind would become one of the seminal albums of the decade, selling over 30 million copies worldwide and spearheading a whole new 'grunge' movement. In so doing, the band's lead singer Kurt Cobain was ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Preservation: The Kinks' Music 1964-74

    Guides to Music

    by Andrew Hickey ...
    Series series Guides to Music
    In the first ten years of their career, the Kinks underwent a creative explosion that was almost unparalleled in popular music.Starting with simple but potent garage rock tracks like You Really Got Me, the band, and lead singer/songwriter Ray Davies, quickly became one of the most idiosyncratic bands of the 60s, recording classic singles like "Days" and "Waterloo Sunset", and albums like The Kinks ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • AC/DC in the Studio - The Stories Behind Every Album

    by Jake Brown ...
    AC/DC have reigned over rock 'n' roll for almost four decades. Their signature power chord rock was the sonic standard bearer of the genre they pioneered, summarised in Rolling Stone's declaration that they 'are one of the top hard rock bands in history'. The group has transcended their Australian roots to become a global phenomenon. Their albums consistently go platinum and they have earned their ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Bob Dylan: No Direction Home

    by Robert Shelton ...
    No Direction Home took 20 years to complete and has received widespread critical acclaim. Robert Shelton met Bob Dylan when the young singer arrived in New York; he became Dylan's friend, champion, and critic, and his book has been hailed as the definitive unauthorised biography of this moody, passionate genius and his world. Of more than a thousand books published about Bob Dylan, it is the only ... Read more

    $12.99 USD