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Trad Nation

Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Irish Traditional Music

de Tes Slominski ...

Series series Music / Culture
Just how "Irish" is traditional Irish music? Trad Nation combines ethnography, oral history, and archival research to challenge the longstanding practice of using ethnic nationalism as a framework for understanding vernacular music traditions. Tes Slominski argues that ethnic nationalism hinders this music's development today in an increasingly multiethnic Ireland and in the transnational Irish ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

Just how "Irish" is traditional Irish music? Trad Nation combines ethnography, oral history, and archival research to challenge the longstanding practice of using ethnic nationalism as a framework for understanding vernacular music traditions. Tes Slominski argues that ethnic nationalism hinders this music's development today in an increasingly multiethnic Ireland and in the transnational Irish
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Romani Routes

Cultural Politics and Balkan Music in Diaspora

de Carol Silverman ...

Series series American Musicspheres
Now that the political and economic plight of European Roma and the popularity of their music are objects of international attention, Romani Routes provides a timely and insightful view into Romani communities both in their home countries and in the diaspora. Over the past two decades, a steady stream of recordings, videos, feature films, festivals, and concerts has presented the music of Balkan ... Leer más

$43.19 USD

Now that the political and economic plight of European Roma and the popularity of their music are objects of international attention, Romani Routes provides a timely and insightful view into Romani communities both in their home countries and in the diaspora. Over the past two decades, a steady stream of recordings, videos, feature films, festivals, and concerts has presented the music of Balkan
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Fela Anikulapo-Kuti

Afrobeat, Rebellion, and Philosophy

de Dr. Adeshina Afolayan, Dr. Toyin Falola ...

Fela Anikulapo Kuti was the Afrobeat music maestro whose life and time provide the lens through which we can outline the postcolonial trajectory of the Nigerian state as well as the dynamics of most other African states. Through the Afrobeat music, Fela did not only challenge consecutive governments in Nigeria, but his rebellious Afrobeat lyrics facilitate a philosophical subtext that enriches the ... Leer más

$33.99 USD

Fela Anikulapo Kuti was the Afrobeat music maestro whose life and time provide the lens through which we can outline the postcolonial trajectory of the Nigerian state as well as the dynamics of most other African states. Through the Afrobeat music, Fela did not only challenge consecutive governments in Nigeria, but his rebellious Afrobeat lyrics facilitate a philosophical subtext that enriches the
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Saxophone Troubadour

Musings on a Musical Journey

de Al Regni ...

“Reading your memoir brought back so many wonderful memories. What an amazing career you have had!” —Bob Mintzer“His versatility, virtuosity and innate musicality were always on display. And it didn’t hurt that he has a great sense of humor.” —Leonard Slatkin“Al Regni is a saxophone legend. He’s accomplished just about everything you can accomplish on the instrument. But his humanity tops it all. ... Leer más

$4.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

“Reading your memoir brought back so many wonderful memories. What an amazing career you have had!” —Bob Mintzer“His versatility, virtuosity and innate musicality were always on display. And it didn’t hurt that he has a great sense of humor.” —Leonard Slatkin“Al Regni is a saxophone legend. He’s accomplished just about everything you can accomplish on the instrument. But his humanity tops it all.
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Black, Blanc, Beur

Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture in the Francophone World

Edición de Alain-Philippe Durand ...

Rap music was born in America in the early 1980s. Over the last decade it has not only grown in popularity within the United States, with rap music soaring to the top of the music charts, but it has also influenced other cultures around the world. Black, Blanc, Beur is about the emergence and growing notoriety of rap music and hip-hop culture in the French-speaking world (France, Quebec, and ... Leer más

$46.99 USD

Rap music was born in America in the early 1980s. Over the last decade it has not only grown in popularity within the United States, with rap music soaring to the top of the music charts, but it has also influenced other cultures around the world. Black, Blanc, Beur is about the emergence and growing notoriety of rap music and hip-hop culture in the French-speaking world (France, Quebec, and
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To Selena, with Love

Commemorative Edition

de Chris Perez ...

Chris Perez tells the story of his relationship with music superstar Selena in this heartfelt tribute.One of the most compelling and adored superstars in Latin music history, Selena was nothing short of a phenomenon who shared all of herself with her millions of devoted fans. Her tragic murder, at the young age of twenty-three, stripped the world of her talent and boundless potential, her tightly ... Leer más

$7.99 USD

Chris Perez tells the story of his relationship with music superstar Selena in this heartfelt tribute.One of the most compelling and adored superstars in Latin music history, Selena was nothing short of a phenomenon who shared all of herself with her millions of devoted fans. Her tragic murder, at the young age of twenty-three, stripped the world of her talent and boundless potential, her tightly
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Kpop Why?

de UK Jung ...

<Kpop Why?> -Stories behind k-pop news -Answers to questions about k-pop idols -Written by an experienced k-pop journalist Are you a k-pop lover? Well, don’t you want to know stories behind k-pop news then? Welcome to the real world of k-pop. <Kpop Why?> contains various unknown stories about k-pop stars. The author, who has been working as a k-pop journalist since 2010 gives you answers to ... Leer más

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<Kpop Why?> -Stories behind k-pop news -Answers to questions about k-pop idols -Written by an experienced k-pop journalist Are you a k-pop lover? Well, don’t you want to know stories behind k-pop news then? Welcome to the real world of k-pop. <Kpop Why?> contains various unknown stories about k-pop stars. The author, who has been working as a k-pop journalist since 2010 gives you answers to
... Leer más
Compton Street Legend: Notorious Keffe D’s Street-Level Accounts of Tupac and Biggie Murders, Death Row Origins, Suge Knight, Puffy Combs, and Crooked Cops

de Duane 'Keefe D' Davis, Yusuf Jah ...

The infamous Suge Knight, former Death Row Records CEO, and Keffe D are the only living eyewitnesses to the deadly confrontation on the Las Vegas strip between the occupants of our two vehicles. A violent confrontation that led to the deaths of two of Hip-Hop's biggest stars (Tupac Shakur & Christopher 'Notorious B.I.G.' Wallace) and changed Hip-Hop history forever.There's a strict code on the ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

The infamous Suge Knight, former Death Row Records CEO, and Keffe D are the only living eyewitnesses to the deadly confrontation on the Las Vegas strip between the occupants of our two vehicles. A violent confrontation that led to the deaths of two of Hip-Hop's biggest stars (Tupac Shakur & Christopher 'Notorious B.I.G.' Wallace) and changed Hip-Hop history forever.There's a strict code on the
... Leer más
Fela: This Bitch Of a Life

de Carlos Moore ...

African superstar composer singer and musician as well as mystic and political activist Nigerian Fela Kuti born in 1938 was controversy personified. He was swept to international celebrity on a wave of scandal and flamboyance and when he died of AIDS in 1997 more than a million people attended his funeral. But what was he really like this man who could as easily arouse violent hostility as he ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

African superstar composer singer and musician as well as mystic and political activist Nigerian Fela Kuti born in 1938 was controversy personified. He was swept to international celebrity on a wave of scandal and flamboyance and when he died of AIDS in 1997 more than a million people attended his funeral. But what was he really like this man who could as easily arouse violent hostility as he
... Leer más
Learn To Play The Shinobue

de Marco Lienhard ...

This book will help you learn how to play the Shinobue. It has many exercises and songs that are designed to help you study and understand the fundamentals of playing the Fue. The exercises can be adjusted to the skill level of your playing ability. Included in the book are Japanese folk songs as well as original compositions written by Marco Lienhard. The etudes will help you work on improving ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

This book will help you learn how to play the Shinobue. It has many exercises and songs that are designed to help you study and understand the fundamentals of playing the Fue. The exercises can be adjusted to the skill level of your playing ability. Included in the book are Japanese folk songs as well as original compositions written by Marco Lienhard. The etudes will help you work on improving
... Leer más
Indian Blues

American Indians and the Politics of Music, 1879–1934

de John W. Troutman ...

Series Libro 3 - New Directions in Native American Studies Series
From the late nineteenth century through the 1920s, the U.S. government sought to control practices of music on reservations and in Indian boarding schools. At the same time, Native singers, dancers, and musicians created new opportunities through musical performance to resist and manipulate those same policy initiatives. Why did the practice of music generate fear among government officials and ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

From the late nineteenth century through the 1920s, the U.S. government sought to control practices of music on reservations and in Indian boarding schools. At the same time, Native singers, dancers, and musicians created new opportunities through musical performance to resist and manipulate those same policy initiatives. Why did the practice of music generate fear among government officials and
... Leer más
The Kingdom of Zydeco

de Michael Tisserand ...

An important book for anyone with an interest in life, American music, Southern culture, dancing, accordions, the recording industry, folklore, old dance clubs in the weeds, fortune tellers, hoodoos or shotguns.” -Annie ProulxThere’s a musical kingdom in the American South that’s not marked on any map. Stretching from the prairies of Louisiana to the oil towns of East Texas, it is ruled over ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

An important book for anyone with an interest in life, American music, Southern culture, dancing, accordions, the recording industry, folklore, old dance clubs in the weeds, fortune tellers, hoodoos or shotguns.” -Annie ProulxThere’s a musical kingdom in the American South that’s not marked on any map. Stretching from the prairies of Louisiana to the oil towns of East Texas, it is ruled over
... Leer más
Interactive Composition

Strategies Using Ableton Live and Max for Live

de V.J. Manzo, Will Kuhn ...

Interactive Composition empowers readers with all of the practical skills and insights they need to compose and perform electronic popular music in a variety of popular styles. The book begins by introducing all of the tools involved in creating interactive compositions through the software Ableton Live and Max for Live. The following chapters then put the tools to use by both describing ... Leer más

$46.99 USD

Interactive Composition empowers readers with all of the practical skills and insights they need to compose and perform electronic popular music in a variety of popular styles. The book begins by introducing all of the tools involved in creating interactive compositions through the software Ableton Live and Max for Live. The following chapters then put the tools to use by both describing
... Leer más
And the Roots of Rhythm Remain

de Joe Boyd ...

Series Libro 6 - ZE Series
From the legendary producer of Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, REM, and Taj Mahal and author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s comes a riveting, world-spanning tour of the artists, histories, controversies, and collaborations that shaped global music.When Paul Simon first heard the Zulu accordion flourish that would open his multi-platinum album Graceland, he told Joe Boyd that it seemed to ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

From the legendary producer of Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, REM, and Taj Mahal and author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s comes a riveting, world-spanning tour of the artists, histories, controversies, and collaborations that shaped global music.When Paul Simon first heard the Zulu accordion flourish that would open his multi-platinum album Graceland, he told Joe Boyd that it seemed to
... Leer más
Pop Goes Korea

Behind the Revolution in Movies, Music and Internet Culture (2nd Edition)

de Mark James Russell ...

Today, most everyone has heard of South Korean pop culture. The flashy, exciting world of K-pop, like BTS, Exo, Twice and 2NE1 (and, yes, Psy's "Gangnam Style"). Hit movies like Oldboy, Train to Busan, and The Host. Addicting TV dramas like Jewel in the Palace, My Love From the Star, and Descendants of the Sun.But how did this happen? How did South Korea come from nowhere in the 1990s to become ... Leer más

$3.63 USD

Today, most everyone has heard of South Korean pop culture. The flashy, exciting world of K-pop, like BTS, Exo, Twice and 2NE1 (and, yes, Psy's "Gangnam Style"). Hit movies like Oldboy, Train to Busan, and The Host. Addicting TV dramas like Jewel in the Palace, My Love From the Star, and Descendants of the Sun.But how did this happen? How did South Korea come from nowhere in the 1990s to become
... Leer más
Easily Slip into Another World

A Life in Music

de Henry Threadgill, Brent Hayes Edwards ...

**A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • An autobiography of one of the towering figures of contemporary American music and a powerful meditation on history, race, capitalism, and art.A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, NPR*, The New Yorker***Henry Threadgill has had a singular life in music. At 79, the saxophonist, flautist, and celebrated composer is one of three jazz artists ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

**A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • An autobiography of one of the towering figures of contemporary American music and a powerful meditation on history, race, capitalism, and art.A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, NPR*, The New Yorker***Henry Threadgill has had a singular life in music. At 79, the saxophonist, flautist, and celebrated composer is one of three jazz artists
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Critical Themes in World Music

A Reader for Excursions in World Music, Eighth Edition

Edición de Timothy Rommen ...

Critical Themes in World Music is a reader of nine short essays by the authors of the successful Excursions in World Music, Eighth Edition, edited by Timothy Rommen and Bruno Nettl. The essays introduce key and contemporary themes in ethnomusicology—gender and sexuality, coloniality and race, technology and media, sound and space, and more—creating a counterpoint to the area studies approach of ... Leer más

$55.99 USD

Critical Themes in World Music is a reader of nine short essays by the authors of the successful Excursions in World Music, Eighth Edition, edited by Timothy Rommen and Bruno Nettl. The essays introduce key and contemporary themes in ethnomusicology—gender and sexuality, coloniality and race, technology and media, sound and space, and more—creating a counterpoint to the area studies approach of
... Leer más
Learn Raga Dhanashri in 60 Minutes (Exotic Guitar Scales for Solo Guitar)

de Abhijit Chavda ...

About the eBook Series (Exotic Guitar Scales for Solo Guitar):If you are a creative guitarist and are seeking to expand your musical horizons, then you will love playing Indian Ragas.Ragas are millennia-old musical constructs that originated in Indian music. They are widely used in Indian and Asian music, and were first introduced to Western audiences in the 1950s and 1960s by Ravi Shankar and the ... Leer más

$0.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

About the eBook Series (Exotic Guitar Scales for Solo Guitar):If you are a creative guitarist and are seeking to expand your musical horizons, then you will love playing Indian Ragas.Ragas are millennia-old musical constructs that originated in Indian music. They are widely used in Indian and Asian music, and were first introduced to Western audiences in the 1950s and 1960s by Ravi Shankar and the
... Leer más
The Music Sound

de Nicolae Sfetcu ...

A guide for music: compositions, events, forms, genres, groups, history, industry, instruments, language, live music, musicians, songs, musicology, techniques, terminology , theory, music video.Music is a human activity which involves structured and audible sounds, which is used for artistic or aesthetic, entertainment, or ceremonial purposes.The traditional or classical European aspects of music ... Leer más

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A guide for music: compositions, events, forms, genres, groups, history, industry, instruments, language, live music, musicians, songs, musicology, techniques, terminology , theory, music video.Music is a human activity which involves structured and audible sounds, which is used for artistic or aesthetic, entertainment, or ceremonial purposes.The traditional or classical European aspects of music
... Leer más
Quiero Tocar el Saxofon

de Victor Barba ...

Quiero Tocar El Saxofón, del reconocido autor Victor M. Barba es de verdad un libro muy bueno para aprender a tocar el saxofon, porque viene muy bien explicado y facil de entender. Ya sea que quieras tocar tu solo, on en una banda escolar, o en un grupo nortelo, con este libro podras aprender lo basico para tocar tus canciones favoritas en el sax. Desde la primera nota hasta una cancion completa, ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

Quiero Tocar El Saxofón, del reconocido autor Victor M. Barba es de verdad un libro muy bueno para aprender a tocar el saxofon, porque viene muy bien explicado y facil de entender. Ya sea que quieras tocar tu solo, on en una banda escolar, o en un grupo nortelo, con este libro podras aprender lo basico para tocar tus canciones favoritas en el sax. Desde la primera nota hasta una cancion completa,
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Rush: Song by Song

de Alex Body ...

The Canadian power trio Rush has been called the world's biggest cult band. Though critical favor eluded them for many years, the band has gained the admiration of legions of fans and sold over forty-million albums worldwide. In this unique book the reader is guided through each album, song by song, from the band's eponymous début in 1974 right up to 2012's Clockwork Angels. ... Leer más

$9.38 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

The Canadian power trio Rush has been called the world's biggest cult band. Though critical favor eluded them for many years, the band has gained the admiration of legions of fans and sold over forty-million albums worldwide. In this unique book the reader is guided through each album, song by song, from the band's eponymous début in 1974 right up to 2012's Clockwork Angels.
... Leer más
Resounding Afro Asia

Interracial Music and the Politics of Collaboration

de Tamara Roberts ...

Series series American Musicspheres
Cultural hybridity is a celebrated hallmark of U.S. American music and identity. Yet hybrid music is all too often marked -and marketed - under a single racial label. Resounding Afro Asia examines music projects that counter this convention; these projects instead foreground racial mixture in players, audiences, and sound in the very face of the ghettoizing culture industry. Giving voice to four ... Leer más

$24.69 USD

Cultural hybridity is a celebrated hallmark of U.S. American music and identity. Yet hybrid music is all too often marked -and marketed - under a single racial label. Resounding Afro Asia examines music projects that counter this convention; these projects instead foreground racial mixture in players, audiences, and sound in the very face of the ghettoizing culture industry. Giving voice to four
... Leer más
Am053

Audiation Magazine 2018, #10

de Audiation ...

Series Libro 10 - Audiation Magazine 2018
A crowd bundled together in a carefree daze. Explore the Kaz'Out music festival highlights, an event which fascinated our senses at every turn. An individual absorbed in a vibe that they feel right through their body. The dancefloor is our sanctuary as we look into the healing power of music. My life switched back on, somebody pressed play and I found my inner peace - music is my truth. The vibe ... Leer más

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A crowd bundled together in a carefree daze. Explore the Kaz'Out music festival highlights, an event which fascinated our senses at every turn. An individual absorbed in a vibe that they feel right through their body. The dancefloor is our sanctuary as we look into the healing power of music. My life switched back on, somebody pressed play and I found my inner peace - music is my truth. The vibe
... Leer más
Easy DADGAD Celtic Guitar

de Rob MacKillop ...

This book contains thirty of the most requested Celtic session tunes, arranged for DADGAD tuning. Accompanying audio is available as an online download, which includes performances by Rob MacKillop. To assist playing these tunes, a technique primer and specific exercises are included. With the use of a capo you will be able to play these tunes in their traditional keys. The tunes can be played ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

This book contains thirty of the most requested Celtic session tunes, arranged for DADGAD tuning. Accompanying audio is available as an online download, which includes performances by Rob MacKillop. To assist playing these tunes, a technique primer and specific exercises are included. With the use of a capo you will be able to play these tunes in their traditional keys. The tunes can be played
... Leer más

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