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Awesome Possum Family Band
by Jimmy OsmondThere's No Business Like Show Business!And for the Awesome Possum Family Band, they're about to get their big break! The youngest possum wants to join in the music making but doesn't know his talent...To be a part of the family showbiz, Possum Number Nine tries to discover his special gift. Is it painting, presenting, or playing the drums?Find out in Jimmy Osmond's inspiring "tail" about the importance of family and following your dreams.
Awkward!: Your Stars' Oops, Goofs and Blushes
by Michael-Anne JohnsEveryone has embarrassing moments at school . . . even your favorite celebs! Includes info about One Direction, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Austin Mahone, Taylor Swift, and more!Sure, being a superstar may look like it's all red-carpet events, fabulous parties, and premieres. But the fact is, your favorite celebrities are ordinary people, too--people who make mistakes and find themselves in embarrassing situations, just like everyone else. We've uncovered some hysterical and unforgettable moments we just had to share. And your fave stars are all such good sports, they're the ones who revealed these oops-worthy moments. So take a peek at what life's like on the other side of the red carpet. Hint: It isn't always pretty!
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock
by Nik CohnFrom the rise of Bill Haley to the death of Jimi Hendrix, this account of music in the 1950s and 1960s is &“the definitive history of rock &‘n&’ roll&” (Rolling Stone). This is British music journalist Nik Cohn&’s classic and cogent history of an unruly era—filled with outrageous tales and vivid descriptions of the music, and covering artists from Elvis Presley to Eddie Cochran to Bob Dylan to the Beatles and beyond. From the father of what would become a new literary form—rock criticism—this is a seminal history of rock and roll&’s evolution, including revisions and updates made for a new edition in the early 1970s.
Azalia: The Life of Madame E. Azalia Hackley
by M. Marguerite DavenportA biography of the singer and educator, perhaps intended for young people. Hackley was African-American, and worked tirelessly to further young African-Americans in music careers. (The author indicated she was an early influence on Marian Anderson.).“THIS portrait of E. Azalia Smith Hackley is intended to be nothing more than the heightening of a series of common experiences which occurred during the lifetime of one of America’s outstanding pioneers in the field of serious music, who reached her apogee at the dawn of the twentieth century. Some of these experiences I have tried to pitch high, hoping that perchance someone with a sensitivity for pitch and tonation will be listening...yes, listening with both ears; and may in this way recognize his own potentialities. It is when our minds have been made to feel the full vibrations of the lives of others that we can profit most.So far as possible, I have tried to portray the good rather than the bad, but to include the bitter with the sweet; the failures with the successes. Otherwise, a picture of Azalia would be faulty—she with her ever changing moods and tempos.”-Introduction.
The B Side
by Ben YagodaFrom an acclaimed cultural critic, a narrative and social history of the Great American Songwriting era. Everybody knows and loves the American Songbook. But it's a bit less widely understood that in about 1950, this stream of great songs more or less dried up. All of a sudden, what came over the radio wasn't Gershwin, Porter, and Berlin, but "Come on-a My House" and "How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?" Elvis and rock and roll arrived a few years later, and at that point the game was truly up. What happened, and why? In The B Side, acclaimed cultural historian Ben Yagoda answers those questions in a fascinating piece of detective work. Drawing on previously untapped archival sources and on scores of interviews--the voices include Randy Newman, Jimmy Webb, Linda Ronstadt, and Herb Alpert--the book illuminates broad musical trends through a series of intertwined stories. Among them are the battle between ASCAP and Broadcast Music, Inc.; the revolution in jazz after World War II; the impact of radio and then television; and the bitter, decades-long feud between Mitch Miller and Frank Sinatra. The B Side is about taste, and the particular economics and culture of songwriting, and the potential of popular art for greatness and beauty. It's destined to become a classic of American musical history.
B-Sides, Undercurrents and Overtones: Peripheries To Popular In Music, 1960 To The Present (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)
by George PlasketesThere are undercurrents and peripheral taste preferences that are a defining part of our individual and collective cultural experience. Music is no exception. George Plasketes adapts the iconic "A-side/B-side" dichotomy from the 45 r.p.m. for use as a unique conceptual, critical, historical, and cultural framework for exploring and threading together a variety of popular music and media texts. The profiles and perspectives focus on the peripheries; on texts which might be considered "B-sides"”overlooked, underappreciated, and unsung cases, creators, patterns and productions that have unassumingly, but significantly, marked popular culture, music and media during the past 40 years. The underappreciated yet enduring contributions of a variety of creative individuals in music, television and film are a centerpiece of this volume: actress Doris Day's son, Terry Melcher, a 1960s music producer whose imprint is on the surf, country blues, garage pop and most importantly the folk rock genre; Hans Fenger's kid chorus cover project, a musical variation of "outsider art" that became representative of the tribute wave that began in the 1990s and continues today; versatile guitarist virtuoso Ry Cooder's extensive film soundtrack work; World Music "missionary efforts" of American artists beyond Paul Simon's Graceland, including Neil Diamond's precursor with Tap Root Manuscript in the 1970s and the exotic adventures of Henry Kaiser and David Lindley in Madagascar and Norway”to name just a few examples. These B-sides represent undercurrents, but they resonate as overtones in the mainstream of music and culture, many as historical hinges. Collectively, these B-sides are an A-side antidote of outskirt observations, individual snapshots of artists, artifacts and rituals, genres and generations, producers and musical productions in television, film and video. They constitute an important connect-the-dots cultural chronicle with a multi-layered context”social, legal, historic, economic, technological, generational, aesthetic”for interpreting the interrelations between creators and institutions, the music market place, the production of culture and important connections between the peripheral and the popular.
Baakisimba: Gender in the Music and Dance of the Baganda People of Uganda (Current Research in Ethnomusicology: Outstanding Dissertations)
by Sylvia Antonia Nannyonga-TamusuzaFirst Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Babes in Toyland
by Neal KarlenBabes in Toyland is a rare peek into the glamorous and tough world of rock and roll--an exclusive backstage pass for anyone who has ever fantasized about starting a band, being discovered by a major label, recording an album, and touring the country to play music in front of thousands. Also, with its revealing look at the record business--an industry that makes the rest of show business seem positively tame--this book is as immediate as a new issue of Rolling Stone, as colorful as a good mystery, and as tart and explosive as a top-ten hit. Told with the gritty, up-close feel of a behind-the-scenes documentary film, this is the story of three young women who wanted to play rock and roll like the boys. It follows their coming together in the underground grunge-rock scene in Minneapolis, their early club days, and their discovery by Warner Bros. Records. It tracks their dramatic breakup (and reconfiguration), goes through the often funny, sometimes inspiring, and always emotional recording sessions for their album Fontanelle, and goes stage-side as they film their all-important video for MTV. Veteran journalist Neal Karlen was given unprecedented access to Warners marketing and strategy meetings, where he observed firsthand the star-making machinery that runs the pop music business. From punk rockers in the mosh pit to rock stars in mansions, Babes in Toyland contains revealing snapshots of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, and R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, as well as Beavis and Butt-head, today's most powerful rock critics. Center-stage in this story are the members of Babes in Toyland: Kat Bjelland, the punk-rock poetess who'd dreamed of being a star since she was five years old; Lori Barbero, the dreadlocked drummer and band mother who was best friend to everybody in the alternative music scene; and Maureen Herman, the brainy bassist who struggled to fit in with the group. There's also Tim Carr, the Warner Bros. A & R man who saw in the Babes the talent and drive to make it to the top of the grunge scene. Finally, there's Babes in Toyland's triumphant spot on the 1993 Lollapalooza, the most prestigious tour in rock and roll. In this real-life version of The Commitments, readers will also see how success can do more to damage a band of best friends than failure.
Baby Aretha: A Book about Girl Power (Baby Rocker Ser.)
by PintachanIntroduce your littlest rocker to early concepts through the empowering words and look of Aretha Franklin in this fun and entertaining book that is perfect for the next generation of music lovers.Every Girl Deserves Respect! Strength. Love. Hope. Smarts. Celebrate the iconic Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, with little ones in this colorful, playful, and inspiring new board book in the Baby Rocker series. The theme of girl empowerment runs throughout this delightful and aspirational board book for rock and soul fans big and small.
Baby Beats: Let's Learn 2/4 Time! (Baby Beats #3)
by Odd DotRead, clap, and sing in 2/4 time! Count the beats like a conductor with the adorable dancing animals.Get your baby smiling and clapping along with you as you discover a love of music together! Clap on the first syllable of each word—and don’t let go until the word is done. Before long, you’ll be clapping to the tango beat.In BABY BEATS: LET'S LEARN 2/4 TIME, you’ll love to:- Engage young readers with hands-on interaction, percussion, and song- Build baby’s vocabulary by connecting words with illustrations- Stimulate baby through multisensory reading experiences- Inspire the love of conducting music for ages to comePlay conductor in other time signatures with the BABY BEATS series: LET'S LEARN 4/4 TIME and LET'S LEARN 3/4 TIME!
Baby Beats: Let's Learn 3/4 Time! (Baby Beats #2)
by Odd DotRead, clap, and sing in 3/4 time! Count the beats like a conductor with the adorable waltzing animals.Get your baby smiling and clapping along with you as you discover a love of music together! Clap on the first syllable of each word—and don’t let go until the word is done. Before long, you’ll be clapping to the waltzing beat.In BABY BEATS: LET'S LEARN 3/4 TIME, you’ll love to:- Engage young readers with hands-on interaction, percussion, and song- Build baby’s vocabulary by connecting words with illustrations- Stimulate baby through multisensory reading experiences- Inspire the love of conducting music for ages to comePlay conductor in other time signatures with the BABY BEATS series: LET'S LEARN 4/4 TIME and LET'S LEARN 2/4 TIME!
Baby Beats: Let's Learn 4/4 Time! (Baby Beats #1)
by Odd DotRead, clap, and sing in 4/4 time! Count the beats like a conductor with the adorable animals in the marching band.Get your baby smiling and clapping along with you as you discover a love of music together! Clap on the first syllable of each word—and don’t let go until the word is done. Before long, you’ll be clapping to the marching beat.In BABY BEATS: LET'S LEARN 4/4 TIME, you’ll love to:- Engage young readers with hands-on interaction, percussion, and song- Build baby’s vocabulary by connecting words with illustrations- Stimulate baby through multisensory reading experiences- Inspire the love of conducting music for ages to comePlay conductor in other time signatures with the BABY BEATS series: LET'S LEARN 3/4 TIME and LET'S LEARN 2/4 TIME!
Baby Bowie: A Book about Adjectives (Baby Rocker)
by Running PressIntroduce your littlest rocker to the magic and creativity of David Bowie in this delightful book in the new Baby Rocker board book series. Shiny lightning bolt. High boots. Spiky hair. Celebrate all that iconic musician David Bowie is about with your toddler in this fun, fantastical, and playful new book. Perfect for any Bowie fan, young or old, this book is sure to provide read-aloud fun with the pairing of iconic Bowie items and looks with simplified text. At the end of the book, put on your shoes and best costume because it's time to dance with Baby Bowie and friends!
Baby Elvis: A Book about Opposites (Baby Rocker)
by Running PressGet out your blue suede shoes. It's time to rock n' roll!Smooth hair. Rough sideburns. Long jumpsuit. Short lei. Celebrate the King of Rock n' Roll with little ones in this vibrant, playful, and fun board book.
Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah
by Kathy IandoliIn a definitive and &“excellent homage to a star who left this planet too soon&” (Questlove), the life, career, tragic death, and evolution of Aaliyah into a music legend are explored—now updated with new material featuring in-depth research and exclusive interviews.By twenty-two years old, Aaliyah had already accomplished a staggering amount: hit records, acclaimed acting roles, and fame that was just about to cross over into superstardom. Like her song, she was already &“more than a woman&” but her shocking death in a plane crash prevented her from fully growing into one. Now, two decades later, the full story of Aaliyah&’s life and cultural impact is finally and lovingly revealed. Baby Girl features never-before-told stories, including studio anecdotes, personal tales, and eyewitness accounts on the events leading up to her untimely passing. Her enduring influence on today&’s artists—such as Rihanna, Drake, Normani, and many more—is also celebrated, providing Aaliyah&’s discography a cultural critique that is long overdue. &“There&’s no better way to pay your respect to R&B&’s true angel than to lose yourself in the pages&” (Kim Osorio, journalist and author of Straight from the Source) of this &“dazzling biography&” (Publishers Weekly) that is as unforgettable as its subject. This book was written without the participation of Aaliyah&’s family/estate.
Baby Janis: A Book about Nouns (Baby Rocker)
by Running PressIntroduce your littlest rocker to early concepts through the creativity of Janis Joplin in this fun and entertaining book that is perfect for the next generation of music lovers. Featuring eleven spreads pairing elements of Janis Joplin with simple words, this is the book for any Janis fan, young or old. Baby Janis teaches babies and toddlers a variety of nouns (heart, baby, half moon, pearl, tattoo, guitar, etc.).
Baby KISS: A Book about Colors (Baby Rocker)
by Running PressIntroduce your littlest rocker to the glamour and theatricality of KISS in this delightful book in the Baby Rocker board book series. Black-and-white face paint. White lights. Pink tongue. Orange fireworks. Celebrate all that encompasses the rock group KISS with your young toddler in this fun, fantastical, and playful new board book. Perfect for the KISS fan, young or old, this book is sure to provide read-aloud fun with the pairing of iconic KISS items with simplified text. At the book's end, get ready to rock n' roll all nite with Baby KISS and their baby friends!
Baby Sounds
by Joy AllenA baby-sized introduction to sounds we hear every day, and a delightful companion to Baby Signs Long before they can speak, babies are listening. And with this book of fourteen everyday sounds, babies and toddlers are encouraged to interact with parents, caregivers, and the noisy world around them in ways that widen their sensory awareness and expand their vocabulary. From a tweeting bird to clanging pots, a beeping phone to honking cars, the splash! of water to the sound of a kiss--mmmwah!--this book is full of the sounds that fill a baby's day. Perfect for little hands to grasp, this is a delightful stand-alone or a lovely companion to Baby Signs.
Baby's First Bedtime Songs (Baby's First)
by Jennifer MillerBabies will love to hear these favorite lullabies. Rock-a-Bye, Baby Sleep, Baby, Sleep Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Brahms' Lullaby
Bacchanalian Sentiments: Musical Experiences and Political Counterpoints in Trinidad
by Kevin K. BirthTrinidad is known for its vibrant musical traditions, which reflect the island's ethnic diversity. The annual Carnival, far and away the biggest event in Trinidad, is filled with soca and calypso music. Soca is a dance music derived from calypso, a music with African antecedents. In parang, a Venezuelan and Spanish derived folk music that dominates Trinidadian Christmas festivities, groups of singers and musicians progress from house to house, performing for their neighbors. Chutney is also an Indo-Caribbean music. In Bacchanalian Sentiments, Kevin K. Birth argues that these and other Trinidadian musical genres and traditions not only provide a soundtrack to daily life on the southern Caribbean island; they are central to the ways that Trinidadians experience and navigate their social lives and interpret political events. Birth draws on fieldwork he conducted in one of Trinidad's ethnically diverse rural villages to explore the relationship between music and social and political consciousness on the island. He describes how Trinidadians use the affective power of music and the physiological experience of performance to express and work through issues related to identity, ethnicity, and politics. He looks at how the performers and audience members relate to different musical traditions. Turning explicitly to politics, Birth recounts how Trinidadians used music as a means of making sense of the attempted coup d'tat in 1990 and the 1995 parliamentary election, which resulted in a tie between the two major political parties. Bacchanalian Sentiments is an innovative ethnographic analysis of the significance of music, and particular musical forms, in the everyday lives of rural Trinidadians.
Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven
by John Eliot GardinerJohann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who (when we can discern his personality at all) seems so ordinary, so opaque--and occasionally so intemperate? John Eliot Gardiner grew up passing one of the only two authentic portraits of Bach every morning and evening on the stairs of his parents' house, where it hung for safety during World War II. He has been studying and performing Bach ever since, and is now regarded as one of the composer's greatest living interpreters. The fruits of this lifetime's immersion are distilled in this remarkable book, grounded in the most recent Bach scholarship but moving far beyond it, and explaining in wonderful detail the ideas on which Bach drew, how he worked, how his music is constructed, how it achieves its effects--and what it can tell us about Bach the man. Gardiner's background as a historian has encouraged him to search for ways in which scholarship and performance can cooperate and fruitfully coalesce. This has entailed piecing together the few biographical shards, scrutinizing the music, and watching for those instances when Bach's personality seems to penetrate the fabric of his notation. Gardiner's aim is "to give the reader a sense of inhabiting the same experiences and sensations that Bach might have had in the act of music-making. This, I try to show, can help us arrive at a more human likeness discernible in the closely related processes of composing and performing his music." It is very rare that such an accomplished performer of music should also be a considerable writer and thinker about it. John Eliot Gardiner takes us as deeply into Bach's works and mind as perhaps words can. The result is a unique book about one of the greatest of all creative artists.
Bach: The Conflict Between the Sacred and the Secular
by Leo SchradeEminent musician and musical scholar Leo Schrade reflects on Bach and his music.“UNDERSTANDING AND esteem for Bach’s music have developed in a way not altogether regular. The course of men’s appreciation of Bach has moved back and forth, like the tides. The causes that have set these tides in motion have changed from time to time. Hence we always think we are “discovering” Bach anew. If signs are not wholly deceptive, a new wave seems to be rising here and now. A new historical interpretation may therefore be worthwhile.Whenever in the past historical explanation has claimed to reveal the most ultimate and profound secrets of Bach’s music, it has been only in the most general terms that the scholar, the historian, the philosophical interpreter have been able to fathom the depths of his work. Its sum and substance have been held to consist in the force of its religious quality, its spiritual power, its profundity of feeling, its abundance of humanity. We accept these terms as entirely appropriate. It seems that all who have a mind for his music draw upon such a terminology to express the ultimate and inexplicable. Such words are nebulous, and always exposed to danger; they are apt to be vague and empty. Their meaning as applied to Bach becomes clear in the light of his own historical context. Was religious quality or intensity of feeling in fact the historical import of Bach and his work? And if so, was it the real force that gave his work its form? If Bach spoke the language of religion, of human depth and feeling, we must learn to understand its significance in terms of his own situation and problems, or else it merely calls forth our subjective and uncontrolled imagination. This is the true task of historical interpretation.”-Introduction.
Bach: A Guide To The Study Of Bach's '48' (The\baroque Composers Ser. #4)
by Yo TomitaFor nearly two centuries Johann Sebastian Bach has been regarded as a cornerstone of Western musical culture. His music inspired subsequent generations of composers and philosophers alike, and continues to capture our imaginations in many ways. Bach studies is part of this picture, often seen as providing excellent examples of musicological scholarship. The volume editor has chosen thirty-one published articles which, in his view, not only represent a broad spectrum of the scholarly discussions on Bach's life and works, but will also facilitate the on-going study of Bach's creative genius. The articles have been selected to ensure that this volume will be considered useful for not only those students who are currently engaging in Bach studies at universities but also for more seasoned Bach scholars as they consider the future direction of Bach studies.
Bach
by Peter WilliamsBach, like Shakespeare, is known largely by his works, exceptional in quantity as well as quality, and only a few original documents convey any idea of his life and character. Peter Williams's 2003 look at Bach's biography asks many questions about the so-called evidence. What was he like as a young man, as a father, as an ageing church servant? What were his preoccupations? What music did he know and how did he compose and perform such an amazing amount of music? Was he a disappointed man? Reading the available documentation critically, especially from the viewpoint of a performer, and going back to the first substantial 'biography' of Bach, namely his Obituary, Williams suggests new interpretations of the composer's life and his work. In addition, he asks if our understanding of Bach has been hindered by the unremitting deference displayed towards him since his death.
Bach and the Patterns of Invention
by Laurence DreyfusIn this major new interpretation of the music of J.S. Bach, we gain a striking picture of the composer as a unique critic of his age. By reading Bach's music "against the grain" of contemporaries, Laurence Dreyfus explains how Bach's approach to musical invention posed a fundamental challenge to Baroque aesthetics.