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Quadrophenia (Cultographies)
by Stephen Glynn1964: Mods clash with Rockers in Brighton, creating a moral panic. 1973: ex-Mod band The Who release Quadrophenia, a concept album following young Mod Jimmy Cooper to the Brighton riots and beyond. 1979: Franc Roddam directs Quadrophenia, a film based on Pete Townshend's album narrative; its cult status is immediate. 2013: almost fifty years on from Brighton, this first academic study explores the lasting appeal of 'England's Rebel Without a Cause'. Investigating academic, music, press, and fan-based responses, Glynn argues that the 'Modyssey' enacted in Quadrophenia intrigues because it opens a hermetic subculture to its social-realist context; it enriches because it is a cult film that dares to explore the dangers in being part of a cult; it endures because of its 'emotional honesty', showing Jimmy as failing, with family, job, girl, and group; it excites because we all know that, at some point in our lives, 'I was there!'
Quantick's Quite Difficult Quiz Book
by David Quantick'Best quiz book ever'HARRY HILL'Quantick is the Captain Beefheart of quizzing'MARK BILLINGHAM'The antidote to every deathly dull pub quiz you've ever been to. This is how a quiz book should be written - where having fun is the most important outcome'GARY WIGGLESWORTH, author of The Book Lover's Quiz BookDistinctive, unusual, difficult, but spectacularly entertaining, this quiz book is to other pub quizzes what Trivial Pursuit was to Ludo, what TheHitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is like to the Rhyl phone directory, and what the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is like compared to a kid's scooter. Loads better.David Quantick works regularly with Armando Iannucci, including on the new HBO series, Avenue 5. He won an Emmy as part of the writing team on Veep, a BAFTA for Harry Hill's TV Burp and a Writers' Guild Award for The Thick of It. For over fifteen years, David has also hosted his own very popular quizzes at festivals, events, pubs, clubs, cinemas and in tents: the quizzes range is broad and the questions are tricky. They're not about statistics, there's no sport, the picture rounds are conceptual, and there's sometimes a round called 'Martin Amis Character or Blur Song'. Each quiz is funny and entertaining even if you don't know the answers. The quizzes are informative and opinionated. In some ways, they're like stand-up with questions. This is a book based on David's excellent live quizzes, described by many people as 'quite difficult'.But they are quizzes. Quite difficult quizzes that tax the brain and make it go in directions it didn't know it could. That's not to say the questions are fiendishly scientific and packed with questions about dates and the periodic table. They're about books and music, movies and actors, strange events and interesting quotes. You don't leave a Quantick quiz knowing how many times Spurs have won the League, but you may know how many Shirleys have sung a Bond theme or how George V made the front page of The Times.The effectiveness of David's quizzes is down to their unusual variety and almost stream-of-consciousness leaps and bounds of factual imagination. There's not even much point in cheating, because the answers often require mental agility as well as just knowing where Calais is (it's in France, but it wasn't always, even when it was).David's quiz book includes twenty-five main quizzes, four Christmas quizzes and four specialist quizzes, so thirty-three quizzes in total. Entertaining in its own right, this is also a conceptual yet very practical guide to staging excellent quizzes of your own.
Quantick's Quite Difficult Quiz Book
by David Quantick'Best quiz book ever'HARRY HILL'Quantick is the Captain Beefheart of quizzing'MARK BILLINGHAM'The antidote to every deathly dull pub quiz you've ever been to. This is how a quiz book should be written - where having fun is the most important outcome'GARY WIGGLESWORTH, author of The Book Lover's Quiz BookDistinctive, unusual, difficult, but spectacularly entertaining, this quiz book is to other pub quizzes what Trivial Pursuit was to Ludo, what The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is like to the Rhyl phone directory, and what the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is like compared to a kid's scooter. Loads better.David Quantick works regularly with Armando Iannucci, including on the new HBO series, Avenue 5. He won an Emmy as part of the writing team on Veep, a BAFTA for Harry Hill's TV Burp and a Writers' Guild Award for The Thick of It. For over fifteen years, David has also hosted his own very popular quizzes at festivals, events, pubs, clubs, cinemas and in tents: the quizzes range is broad and the questions are tricky. They're not about statistics, there's no sport, the picture rounds are conceptual, and there's sometimes a round called 'Martin Amis Character or Blur Song'. Each quiz is funny and entertaining even if you don't know the answers. The quizzes are informative and opinionated. In some ways, they're like stand-up with questions. This is a book based on David's excellent live quizzes, described by many people as 'quite difficult'.But they are quizzes. Quite difficult quizzes that tax the brain and make it go in directions it didn't know it could. That's not to say the questions are fiendishly scientific and packed with questions about dates and the periodic table. They're about books and music, movies and actors, strange events and interesting quotes. You don't leave a Quantick quiz knowing how many times Spurs have won the League, but you may know how many Shirleys have sung a Bond theme or how George V made the front page of The Times.The effectiveness of David's quizzes is down to their unusual variety and almost stream-of-consciousness leaps and bounds of factual imagination. There's not even much point in cheating, because the answers often require mental agility as well as just knowing where Calais is (it's in France, but it wasn't always, even when it was).David's quiz book includes twenty-five main quizzes, four Christmas quizzes and four specialist quizzes, so thirty-three quizzes in total. Entertaining in its own right, this is also a conceptual yet very practical guide to staging excellent quizzes of your own.
Quantum Computer Music: Foundations, Methods and Advanced Concepts
by Eduardo Reck MirandaThis book explores music with respect to quantum computing, a nascent technology that is advancing rapidly. There is a long history of research into using computers for music since the 1950s. Nowadays, computers are essential for the music economy. Therefore, it is very likely that quantum computers will impact the music industry in the time to come. Consequently, a new area of research and development is emerging: Quantum Computer Music. This unprecedented book presents the new field of Quantum Computer Music. It introduces the fundamentals of quantum computing for musicians and the latest developments by pioneering practitioners.
The Quarter Note Cowpoke
by James Potter Gale Potter"His parents were puffed up, near bursting with pride. However, their dreams and his dreams did not coincide."
¿Que hace este botón?: Una autobiografía
by Bruce DickinsonLa tan esperada biografía en español del multifacético, legendario y vocalista principal de Iron Maiden, una de las bandas de rock más exitosas, influyentes y duraderas de todos los tiempos. Pionero de la escena naciente del rock y metal en Gran Bretaña a finales de la década de los 70, Iron Maiden irrumpió y se impuso hasta alcanzar la cumbre, en gran medida gracias a las presentaciones de alto octanaje, su estilo de canto operático, y la presencia en el escenario de su segundo cantante principal, parte de la banda el doble de tiempo, Bruce Dickinson. Como líder de Iron Maiden, primero de 1981 a 1993, y después desde 1999 hasta hoy, Dickinson ha sido, y sigue siendo, un hombre de leyenda. Pero ser líder de OTT es tan solo uno de los muchos títulos que ostenta Bruce. Además de ser uno de los cantantes y compositores más notorios y respetados, es capitán de aerolínea, empresario de aviación, conferencista motivacional, cervecero, novelista, presentador de radio, y guionista de películas. También ha competido como esgrimista a nivel mundial. A menudo acreditado como un genuino polímata, en las propias palabras de Bruce (¡y de su puño y letra en primera instancia!), expone muchas observaciones personales garantizadas para inspirar a las almas curiosas y a los aficionados radicales por igual. Dickinson enciende su creatividad, su pasión y su anárquico humor desenfrenados para revelar unas cuantas experiencias fascinantes de su vida, incluidos sus treinta años con Maiden, su carrera como solista, su infancia en el seno del excéntrico sistema escolar británico, sus primeras bandas, la paternidad y la familia, así como su reciente batalla con el cáncer. Audaz, franca, inteligente y muy divertida, su biografía es una mirada de cerca a la vida, el corazón y la mente de uno de los hombres más singulares e interesantes del mundo; un verdadero icono del rock.
¿Qué me estás cantando?: Memoria de un siglo de canciones
by Fidel MorenoUna historia social de España a través de sus canciones más famosas. ¿Qué dicen de nosotros las canciones que escuchamos? ¿Se puede contar la historia de un país a partir de su música? Este personal ensayo recorre la historia cantada del siglo XX español hasta 1976. Las canciones del momento se convierten en el mejor atajo para entender y sentir cómo fue el mundo y la vida de nuestros padres y de nuestros abuelos. «La vaca lechera» nos habla del hambre de la posguerra, «Tatuaje» o «La Bien Pagá» del corsé represivo del nacionalcatolicismo, «Ay, Carmela» o el «Cara al sol» guardan los sentimientos encontrados de la Guerra Civil. Paco Ibáñez, Chicho Sánchez Ferlosio, Serrat y también Mari Trini o José Luis Perales muestran en su repertorio la evolución de las ideas y la modernización de las costumbres, mientras que la rumba ofrece la mejor síntesis de la mestiza identidad española. De «Ojos verdes» a «La chica yeyé», de «El porompompero» a «Palabras para Julia», de «Cambalache» a «Mi casita de papel», de «Yo no soy esa» a «¿Y cómo es él?», de «Alfonsina y el mar» a «L'estaca», de «Libertad sin ira» a «El lago», más de doscientos grandes éxitos nos revelan en estas páginas qué fue del amor, de la lucha política, del papel de la mujer, de la memoria familiar, de los usos y funciones de la música, de las drogas, del problema de la vivienda o de la evolución tecnológica. ¿Qué me estás cantando? es el libro que reúne a tres generaciones en torno a la música.
Qué tiempo tan feliz
by María Teresa Campos LuqueQué tiempo tan feliz nos transporta de manera mágica a un pasado que sigue muy presente en nuestras vidas. Las luces y las sombras de artistas, películas, espacios televisivos y canciones que forman parte de la cultura popular de España. ¿Sabías que los «Quince años» del Dúo Dinámico hizo que más de un padre se llevara las manos a la cabeza en los sesenta?, ¿que Los Pecos tuvieron que hacer la mili para dar ejemplo y que Manolo Escobar era conocido no sólo por sus canciones, sino por su forma de besar en el cine? ¿Sabías que María Jiménez fregaba los suelos de las casas en las que le dejaban cantar, que Fórmula V tuvo problemas con la censura, que Arévalo empezó como Bombero torero o que Bustamante es un maniático del orden? Qué tiempo tan feliz reúne para ti los mejores momentos, los más entrañables, divertidos, curiosos, vividos en directo junto a María Teresa Campos, el director del programa, Yusan Acha, el equipo y los invitados, y da cuenta de anécdotas sorprendentes que se revelaron en este espacio por primera vez. Gracias a un estilo ameno rebosante de guiños a un lugar común que nos acerca a pesar de la edad y de las experiencias vividas, Qué tiempo tan feliz nos transporta de manera mágica a un pasado que sigue muy presente en nuestras vidas. Las luces y las sombras de artistas, películas, espacios televisivos y canciones que forman parte de la cultura popular de España y que componen un fresco en el que el ayer y el hoy conviven con naturalidad. La memoria de una época que evoca recuerdos agradables, un tiempo tan feliz. «Este libro bucea en los recuerdos, en la sentimentalidad de los momentos y de las personas que pertenecen a nuestras vidas, en las luces y las sombras de las trayectorias de éxito mientras se acerca al presente, a las generaciones que crecieron con ellos y a las nuevas que tienen interés en descubrir nuestra historia más reciente».María Teresa Campos
Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington
by Nadine CohodasIn this biography of jazz singer Dinah Washington (1924-1963), Cohodas traces her life as a child in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the beginnings of her career when she sang with Lionel Hampton's band, recordings and songs, and her performances with her trio, as a soloist, and other groups. A discography is provided. Cohodas is the author of other books on music and politics. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
Queen: Complete Works (revised and updated)
by Georg PurvisClashing together outrageous musical influences, and extravagant visual imagery, Queen's place in history as the greatest glam band of them all is rock solid.Their fan base continues to grow, over 25 years on from the death of Freddie Mercury, Queen's flamboyant, unforgettable front man. Georg Purvis's meticulous, session-by-session, song-by-song, album-by-album, tour-by-tour record of the band's progress is the complete reference source that Queen fans have been waiting for. If you love the Champions of Rock, it's all here:The Band - detailed insights into Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon including bands the members formed outside of Queen and solo endeavours The Albums - detailed production history and analysis of every album, including solo releasesThe Sessions - In depth coverage from the early days via A Night at The Opera all the way to Made in HeavenThe Songs - hundreds of individual entries on all the famous recordings, as well as obscure, unreleased raritiesThe Tours - set-lists and histories of every Queen and Queen-related live show including Queen + Adam LambertThe Videos - a complete guide to Queen's groundbreaking video workThe Movies - Flash Gordon, Highlander and 2018's Bohemian Rhapsody biopic Plus - the reunion shows with Paul Rodgers, Adam Lambert, the radio sessions, the costumes, the parties and much, much more...
Queen: Complete Works
by Georg PurvisMixing and clashing an outrageously eclectic set of influences-the close harmonies of the Beatles, the guitar pyrotechnics of Jimi Hendrix, the heavy sound of Led Zeppelin, and the glamour of David Bowie-Queen found a winning formula by channeling this strange cocktail through its charismatic frontman, Freddie Mercury. More than a decade after Mercury's death, Queen's fan base continues to grow. This meticulous, session-by-session, album-by-album, tour-by-tour chronicle of the band is the book that Queen fans have been waiting for.
Queen All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track (All The Songs)
by Benoît ClercFilled with fascinating photographs (some rarely seen), and juicy behind-the-scenes details, Queen All the Songs details the unique recording history of the mega-bestselling and hugely influential rock band, album by album and track by track. <P><P>A lovingly thorough dissection of every album and every song ever released by the beloved rock group, Queen All the Songs follows Freddie, Brian, Roger, and John from their self-titled debut in 1973 through the untimely passing of Freddie, all the way up to their latest releases and the Oscar-winning film, Bohemian Rhapsody. The writing and recording process of each and every track is dissected, discussed, and analyzed by author Benoît Clerc, and page after page features fascinating and sometimes rarely seen images of the band. Queen All the Songs delves deep into the history and origins of the band and their music. This one-of-a-kind book draws upon decades of research and recounts the circumstances that led to the composition of every song, as well as the recording process, and the instruments used. Featuring hundreds of photographs, including rare black-and-white publicity stills, images of instruments used by the band, and engaging shots of the musicians in-studio, Queen All the Songs is the must-have book for any true fan of classic rock.
Queen Bey: A Celebration of the Power and Creativity of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
by Veronica ChambersFEATURED IN: The New York Times Book Review ("New and Noteworthy") •Essence • Newsweek•People • Bustle • PopSugar • Refinery 29 • HelloGiggles' • PureWow • Newsday• AMNewYorkThe Ultimate Beyoncé Collectible"Beyoncé fans will eat it up." —People"You don't need to be in the Beyhive to appreciate Queen Bey...Voices including culture critic Luvvie Ajayi and actress and producer Lena Waithe give us a fresh take on Beyoncé, who's arguably the biggest pop star of our time." —EssenceBeyoncé. Her name conjures more than music, it has come to be synonymous with beauty, glamour, power, creativity, love, and romance. Her performances are legendary, her album releases events. She is not even forty but she has already rewritten the Beyoncé playbook more than half a dozen times. She is consistently provocative, political and surprising. As a solo artist, she has sold more than 100 million records. She has won 22 Grammys and is the most-nominated woman artist in the history of Grammy awards. Her 2018 performance at Coachella wowed the world. The New York Times wrote: "There's not likely to be a more meaningful, absorbing, forceful and radical performance by an American musician this year or any year soon." Artist, business woman, mother, daughter, sister, wife, black feminist, Queen Bey is endlessly fascinating. Queen Bey features a diverse range of voices, from star academics to outspoken cultural critics to Hollywood and music stars. Essays include:"What Might a Black Girl Be in This World," an introduction by Veronica Chambers"Beychella is Proof That Beyoncé is the Greatest Performer Alive. I’m Not Arguing." by Luvvie Ajayi"On the Journey Together," by Lena Waithe"What Beyoncé Means to Everyone," by Meredith Broussard with visualizations by Andrew Harvard and Juan Carlos Mora"Jay-Z's Apology to Beyoncé Isn't Just Celebrity Gossip — It's a Political Act" by Brittney Cooper"All Her Single Ladies" by Kid Fury "The Elevator" by Ylonda Gault "The Art of Being Beyoncé" by Maria Brito"Getting, Giving and Leaving" by Melissa Harris Perry and Mankaprr Conteh"Beyoncé the Brave" by Reshma Saujani"Living into the Lemonade: Redefining Black Women’s Spirituality in the Age of Beyoncé" by Candice Benbow"Beyoncé’s Radical Ways" by Carmen Perez"Finding la Reina in Queen Bey" by Isabel Gonzalez Whitaker"Beyoncé, Influencer" by Elodie Maillet Storm"The King of Pop and the Queen of Everything" by Michael Eric Dyson"Style So Sacred" by Edward Enninful"The Beauty of Beyoncé" by Fatima Robinson "Because Beyoncé." by Ebro Darden"King Bey" by Treva B. Lindsey"Meridonial: Beyoncé’s Southern Roots and References" by Robin M. Boylorn"B & V: A Love Letter" by Caroline Clarke
Queen Latifah
by Kathleen TracyQueen Latifah was a tomboy in her New Jersey city. But now, she's a rapper, (her CD's have sold millions), she is an actress, (She was nominated for an academy award, the first hip-hop artist to be nominated), and so much more. this children's biography highlights her career moves, from rap to acting, and what she hopes to accomplish in the future.
The Queen Next Door: Aretha Franklin, An Intimate Portrait (Painted Turtle)
by Linda Solomon"Aretha was private. I respected this and she trusted me." Linda Solomon met Aretha Franklin in 1983 when she was just beginning her career as a photojournalist and newspaper columnist. Franklin’s brother and business manager arranged for Solomon to capture the singer’s major career events—just as she was coming back home to Detroit from California—while Franklin requested that Solomon document everything else. Everything. And she did just that. What developed over these years of photographing birthday and Christmas parties in her home, annual celebrity galas, private backstage moments during national awards ceremonies, photo shoots with the iconic pink Cadillac, and more was a friendship between two women who grew to enjoy and respect one another. The Queen Next Door: Aretha Franklin, An Intimate Portrait is a book full of firsts as Solomon was invited not only to capture historical events in Aretha’s music career showcasing Detroit but to join in with the Franklin family’s most intimate and cherished moments in her beloved hometown. From performance rehearsals with James Brown to off-camera shenanigans while filming a music video with the Rolling Stones, from her first television special to her first time performing with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, to her last performance with her sisters at her father’s church and her son’s college graduation celebration. In the book’s afterword, Sabrina Vonne' Owens, Franklin’s niece, honors her aunt, a woman who was an overwhelming supporter of civil rights, women’s rights, and fundraising campaigns that helped to benefit her hometown. There was a time in her career—when Franklin was more in demand than ever before—when she insisted that if someone wanted her to perform, they had to come to Detroit. During this time all of her major concerts, national television specials, music videos, and commercials would happen in Detroit. Aretha Franklin showed her respect for the people in the city who championed her from the very beginning when she started singing as a young girl in the church choir. Franklin used to say, "I am the lady next door when I am not on stage." The Queen Next Door offers fans a personal and unseen look at an extraordinary woman in her most natural moments—both regal and intimate—and highlights her devotion to her family and her hometown Detroit—"forever and ever."
Queen of Bebop: The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughan
by Elaine M. Hayes“The early years of Sarah Vaughan’s career coincided with the waning of the swing era, and this biography shows how the change both fuelled and limited her career.” — The New Yorker“Queen of Bebop explores the hard choices of many a jazz singer when rock ‘n roll began stealing audience focus, relying on a variety of performers to shed light on Vaughan’s mindset. A welcome and well-researched accounting of Vaughan’s life story. ” — NPR.org“Necessary and exciting. . . . Queen of Bebop models a way of understanding the lives and artistry of jazz musicians — one that establishes their importance and centrality in creating the best that America has offered the world.” — Washington Post“Elaine Hayes’ vivid portrait of Sarah Vaughan’s life, times, and indelible musical legacy reveals why she was indeed called The Divine One.” — New York Journal of Books“As a biographer, Hayes strikes a difficult balance between discussing Vaughan’s art and illuminating the tumultuous relationships of which Vaughan rarely spoke.” — Women’s Review of Books“A lively and moving portrait of the passionate and tenacious jazz singer. Hayes gracefully narrates Vaughan’s life… a detailed look at a fearless singer who constantly moved into new musical territories and left a legacy for younger musicians.” — Publishers Weekly, Starred Review“Hayes’ interviews with musicians, meticulous jazz history, incisive coverage of the ridiculous publicity campaigns the performer endured, and frank coverage of Vaughan’s emotionally and financially disastrous marriages and her repeated rising from the ashes cohere in a deeply illuminating and unforgettable biography of a true American master.” — Booklist, Starred Review“ an informative, meticulously researched biography. . . . a fine homage.” — emissourian.com“Inspiring. . . . traces Vaughan’s life and its intersection of music with race and gender.” — Library Journal“You may think you know Sarah Vaughan, but this book reveals how much you don’t. Queen of Bebop is a much-needed addition to music scholarship.” — Tammy Kernodle, author of Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams“A richly contextualized and beautifully researched listening guide for the career of Sarah Vaughn. In respectfully treating Vaughn’s unflagging artistry, drive, and the social justice stakes involved in working within and against the new kinds of hit-making strategies and technologies, Hayes’ treatment lifts us beyond the bop/pop divide.” — Sherrie Tucker, author of Dance Floor Democracy“With an eye for detail and an ear for nuance, Elaine M. Hayes takes us on Vaughan’s journey from shy church girl to the sassy, masterful “musician’s singer” she became. This book is a must read for fans and scholars of the ‘Divine One’s’ singular contribution to American music.” — Guthrie P. Ramsey, author of The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History and the Challenge of Bebop and African American Music“Hayes brings to life the story of one of America’s most musically gifted, creative, intelligent, and productive women. An enticing and essential read for anyone drawn to the sounds of the inimitable Sarah Vaughan and what it meant to be strong, talented, beautiful, and black in 20th century America.” — Carol Ann Muller, author of Musical Echoes: South African Women Thinking in Jazz
Queen Uncovered: Unseen photographs, rarities and insights from life with a rock 'n' roll band
by Peter HinceFor 13 years, Peter Hince lived the rock 'n' roll dream. As head roadie for Queen he had a front row seat and backstage pass to some of the greatest moments in music.Now, he is opening up his incredible archive and sharing hundreds of photographs and mementoes – many never seen before – as well as stories and memories from life inside rock 'n' roll history.Queen Uncovered is packed with images and ephemera from this truly unique collection, covering life on the road and in the studio, backstage and on-stage, relaxing at parties, filming iconic music videos and much more besides.
Queen Uncovered: Unseen Photographs, Rarities and Insights From Life With A Rock 'n' Roll Band
by Peter HincePeter Hince spent 13 years as head roadie for Queen. His collection of photographs and ephemera from the band&’s personal and public moments will finally see the light of day for the first time. It&’s a unique photographic record of one of the most celebrated rock bands of all time. From concerts in Munich to Japan, Hince follows Queen from studio to street to stage. Facsimiles of handwritten notes from recording sessions, photos of the band in the studio, images of cassettes given to Hince to debut at clubs, Freddie Mercury with and without a mustache . . . the list goes on. Along with many candid moments are great photos of the various items collected from more than a decade of tours: backstage passes, matchbooks, set lists, and more.
Queens of Afrobeat: Women, Play, and Fela Kuti's Music Rebellion
by Dotun AyobadeIn Queens of Afrobeat, the women of Afrobeat music—a unique blend of jazz, soul, highlife, and West African rhythms—are finally given the recognition they deserve. This extensive study takes a multifaceted view of the storied lives of the women behind Fela Kuti's activist music.Dotun Ayobade's wide-ranging research pulls from interviews with surviving queens, ethnographic narratives, the exploration of newspaper archives, and close readings of album covers, photographs, and promotional materials to help us see and understand the women who surrounded Fela Kuti on stage and in everyday life. Not only were these artists crucial performers and backup singers for Kuti's most important compositions, they also played key roles in his activism and campaigns of social protest against the Nigerian government in the 1970s. Drawing on previously untapped material, Queens of Afrobeat weaves together an intricate narrative of women's participation in popular music. The stories of these remarkable women transform and uniquely personalize our understanding of the politics and performance of one of the major modern musical traditions in Africa.
Queens of Havana: The Amazing Adventures of Anacaona, Cuba's Legendary All-Girl Dance Band
by Alicia Castro Ingrid Kummels Manfred SchäferThe 1930s saw Havana undergoing a seismic cultural renaissance. At night in the aires libres (open air cafes), tourists and foreign investors rubbed shoulders with the likes of Ernest Hemingway as they sipped cocktails, cavorted with Cuban beauties, and listened to suggestive melodies from Havana’s unmatched musical community. It was rare for women to attend, and unheard of for them to perform. But when greengrocer Matias Castro, father of thirteen, goes bankrupt, his eldest daughter has the idea of starting an all-girl band with her sisters an outrageous idea in macho Cuba, but a surefire money maker. Every evening, as the rum began to flow, Anacaona took to the stage to let rip jazz, mambo, rumba, and cha-cha their infectious rhythms, cheeky lyrics, and sheer sex appeal conquer their audiences’ hearts. In this evocative memoir, saxophonist Alicia Castro, now in her eighties, looks back on the Havana of yesterday and the dazzling career of the dance band, from concerts in Paris and New York, to appearances with Dizzy Gillespie, Celia Cruz, Duke Ellington, and Cab Calloway. Spirited and conversational, Queens of Havana is a touching piece of hidden history guaranteed to set your heart racing and get your toes tapping!
Queens of Noise: The Real Story of the Runaways
by Evelyn McdonnellIn four years the teenage members of the Runaways did what no other group of female rock musicians before them could: they released four albums for a major label and toured the world. The Runaways busted down doors for every girl band that followed. Joan Jett, Sandy West, Cherrie Currie, lead guitarist Lita Ford, and bassists Jackie Fox and Vicky Blue were pre-punk bandits, fostering revolution girl style decades before that became a riot grrrl catchphrase.The story of the Runaways has never been told in its entirety. Drawing on interviews with most of this seminal rock band's former members as well as controversial manager Kim Fowley, Queens of Noise will look beyond the lurid voyeuristic appeal of a sex-drugs-rock 'n' roll saga to give the band its place in musical, feminist, and cultural history.
The Queer Composition of America's Sound: Gay Modernists, American Music, and National Identity
by Nadine HubbsNadine Hubbs shows how a gifted group of Manhattan-based gay composers were pivotal in creating a distinctive "American sound" and in the process served as architects of modern American identity. Focusing on a talented circle that included Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein, Paul Bowles, David Diamond, and Ned Rorem, The Queer Composition of America's Sound homes in on the role of these artists' self-identification.
Queer Country (Music in American Life)
by Shana Goldin-PerschbacherThough frequently ignored by the music mainstream, queer and transgender country and Americana artists have made essential contributions as musicians, performers, songwriters, and producers. Queer Country blends ethnographic research with analysis and history to provide the first in-depth study of these artists and their work. Shana Goldin-Perschbacher delves into the careers of well-known lesbian artists like k.d. lang and Amy Ray and examines the unlikely success of singer-songwriter Patrick Haggerty, who found fame forty years after releasing the first out gay country album. She also focuses on later figures like nonbinary transgender musician Rae Spoon and renowned drag queen country artist Trixie Mattel; and on recent breakthrough artists like Orville Peck, Amythyst Kiah, and chart-topping Grammy-winning phenomenon Lil Nas X. Many of these musicians place gender and sexuality front and center even as it complicates their careers. But their ongoing efforts have widened the circle of country/Americana by cultivating new audiences eager to connect with the artists’ expansive music and personal identities. Detailed and one-of-a-kind, Queer Country reinterprets country and Americana music through the lives and work of artists forced to the margins of the genre's history.
Queer Tracks: Subversive Strategies In Rock And Pop Music (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)
by Doris LeibetsederQueer Tracks describes motifs in popular music that deviate from heterosexual orientation, the binary gender system and fixed identities. This exciting cutting-edge work deals with the key concepts of current gender politics and queer theory in rock and pop music, including irony, parody, camp, mask/masquerade, mimesis/mimicry, cyborg, transsexuality, and dildo. Based on a constructivist concept of gender, Leibetseder asks: ’Which queer-feminist strategies are used in rock and pop music?’ ’How do they function?’ ’Where do they occur?’ Leibetseder's methodological process is to discover subversive strategies in queer theory, which are also used in rock and pop music, without assuming that these tactics were first invented in theory. Furthermore, this book explains where exactly the subversiveness is situated in those strategies and in popular music. With the help of a new kind of knowledge transfer the author combines sociological and cultural theories with practical examples of rock and pop music. The subversive character of these queer motifs is shown in the work of contemporary popular musicians and is at the same time related to classical discourses of the humanities. Queer Tracks is a revised translation of Queere Tracks. Subversive Strategien in Rock- und Popmusik, originally published in German.
Queer Voices
by Freya Jarman-IvensThis book argues that there are some important implications of the role the voice plays in popular music when thinking about processes of identification. The central thesis is that the voice in popular music is potentially uncanny (Freud's unheimlich), and that this may invite or guard against identification by the listener.