Ways of Hearing: Reflections on Music in 26 Pieces by Scott Burnham (Editor); Marna Seltzer (Editor); Dorothea von Moltke (Editor)
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Category: Music
An outstanding anthology in which notable musicians, artists, scientists, thinkers, poets, and more— from Gustavo Dudamel and Carrie Mae Weems to Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Paul Muldoon—explore the influence of music on their lives and work What happens when extraordinary creative spirits — musicians, poet ...Show more
Ways of Hearing - Reflections on Music in 26 Pieces by Scott Burnham (Editor); Marna Seltzer (Editor); Dorothea von Moltke (Editor)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Music
An outstanding anthology in which notable musicians, artists, scientists, thinkers, poets, and more--from Gustavo Dudamel and Carrie Mae Weems to Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Paul Muldoon--explore the influence of music on their lives and work Contributors include: Laurie Anderson ● Jamie Barton ● Daphne A ...Show more
We Could Be Bowie and his Heroes by Tom Hagler
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Category: Music
The story of Bowie's life told through 300 encounters with fellow icons, from Dylan to Dalí, Lennon to Lydon, Princess Margaret to Prince. With consultant editor Tony Visconti David Bowie's story has never been told quite like this. Tracing the star's encounters with fellow icons throughout his life, ...Show more
Well of Souls - Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History by Kristina R. Gaddy; Rhiannon Giddens (Foreword by)
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Category: Music
In an extraordinary story unfolding across two hundred years, Kristina Gaddy uncovers the banjo's key role in Black spirituality, ritual, and rebellion. Through meticulous research in diaries, letters, archives, and art, she traces the banjo's beginnings from the seventeenth century, when enslaved peopl ...Show more
Wendy Carlos Switched-On Bach 33 1/3 by Roshanak Kheshti
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Category: Music | Series: 33 1/3 Ser.
So much, popular and scholarly, has been written about the synthesizer, Bob Moog and his brand-name instrument, and even Wendy Carlos, the musician who made this instrument famous. No one, however, has examined the importance of spy technology, the Cold War and Carlos's gender to this critically importa ...Show more
Wham! George & Me: Celebrate 40 Years of Wham! with the Sunday Times Bestseller by Andrew Ridgeley
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Category: Music
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM ONE HALF OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS BANDS For the first time, Andrew Ridgeley tells the inside story of Wham!, his life-long friendship with George Michael and the formation of a band that changed the shape of the music scene in the early eighties. 'I couldn't put ...Show more
Wham, George and Me by Andrew Ridgeley
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Category: Music
Wham! were the band that never underestimated the power of pop, nor the healing powers it possessed. In 1981, what started out as a boyhood friendship, catapulted two suburban adolescents to worldwide pop domination, becoming icons of their era. While Andrew Ridgeley may have appeared to have stood in G ...Show more
What Is It All But Luminous by Art Garfunkel
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Category: Music
From the golden-haired, curly-headed half of Simon & Garfunkel--a memoir (of sorts)- artful, moving, lyrical; the making of a musician; the evolution of a man, a portrait of a life-long friendship and collaboration that became one of the most successful singing duos of their time. Art Garfunkel writ ...Show more
What the Band Wore: Fashion & Music by ALICE HARRIS
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Category: Music | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
What the Band Wore by Alice Harris is an unprecedented collection of photographs that illustrates four decades of pop, rock, soul, disco, funk, punk, reggae, heavy metal, and hip hop fashion. Sparkling sequins, safety pins, and even suits from outer space are spotlighted in more than 80 images by acclai ...Show more
When I Left Home: My Story by Buddy Guy; David Ritz
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Category: Music
According to Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and the late Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Guy is the greatest blues guitarist of all time. An enormous influence on these musicians as well as Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck, he is the living embodiment of Chicago blues. Guy's epic story stands at the absolute ...Show more
Who By Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai by Matti Friedman
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Category: Music
"An expedition into the troubled soul of one of the world's greatest songwriters."--Haaretz "Not only is a hidden side of Cohen revealed but so too a hidden side of Israel." --David Bezmogis The little-known story of Leonard Cohen's concert tour to the front lines of the Yom Kippur War, including ne ...Show more
Who I Am by Melanie C
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Category: Music
Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, tells her life story in her own words and gives a full and honest account of what life was really like in The Spice Girls. For the first time ever, Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, tells her amazing life story in her own words and gives a full and honest account of what life was ...Show more