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And the Roots of Rhythm Remain

A Journey through Global Music

by Joe Boyd ...

Series Book 6 - ZE Series
“The War and Peace of world music.” —Jim Irvin, MojoWinner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor / Virgil Thomson Book Award. From the legendary producer of Nick Drake, R.E.M., Toots and the Maytals, and Pink Floyd, and author of White Bicycles, comes a riveting, world-spanning tour de force illuminating the artists, histories, controversies, and collaborations that shaped global music.When Paul Simon first ... Read more

$23.75 CAD

“The War and Peace of world music.” —Jim Irvin, MojoWinner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor / Virgil Thomson Book Award. From the legendary producer of Nick Drake, R.E.M., Toots and the Maytals, and Pink Floyd, and author of White Bicycles, comes a riveting, world-spanning tour de force illuminating the artists, histories, controversies, and collaborations that shaped global music.When Paul Simon first
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Latin Jazz

The Other Jazz

by Christopher Washburne ...

Series series Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music
Jazz has always been a genre built on the blending of disparate musical cultures. Latin jazz illustrates this perhaps better than any other style in this rich tradition, yet its cultural heritage has been all but erased from narratives of jazz history. Told from the perspective of a long-time jazz insider, Latin Jazz: The Other Jazz corrects the record, providing a historical account that embraces ... Read more

$32.39 CAD

Jazz has always been a genre built on the blending of disparate musical cultures. Latin jazz illustrates this perhaps better than any other style in this rich tradition, yet its cultural heritage has been all but erased from narratives of jazz history. Told from the perspective of a long-time jazz insider, Latin Jazz: The Other Jazz corrects the record, providing a historical account that embraces
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Queens of Havana

The Amazing Adventures of Anacaona, Cuba's Legendary All-Girl Dance Band

by Alicia Castro, Ingrid Kummels, Manfred Schäfer ...

"This evocative memoir is a joyous, rhythmic history" of the 11-sister dance band that broke musical and cultural barriers in 1930s Cuba and beyond ( Publishers Weekly).In the 1930s, Havana was the place to be for tourists, ex-pats, celebrities, and excitement-seekers. Nights were filled with drinking, dancing, romance, and the roar of infectious music spilling from cafés into the streets. It was ... Read more

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"This evocative memoir is a joyous, rhythmic history" of the 11-sister dance band that broke musical and cultural barriers in 1930s Cuba and beyond ( Publishers Weekly).In the 1930s, Havana was the place to be for tourists, ex-pats, celebrities, and excitement-seekers. Nights were filled with drinking, dancing, romance, and the roar of infectious music spilling from cafés into the streets. It was
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Persiguiendo el sol

by Juanes ...

“Yo, por mi lado, cumplo con hacer lo que creo que he venido a hacer al mundo: tocar y componer música buscando con ello despertar conciencias, renovar corazones y generar un cambio. Seguiré mirando las estrellas y viajando por el mundo hasta que Dios me lo permita. Ojalá pueda seguir por muchos años más conectando vidas a través del arte, tocando mi guitarra y persiguiendo el sol”. --JuanesEn ... Read more

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“Yo, por mi lado, cumplo con hacer lo que creo que he venido a hacer al mundo: tocar y componer música buscando con ello despertar conciencias, renovar corazones y generar un cambio. Seguiré mirando las estrellas y viajando por el mundo hasta que Dios me lo permita. Ojalá pueda seguir por muchos años más conectando vidas a través del arte, tocando mi guitarra y persiguiendo el sol”. --JuanesEn
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The Brazilian Guitar Book

by SHER Music, Nelson Faria ...

A complete guide to playing guitar accompaniment and chord melodies in various Brazilian styles -- Samba, Bossa Nova, Frevo, etc. * Comes with a CD of Nelson demonstrating each exercise, plus a tune in each style * Many variations of basic comping patterns written out, each with complete chord voicings. * Also includes short transcriptions of guitar parts as recorded by Toninho Horta, Joao Bosco, ... Read more

$19.52 CAD

A complete guide to playing guitar accompaniment and chord melodies in various Brazilian styles -- Samba, Bossa Nova, Frevo, etc. * Comes with a CD of Nelson demonstrating each exercise, plus a tune in each style * Many variations of basic comping patterns written out, each with complete chord voicings. * Also includes short transcriptions of guitar parts as recorded by Toninho Horta, Joao Bosco,
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Decoding "Despacito"

An Oral History of Latin Music

by Leila Cobo ...

A behind the scenes look at the music that is currently the soundtrack of the globe, reported on and written by Leila Cobo, Billboard's VP of Latin Music and the world's ultimate authority on popular Latin music.Decoding "Despacito" tracks the stories behind the biggest Latin hits of the past fifty years. From the salsa born and bred in the streets of New York City, to Puerto Rican reggaetón and ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

A behind the scenes look at the music that is currently the soundtrack of the globe, reported on and written by Leila Cobo, Billboard's VP of Latin Music and the world's ultimate authority on popular Latin music.Decoding "Despacito" tracks the stories behind the biggest Latin hits of the past fifty years. From the salsa born and bred in the streets of New York City, to Puerto Rican reggaetón and
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Brazilian Music for Piano

Part 2 - Samba and Bossa Nova

by Flavio Henrique Medeiros, Carlos Almada, Thiago Lyra ...

This book consists of twelve original piano pieces composed by the authors: six sambas and six bossas. The sambas themselves display a varied range of derived styles: samba-de-roda, sambo, partido alto, samba amaxixado, and also the 'pure' samba, in two of the pieces. The pieces reflect the rich musical tradition of Brazil and serve as excellent solo piano pieces. ... Read more

$16.00 CAD

This book consists of twelve original piano pieces composed by the authors: six sambas and six bossas. The sambas themselves display a varied range of derived styles: samba-de-roda, sambo, partido alto, samba amaxixado, and also the 'pure' samba, in two of the pieces. The pieces reflect the rich musical tradition of Brazil and serve as excellent solo piano pieces.
... Read more
The Flamenco/Classical Guitar Tradition

A Technical Guitar Method and Introduction to Music

by Juan Serrano ...

This beginning guitar method was written for aspiring classical and flamenco guitarists who want to improve their technical and sightreading skills. Music from the Spanish tradition—such as Romanza, Pica-Pica, El Vito, Café de Chinitas, Perfidia, and La Virgen de la Macarena—plus flamenco studies by Juan Serrano provide a technical and musical foundation that improves facility in playing scales ... Read more

$30.79 CAD

This beginning guitar method was written for aspiring classical and flamenco guitarists who want to improve their technical and sightreading skills. Music from the Spanish tradition—such as Romanza, Pica-Pica, El Vito, Café de Chinitas, Perfidia, and La Virgen de la Macarena—plus flamenco studies by Juan Serrano provide a technical and musical foundation that improves facility in playing scales
... Read more
Mambo Kingdon: Latin Music in New York

by Max Salazar ...

Shortly after Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship in 1917, they began moving into an uptown Manhattan neighborhood that would become known as "Spanish Harlem." By 1930, Afro-Cuban music had gained a firm foothold in the city, setting the stage for the mambo, boogaloo, salsa and Latin-jazz scenes that followed. In this collection of profiles and essays, Max Salazar, perhaps the most eminent ... Read more

$12.95 CAD

Shortly after Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship in 1917, they began moving into an uptown Manhattan neighborhood that would become known as "Spanish Harlem." By 1930, Afro-Cuban music had gained a firm foothold in the city, setting the stage for the mambo, boogaloo, salsa and Latin-jazz scenes that followed. In this collection of profiles and essays, Max Salazar, perhaps the most eminent
... Read more
Bird of Four Hundred Voices

A Mexican American Memoir of Music and Belonging

by Eugene Rodriguez ...

From the founder of Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy, a profoundly personal exploration of music's power to build cultural bridges that last."I wish I had studied with Eugene Rodrigeuz when I was growing up. Read this beautifully written book about culture, identity and resilience, and you will know why." —Linda RonstadtNPR Books We Love 2024: "[Rodriguez's] commitment to his community and his ... Read more

$23.03 CAD

From the founder of Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy, a profoundly personal exploration of music's power to build cultural bridges that last."I wish I had studied with Eugene Rodrigeuz when I was growing up. Read this beautifully written book about culture, identity and resilience, and you will know why." —Linda RonstadtNPR Books We Love 2024: "[Rodriguez's] commitment to his community and his
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The Latin American Art Song

Sounds of the Imagined Nations

by Patricia Caicedo ...

Taking as a thread the concept of national identity, this book elucidates the sound transformations that have taken place in the world of the Latin American art song since its appearance in the late nineteenth century to the present day. The book focuses in the art songs of Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Perú, and Colombia. The book addresses the subject of performance practice of ... Read more

$46.34 CAD

Taking as a thread the concept of national identity, this book elucidates the sound transformations that have taken place in the world of the Latin American art song since its appearance in the late nineteenth century to the present day. The book focuses in the art songs of Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Perú, and Colombia. The book addresses the subject of performance practice of
... Read more
Gilberto Gil's Refazenda

by Marc A. Hertzman ...

Series series 33 1/3 Brazil
Refazenda connects a remarkable album by one of the 20th and 21st centuries' great musicians to a dazzling, often unexpected, array of people and places spread across the globe from Brazil to England to Chile to Japan. Critics and fans often project (or impose) desires and interpretations onto Gil that don't seem to fit. This book explores why familiar political and musical categories so often ... Read more

$23.66 CAD

Refazenda connects a remarkable album by one of the 20th and 21st centuries' great musicians to a dazzling, often unexpected, array of people and places spread across the globe from Brazil to England to Chile to Japan. Critics and fans often project (or impose) desires and interpretations onto Gil that don't seem to fit. This book explores why familiar political and musical categories so often
... Read more
Cuban Music from A to Z

by Helio Orovio ...

Available in English for the first time, Cuban Music from A to Z is an encyclopedic guide to one of the world’s richest and most influential musical cultures. It is the most extensive compendium of information about the singers, composers, bands, instruments, and dances of Cuba ever assembled. With more than 1,300 entries and 150 illustrations, this volume is an essential reference guide to the ... Read more

$31.49 CAD

Available in English for the first time, Cuban Music from A to Z is an encyclopedic guide to one of the world’s richest and most influential musical cultures. It is the most extensive compendium of information about the singers, composers, bands, instruments, and dances of Cuba ever assembled. With more than 1,300 entries and 150 illustrations, this volume is an essential reference guide to the
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On Hot Days

Written for beginner djembe.

by James Packer ...

The book includes one Brazilian Samba inspired song written for djembes.Instructors can add their own style of teaching whilst using the book as a guide and select parts in a pick and mix format to construct one lesson plan. Whether you are teaching a small group of adults or a large class of key stage students, this song will get your students sounding amazing, quickly, as well as learning lots ... Read more

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The book includes one Brazilian Samba inspired song written for djembes.Instructors can add their own style of teaching whilst using the book as a guide and select parts in a pick and mix format to construct one lesson plan. Whether you are teaching a small group of adults or a large class of key stage students, this song will get your students sounding amazing, quickly, as well as learning lots
... Read more
Mecano

Inspiración poética y genio musical

by Emilio Peral Vega, Elena Torres Clemente ...

Series series Análisis y crítica
Este libro analiza un fenómeno musical sin precedentes en nuestro país: Mecano sigue siendo, más de dos décadas después de su separación, la formación española con más discos vendidos en el mundo.La obra nos sumerge en sus letras para señalar su dimensión poética y mostrar las influencias literarias, pictóricas y cinematográficas de sus autores. En el terreno musical, se detiene en la evolución ... Read more

$14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Este libro analiza un fenómeno musical sin precedentes en nuestro país: Mecano sigue siendo, más de dos décadas después de su separación, la formación española con más discos vendidos en el mundo.La obra nos sumerge en sus letras para señalar su dimensión poética y mostrar las influencias literarias, pictóricas y cinematográficas de sus autores. En el terreno musical, se detiene en la evolución
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Alegria é devoção

sambas, santos e novenas numa tradição afro-diaspórica da Bahia

by Michael Iyanaga ...

Em Alegria é devoção, Michael Iyanaga nos oferece uma análise inédita e minuciosa sobre uma das mais significativas tradições afro-diaspóricas da Bahia: a tradição domiciliar de sambar e cantar para São Roque, São Cosme, Santo Antonio e outros santos de devoção. Fundamentado em mais de dez anos de pesquisas históricas, antropológicas e musicológicas, o estudo apresenta os pormenores dessa tradição ... Read more

$12.94 CAD

Em Alegria é devoção, Michael Iyanaga nos oferece uma análise inédita e minuciosa sobre uma das mais significativas tradições afro-diaspóricas da Bahia: a tradição domiciliar de sambar e cantar para São Roque, São Cosme, Santo Antonio e outros santos de devoção. Fundamentado em mais de dez anos de pesquisas históricas, antropológicas e musicológicas, o estudo apresenta os pormenores dessa tradição
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Canciones y percusiones

Manual para la enseñanza creativa del solfeo elemental

by Gina Allende ...

El Manual contiene un conjunto de canciones y ejercicios que han sido elaborados a la luz de necesidades pedagógicas en la enseñanza de la lectura musical y práctica auditiva de nivel básico. Cada canción genera un módulo de trabajo con contenidos preferentemente rítmicos y melódicos posibles de ser abordados en etapas. Ambos aspectos, en ocasiones combinados con otros elementos musicales, se ... Read more

$13.85 CAD

El Manual contiene un conjunto de canciones y ejercicios que han sido elaborados a la luz de necesidades pedagógicas en la enseñanza de la lectura musical y práctica auditiva de nivel básico. Cada canción genera un módulo de trabajo con contenidos preferentemente rítmicos y melódicos posibles de ser abordados en etapas. Ambos aspectos, en ocasiones combinados con otros elementos musicales, se
... Read more
The Bad Bunny Enigma

Culture, Resistance, and Uncertainty

by Nelson Varas-Díaz, Daniel Nevárez Araújo, Stephen G. Adubato, Noel Allende-Goitía, Sarah Bruno, Ericka Collado, Dominique L. La Barrie, Olivia Maria Martins0, Julia McCabe1, Yara Mekawi2, Jorell Meléndez-Badillo3, Dozandri Mendoza4, Townsend Montilla5, Ileana Pérez6, William ‘Liam’ Puche Barraza7, Adriam José Puche Barraza8, Luis E. Rivera-Figueroa9, Carlos Rivera Santana0, Eunice Rojas1, Omar Ruiz Vega2, Aurora Santiago Ortiz3, Madison Silverstein4, Daniel J. Vázquez Sanabria5, Elyse Veloria6, Prof. Sheilla R. Madera7 ...

Series series Extreme Sounds Studies: Global Socio-Cultural Explorations
This collection offers the first comprehensive analysis of Bad Bunny’s impact on music, culture, and politics. Exploring his gender-fluid style, Afro-Caribbean aesthetics, and critiques of colonialism, the book highlights his role in amplifying marginalized voices. With contributions from diverse scholars, it presents a balanced view of his influence on intersectional resistance. The chapters ... Read more

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This collection offers the first comprehensive analysis of Bad Bunny’s impact on music, culture, and politics. Exploring his gender-fluid style, Afro-Caribbean aesthetics, and critiques of colonialism, the book highlights his role in amplifying marginalized voices. With contributions from diverse scholars, it presents a balanced view of his influence on intersectional resistance. The chapters
... Read more
Songbook Chromatic Harmonica - Tango, Salsa & more

+ Sounds Online

by Reynhard Boegl ...

Songbook with Tangos, Salsas and more songs from related genres - simply notated for the chromatic Harmonica.The tones of the melodies were prepared with simple symbols, the rhythm of the tones is given by the classical music notation.The sounds of the songs are available online in a sound player with adjustable playback speed, Videos explain how to read music. Overl... ... Read more

$11.60 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Songbook with Tangos, Salsas and more songs from related genres - simply notated for the chromatic Harmonica.The tones of the melodies were prepared with simple symbols, the rhythm of the tones is given by the classical music notation.The sounds of the songs are available online in a sound player with adjustable playback speed, Videos explain how to read music. Overl...
... Read more
Perreo, una revolución

by Cazzu ...

Cazzu es una de las traperas más importantes de Latinoamérica. No es casual que la llamen La Jefa. No es casual que su perreo moleste a muchos, interpele a tantas, y no deje indiferente a nadie.Durante años, Cazzu se enfrentó a una pregunta: "¿Cómo se siente tener éxito en un género musical tan machista?". Y como le ocurre a casi cualquier mujer virtuosa y con notoriedad, le pidieron que diera ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

Cazzu es una de las traperas más importantes de Latinoamérica. No es casual que la llamen La Jefa. No es casual que su perreo moleste a muchos, interpele a tantas, y no deje indiferente a nadie.Durante años, Cazzu se enfrentó a una pregunta: "¿Cómo se siente tener éxito en un género musical tan machista?". Y como le ocurre a casi cualquier mujer virtuosa y con notoriedad, le pidieron que diera
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Flamenco Guitar Solos

by Luigi Marraccini ...

This book and audio are made for all aficionados of flamenco guitar and for guitarists of any other style who enjoy variety in their musical sources. They present ten pieces composed and recorded in the traditional forms of flamenco music, written in notation and tablature. The author explains the form and characteristics of each piece in introductory notes, helping the player understand the ... Read more

$18.47 CAD

This book and audio are made for all aficionados of flamenco guitar and for guitarists of any other style who enjoy variety in their musical sources. They present ten pieces composed and recorded in the traditional forms of flamenco music, written in notation and tablature. The author explains the form and characteristics of each piece in introductory notes, helping the player understand the
... Read more
10 Brazilian Choros Arranged for Classical Guitar Solo

by Stephen Guerra ...

Choro is a popular instrumental-music tradition flourishing in Brazil and around the world. It preceded, influenced, and in turn was influenced by samba and bossa nova. Its repertory is vast, including thousands of choros composed by all manner of string, wind, keyboard, and percussion players—in addition to the guitar classics by João Pernambuco and Heitor Villa-Lobos.This landmark publication ... Read more

$18.47 CAD

Choro is a popular instrumental-music tradition flourishing in Brazil and around the world. It preceded, influenced, and in turn was influenced by samba and bossa nova. Its repertory is vast, including thousands of choros composed by all manner of string, wind, keyboard, and percussion players—in addition to the guitar classics by João Pernambuco and Heitor Villa-Lobos.This landmark publication
... Read more
Hispanic-American Guitar

by Douglas Back ...

The guitar's entrance into American culture began in the early 1800s, introduced primarily by visiting and immigrant Spanish guitarists. Many of these newly arrived Spaniards exerted great influence on the guitar's development in 19th century America. The works in this book contain the compositions and arrangements of eight noted 19th century Hispanic American guitarist / composers with an ... Read more

$24.63 CAD

The guitar's entrance into American culture began in the early 1800s, introduced primarily by visiting and immigrant Spanish guitarists. Many of these newly arrived Spaniards exerted great influence on the guitar's development in 19th century America. The works in this book contain the compositions and arrangements of eight noted 19th century Hispanic American guitarist / composers with an
... Read more
The Book of Rumba Strums for Spanish, Classical and Flamenco Guitar

by Elysa Hochman ...

Welcome to the exciting world of rumba strums and some of the most fun you can have with the guitar!In these pages, authoritative flamenco guitarist, founder of New York Guitar Academy, Quarantined Quartet and Jay & Lee Rumba Flamenca Group, Elysa Hochman demonstrates 25 rumba strumming patterns plus two combinations, giving each a name so that they might be accurately discussed and combined to ... Read more

$24.63 CAD

Welcome to the exciting world of rumba strums and some of the most fun you can have with the guitar!In these pages, authoritative flamenco guitarist, founder of New York Guitar Academy, Quarantined Quartet and Jay & Lee Rumba Flamenca Group, Elysa Hochman demonstrates 25 rumba strumming patterns plus two combinations, giving each a name so that they might be accurately discussed and combined to
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