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Memoirs of a Go-Go

by Jane Wiedlin ...

An intimate, behind-the-scenes glimpse into life as the rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the all-female, multi-platinum-selling band the Go-Go’s—both onstage and off.The Go-Go’s were the first all-woman rock group to hit number one on the Billboard charts while playing their own instruments and performing original songs. As guitarist and lyricist, Jane Wiedlin helped define that ... Read more

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An intimate, behind-the-scenes glimpse into life as the rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the all-female, multi-platinum-selling band the Go-Go’s—both onstage and off.The Go-Go’s were the first all-woman rock group to hit number one on the Billboard charts while playing their own instruments and performing original songs. As guitarist and lyricist, Jane Wiedlin helped define that
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Hot Stuff

Disco and the Remaking of American Culture

by Alice Echols ...

Disco thumps back to life in this pulsating exploration of the culture and politics of the glitterball world.In the 1970s, as the disco tsunami engulfed America, the once-innocent question, “Do you wanna dance?” became divisive, even explosive. What was it about this much-maligned music that made it such hot stuff? In this incisive history, Alice Echols captures the felt experience of the Disco ... Read more

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Disco thumps back to life in this pulsating exploration of the culture and politics of the glitterball world.In the 1970s, as the disco tsunami engulfed America, the once-innocent question, “Do you wanna dance?” became divisive, even explosive. What was it about this much-maligned music that made it such hot stuff? In this incisive history, Alice Echols captures the felt experience of the Disco
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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life

The History of the Disc Jockey

by Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton ...

"A riveting look at record spinning from its beginnings to the present day . . . A grander and more fascinating story than one would think." — Time Out LondonThis is the first comprehensive history of the disc jockey, a cult classic now updated with five new chapters and over a hundred pages of additional material. It's the definitive account of DJ culture, from the first record played over ... Read more

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"A riveting look at record spinning from its beginnings to the present day . . . A grander and more fascinating story than one would think." — Time Out LondonThis is the first comprehensive history of the disc jockey, a cult classic now updated with five new chapters and over a hundred pages of additional material. It's the definitive account of DJ culture, from the first record played over
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The Record Players

DJ Revolutionaries

by Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton ...

From the co-authors of the classic Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: A fascinating oral history of record spinning told by the groundbreaking DJs themselves.Acclaimed authors and music historians Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton have spent years traveling across the world to interview the revolutionary and outrageous DJs who shaped the last half-century of pop music. The Record Players is the fun ... Read more

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From the co-authors of the classic Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: A fascinating oral history of record spinning told by the groundbreaking DJs themselves.Acclaimed authors and music historians Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton have spent years traveling across the world to interview the revolutionary and outrageous DJs who shaped the last half-century of pop music. The Record Players is the fun
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Tales from the Dancefloor

Manchester / The Warehouse Project / Parklife / Sankeys / The Haçienda

by Sacha Lord ...

The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Haçienda to The Warehouse Project.Tales From the Dance Floor is an electrifying journey into the heart of Manchester’s music culture with its most influential promoter.Over the past three decades, Sacha Lord has hosted countless iconic parties, booked legendary DJs, and shaped an underground scene ... Read more

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The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Haçienda to The Warehouse Project.Tales From the Dance Floor is an electrifying journey into the heart of Manchester’s music culture with its most influential promoter.Over the past three decades, Sacha Lord has hosted countless iconic parties, booked legendary DJs, and shaped an underground scene
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A Dictionary of Kathakali

by K P S Menon ...

This book, perhaps the first illustrated dictionary of its kind, is a compilation of the terms used in Kathakali. It attempts as wide a coverage as would be relevant and useful to students, scholars and enthusiasts of the art for whom it is chiefly intended. Explanations are simple and where necessary, clearly illustrated. Headwords recur in the entry, with diacritical marks to help correct ... Read more

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This book, perhaps the first illustrated dictionary of its kind, is a compilation of the terms used in Kathakali. It attempts as wide a coverage as would be relevant and useful to students, scholars and enthusiasts of the art for whom it is chiefly intended. Explanations are simple and where necessary, clearly illustrated. Headwords recur in the entry, with diacritical marks to help correct
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The Song of the Machine

From Disco to DJs to Techno, a Graphic Novel of Electronic Music

by David Blot, Mathias Cousin ...

Translated by Joseph Laredo ...

A pulsating graphic novel on the epic history of electronic music, from the heyday of disco in the 1970s to the rave culture of the 1990s and beyond.With a foreword from house music legends Daft Punk, The Song of the Machine is a celebration of a musical wave that swept across the world over decades, demographics, and dance styles. Originally published in 2000 in France, and updated through today ... Read more

$12.99 USD

A pulsating graphic novel on the epic history of electronic music, from the heyday of disco in the 1970s to the rave culture of the 1990s and beyond.With a foreword from house music legends Daft Punk, The Song of the Machine is a celebration of a musical wave that swept across the world over decades, demographics, and dance styles. Originally published in 2000 in France, and updated through today
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Big Deal

Bob Fosse and Dance in the American Musical

by Kevin Winkler ...

Series series Broadway Legacies
Bob Fosse (1927-1987) is recognized as one of the most significant figures in post-World War II American musical theater. With his first Broadway musical, The Pajama Game in 1954, the "Fosse style" was already fully developed, with its trademark hunched shoulders, turned-in stance, and stuttering, staccato jazz movements. Fosse moved decisively into the role of director with Redhead in 1959 and ... Read more

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Bob Fosse (1927-1987) is recognized as one of the most significant figures in post-World War II American musical theater. With his first Broadway musical, The Pajama Game in 1954, the "Fosse style" was already fully developed, with its trademark hunched shoulders, turned-in stance, and stuttering, staccato jazz movements. Fosse moved decisively into the role of director with Redhead in 1959 and
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K-POP: The Odyssey

Your Gateway to the Global K-Pop Phenomenon

by Wooseok Ki ...

K-Pop is bigger than it has ever been. Many new artists debut each year and the industry is at an all-time international high. But how did we get here? Is it something more complex and important than mere media headlines?K-POP: The Odyssey - Your Gateway to the Global K-Pop Phenomenon takes you on a journey to explore one of the biggest pop cultural phenomenona in recent history, drawing from ... Read more

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K-Pop is bigger than it has ever been. Many new artists debut each year and the industry is at an all-time international high. But how did we get here? Is it something more complex and important than mere media headlines?K-POP: The Odyssey - Your Gateway to the Global K-Pop Phenomenon takes you on a journey to explore one of the biggest pop cultural phenomenona in recent history, drawing from
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Twice

The Story of K-Pop’s Greatest Girl Group

by Jamie Heal ...

In the space of just five years, Twice have taken the K-Pop world by storm.With hundreds of millions of views on YouTube, a sell-out world tour and record-breaking album sales under their belts, Twice have well and truly earned their place in the K-Pop hall of fame. And they’re only just getting started.Twice: The Story of K-Pop’s Greatest Girl Group tells the amazing story behind one of the most ... Read more

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In the space of just five years, Twice have taken the K-Pop world by storm.With hundreds of millions of views on YouTube, a sell-out world tour and record-breaking album sales under their belts, Twice have well and truly earned their place in the K-Pop hall of fame. And they’re only just getting started.Twice: The Story of K-Pop’s Greatest Girl Group tells the amazing story behind one of the most
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Eskiboy

by Wiley ...

‘Wiley is Wiley, and if you don’t know me, you don’t know much.’*Winner of the NME Best Music Book Award 2018*A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR'The greatest UK MC of all time' NoiseyWiley. Godfather of grime. He's one of Britain's most innovative musi... ... Read more

$10.34 USD

‘Wiley is Wiley, and if you don’t know me, you don’t know much.’*Winner of the NME Best Music Book Award 2018*A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR'The greatest UK MC of all time' NoiseyWiley. Godfather of grime. He's one of Britain's most innovative musi...
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Valuing Dance

Commodities and Gifts in Motion

by Susan Leigh Foster ...

Because dance materializes through and for people, because we learn to dance from others and often present dance to others, the moment of its transmission is one of dance's central and defining features. Valuing Dance looks at the occasion when dancing passes from one person to another as an act of exchange, one that is redolent with symbolic meanings, including those associated with its history ... Read more

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Because dance materializes through and for people, because we learn to dance from others and often present dance to others, the moment of its transmission is one of dance's central and defining features. Valuing Dance looks at the occasion when dancing passes from one person to another as an act of exchange, one that is redolent with symbolic meanings, including those associated with its history
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Dancing Revelations

Alvin Ailey's Embodiment of African American Culture

by Thomas F. DeFrantz ...

In the early 1960s, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was a small, multi-racial company of dancers that performed the works of its founding choreographer and other emerging artists. By the late 1960s, the company had become a well-known African American artistic group closely tied to the Civil Rights struggle. In Dancing Revelations, Thomas DeFrantz chronicles the troupe's journey from a ... Read more

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In the early 1960s, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was a small, multi-racial company of dancers that performed the works of its founding choreographer and other emerging artists. By the late 1960s, the company had become a well-known African American artistic group closely tied to the Civil Rights struggle. In Dancing Revelations, Thomas DeFrantz chronicles the troupe's journey from a
... Read more
1000 Ariana Grande Facts

by Mera Wolfe ...

Think you know everything there is to know about about Ariana Grande? Well, think again. 1000 Ariana Grande Facts contains all you could ever wish to know about this popular singer. Facts about food, music videos, TV shows, veganism, influences, tours, family, concerts, awards, relationships, and so much more all awaits in 1000 Ariana Grande Facts! ... Read more

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Think you know everything there is to know about about Ariana Grande? Well, think again. 1000 Ariana Grande Facts contains all you could ever wish to know about this popular singer. Facts about food, music videos, TV shows, veganism, influences, tours, family, concerts, awards, relationships, and so much more all awaits in 1000 Ariana Grande Facts!
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The True Story of Acid House: Britain’s Last Youth Culture Revolution

by Luke Bainbridge ...

The arrival of a new style of music and a new type of drug in 1988 ignited a revolution. To coincide with the 25th anniversary of the second summer of love, this is the definitive story of the seismic movements in music and youth culture that changed the cultural landscape forever. Luke Bainbridge is uniquely positioned to tell this story, having connections both in the industry, through nearly ... Read more

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The arrival of a new style of music and a new type of drug in 1988 ignited a revolution. To coincide with the 25th anniversary of the second summer of love, this is the definitive story of the seismic movements in music and youth culture that changed the cultural landscape forever. Luke Bainbridge is uniquely positioned to tell this story, having connections both in the industry, through nearly
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Duran Duran's Rio

by Annie Zaleski ...

Series series 33 1/3
In the '80s, the Birmingham, England, band Duran Duran became closely associated with new wave, an idiosyncratic genre that dominated the decade's music and culture. No album represented this rip-it-up-and-start-again movement better than the act's breakthrough 1982 LP, Rio. A cohesive album with a retro-futuristic sound-influences include danceable disco, tangy funk, swaggering glam, and Roxy ... Read more

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In the '80s, the Birmingham, England, band Duran Duran became closely associated with new wave, an idiosyncratic genre that dominated the decade's music and culture. No album represented this rip-it-up-and-start-again movement better than the act's breakthrough 1982 LP, Rio. A cohesive album with a retro-futuristic sound-influences include danceable disco, tangy funk, swaggering glam, and Roxy
... Read more
Spinning Mambo into Salsa

Caribbean Dance in Global Commerce

by Juliet McMains ...

Arguably the world's most popular partnered social dance form, salsa's significance extends well beyond the Latino communities which gave birth to it. The growing international and cross-cultural appeal of this Latin dance form, which celebrates its mixed origins in the Caribbean and in Spanish Harlem, offers a rich site for examining issues of cultural hybridity and commodification in the context ... Read more

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Arguably the world's most popular partnered social dance form, salsa's significance extends well beyond the Latino communities which gave birth to it. The growing international and cross-cultural appeal of this Latin dance form, which celebrates its mixed origins in the Caribbean and in Spanish Harlem, offers a rich site for examining issues of cultural hybridity and commodification in the context
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Honest Bodies

Revolutionary Modernism in the Dances of Anna Sokolow

by Hannah Kosstrin ...

Honest Bodies: Revolutionary Modernism in the Dances of Anna Sokolow illustrates the ways in which Sokolow's choreography circulated American modernism among Jewish and communist channels of the international Left from the 1930s-1960s in the United States, Mexico, and Israel. Drawing upon extensive archival materials, interviews, and theories from dance, Jewish, and gender studies, this book ... Read more

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Honest Bodies: Revolutionary Modernism in the Dances of Anna Sokolow illustrates the ways in which Sokolow's choreography circulated American modernism among Jewish and communist channels of the international Left from the 1930s-1960s in the United States, Mexico, and Israel. Drawing upon extensive archival materials, interviews, and theories from dance, Jewish, and gender studies, this book
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Lady Gaga - Uncensored On the Record

by James McCarthy ...

This is the true story of Lady Gaga featuring explosive interviews with Lady Gaga from around the world.The real influences, desires and aspirations of Lady Gaga are laid bare in this powerful and candid eBook and which features a unique and totally uncensored profile of Lady Gaga and her work.The pressures of her rapid ascent to fame and stardom are explored in a host of celebrity interviewees ... Read more

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This is the true story of Lady Gaga featuring explosive interviews with Lady Gaga from around the world.The real influences, desires and aspirations of Lady Gaga are laid bare in this powerful and candid eBook and which features a unique and totally uncensored profile of Lady Gaga and her work.The pressures of her rapid ascent to fame and stardom are explored in a host of celebrity interviewees
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THE ULTIMATE FUNKLOPEDIK GROOVE DATABASE #3

Volume "A" (Dec. 2016)

by Laurent THIEBAUT, Bernard KOSKOWITZ ...

THE ULTIMATE FUNKLOPEDIK GROOVE DATABASE 3 : THE ULTIMATE FUNKLOPEDIK GROOVE DATABASE Volume "A", Artists Last Name Beginning by a letter A, more than 580 Artists reviewed CONTENT *************************************** THE ULTIMATE FUNKLOPEDIK GROOVE DATABASE, third volume. Here it is, our third volume! They said it couldn't be done. We did it three times. You can now get access to the FIRST ... Read more

$43.31 USD

THE ULTIMATE FUNKLOPEDIK GROOVE DATABASE 3 : THE ULTIMATE FUNKLOPEDIK GROOVE DATABASE Volume "A", Artists Last Name Beginning by a letter A, more than 580 Artists reviewed CONTENT *************************************** THE ULTIMATE FUNKLOPEDIK GROOVE DATABASE, third volume. Here it is, our third volume! They said it couldn't be done. We did it three times. You can now get access to the FIRST
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我愛NU'EST

締造逆襲神話的奇蹟男團

by Miss Banana ...

Series Book 19 - 愛偶像
選秀重生，苦盡甘來！奇蹟男團NU'EST大勢回歸，人氣爆棚逆轉勝　　NU'EST出道於2012年3月15日，團名有著「創立新型態風格音樂」的深層涵意，為Pledis娛樂繼成功打造女團After School後首度推出的男團，由韓國成員JR、白虎、旼炫、REN，以及美國成員ARON所組成。　　NU'EST亮眼的外型和唱跳實力，加上歌曲話題特殊，很快在當年新人團體中脫穎而出。一鳴驚人的出道曲〈FACE〉以青少年角度，反映校園暴力與霸凌等社會問題，其MV更累積觀看次數超過一億次。後來卻因進軍海外未能兼顧韓國市場，開始陷入低潮期，甚至一度瀕臨解散。　　直到2017年，四名成員參與韓國選秀節目《PRODUCE 101第二季》，以「砍掉重練」的心態，放下身段，重新當練習生，奮力一搏！出色的表現讓大眾再次看見NU'EST的魅力，人氣火速飆升，歌曲逆襲各大排行榜，聲勢高漲 ... Read more

$6.31 USD

選秀重生，苦盡甘來！奇蹟男團NU'EST大勢回歸，人氣爆棚逆轉勝　　NU'EST出道於2012年3月15日，團名有著「創立新型態風格音樂」的深層涵意，為Pledis娛樂繼成功打造女團After School後首度推出的男團，由韓國成員JR、白虎、旼炫、REN，以及美國成員ARON所組成。　　NU'EST亮眼的外型和唱跳實力，加上歌曲話題特殊，很快在當年新人團體中脫穎而出。一鳴驚人的出道曲〈FACE〉以青少年角度，反映校園暴力與霸凌等社會問題，其MV更累積觀看次數超過一億次。後來卻因進軍海外未能兼顧韓國市場，開始陷入低潮期，甚至一度瀕臨解散。　　直到2017年，四名成員參與韓國選秀節目《PRODUCE 101第二季》，以「砍掉重練」的心態，放下身段，重新當練習生，奮力一搏！出色的表現讓大眾再次看見NU'EST的魅力，人氣火速飆升，歌曲逆襲各大排行榜，聲勢高漲
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The Wham! Guide

by Daniel Wheway ...

Wham! were one of the most successful acts of the 1980's. Members George Michael and Andrew Ridgely scored three #1 singles on the US Hot 100 with the decade's classics Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Careless Whisper and Everything She Wants. Two of those also hit the UK#1 spot, as did Freedom and I'm Your Man.The duo's two UK studio albums Fantastic and Make It Big hit the top spot of the UK ... Read more

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Wham! were one of the most successful acts of the 1980's. Members George Michael and Andrew Ridgely scored three #1 singles on the US Hot 100 with the decade's classics Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Careless Whisper and Everything She Wants. Two of those also hit the UK#1 spot, as did Freedom and I'm Your Man.The duo's two UK studio albums Fantastic and Make It Big hit the top spot of the UK
... Read more
The Kolbergs of Eastern Europe

Edited by Bożena Muszkalska ...

Series Book 9 - Eastern European Studies in Musicology
This book draws attention to the reception of Oskar Kolberg’s folklorist’s work outside of Poland. It also presents the work of other scholars active in Eastern Europe from the nineteenth century to the present day, many of them poorly known, despite their lofty achievements. The contributions by authors from Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Slovakia and Poland reflect on how Kolberg’s work is ... Read more

$49.67 USD

This book draws attention to the reception of Oskar Kolberg’s folklorist’s work outside of Poland. It also presents the work of other scholars active in Eastern Europe from the nineteenth century to the present day, many of them poorly known, despite their lofty achievements. The contributions by authors from Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Slovakia and Poland reflect on how Kolberg’s work is
... Read more
ESG's Come Away with ESG

by Cheri Percy ...

Series series 33 1/3
ESG were one of the first bands to sign to British indie label Factory Records, working with famed producer Martin Hannett on their early EPs. The band's signature guitar sound from iconic single 'UFO' has been sampled in hundreds of hip hop records, and everyone from Karen O to Kathleen Hanna lists the South Bronx group as a direct influence. So why do the Scroggins sisters appear as nothing more ... Read more

$11.51 USD

ESG were one of the first bands to sign to British indie label Factory Records, working with famed producer Martin Hannett on their early EPs. The band's signature guitar sound from iconic single 'UFO' has been sampled in hundreds of hip hop records, and everyone from Karen O to Kathleen Hanna lists the South Bronx group as a direct influence. So why do the Scroggins sisters appear as nothing more
... Read more

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