Inside The Music – The Life of Idris Muhammad
Inside the Music: The Life of Idris Muhammad Idris Muhammad with Britt Alexander 235 pages ISBN: 978-1-4691-9216-1 XLibris Corporation 2012 In popular music, particularly before musicians' credit listings became the norm on records, drummers --and really all rhythm section stalwarts--worked in obscurity no matter how brilliant their playing was. A case ...
Alan Light: The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah"
The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah" Alan Light pp. 288 ISBN: 1451657846 Atria Books 2012 For ages musicologists, psychologists, producers and people alike have tried to decipher or unravel the secret of what makes certain songs so likeable and popular, even to ...
Duncan Heining: Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers, and Free Fusioneers - British Jazz, 1960-1975
Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers, and Free Fusioneers: British Jazz, 1960-1975 Duncan Heining pp. 486 ISBN: 978-1-84553-405-9 Equinox Publishing Ltd. 2012 Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers, and Free Fusioneers: British Jazz, 1960-1975, by freelance writer Duncan Heining, is a significant addition to the jazz literature. Consisting of fourteen chapters and 450 pages of ...
Tim Nikolsky: Australian Jazz Real Book
Australian Jazz Real Book Tim Nikolsky 662 pages ISBN: 979-0-9009613-5-8 Australian Jazz Real Book 2013 It's been five years in the making, but finally, Melbourne guitarist Tim Nikolsky's one-man crusade to assemble an Australian Jazz Real Book has succeeded. In fact, as Nikolsky related in a 2011 interview with All About ...
Hannah Rothschild: The Baroness - The search for Nica, the rebellious Rothschild
The Baroness--The search for Nica, the rebellious Rothschild Hannah Rothschild Pages 307 ISBN: 978-1-84408-603-0 Virago Press 2012 Pannonica Rothschild is the paragon of rebellious romanticism and of the fascination for music, carried to the ultimate consequence. She has become the symbol of those dreams we dare not fulfill, but which we ...
Brad Tolinski: Light and Shade - Conversations with Jimmy Page
Light and Shade--Conversations with Jimmy Page Brad Tolinski 320 Pages ISBN: 978-0307985712 Crown Publishing 2012 Music and mythology have shared stories for at least as long as recorded history. Mythology has always been important to rock 'n' roll music since its early days, and within that guitarist Jimmy Page is seen ...
Glen Boyd: Neil Young FAQ - Everything Left to Know About the Iconic and Mercurial Rocker
Neil Young FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Iconic and Mercurial Rocker Glen Boyd 400 pages ISBN: 978-1617130373 Backbeat Books 2012 Glen Boyd's Neil Young FAQ contains plenty of good information and a fair amount of insight into the work of “The Iconic and Mercurial Rocker" referred to in the ...
Barney Hoskyns: Trampled Under Foot - The Power and Excess of Led Zeppelin
Trampled Under Foot: The Power and Excess of Led Zeppelin Barney Hoskyns 640 pages ISBN: 9780571259359 Faber and Faber 2012 It takes little for a band of such stature as Led Zeppelin to start a raging wildfire or to cause tsunami-like shockwaves every time this behemoth shakes its tail. Literally, in ...
Marc Myers: Why Jazz Happened
Why Jazz Happened Marc Myers 248 pages ISBN: 978-0-520-26878-4 University of California Press 2012
Many books have been written on how jazz happened, but few have focused on why jazz happened. In Marc Myers' new book, Why Jazz Happened, he does just that: explore the economic, technological, and social forces that ...
Stealing Hearts At A Travelling Show: The Graphic Design of "U2"
Stealing Hearts At A Travelling Show: The Graphic Design of “U2" Lisa Godson 106 Pages ISBN: 0954519302 AMP Visual 2003 Since its humble beginnings in the 1960s, the album cover has travelled a long distance from being a practical protective packaging to a miniature canvas rife with famous and iconic images. ...
Kevin Avery: Everything Is An Afterthought - The Life And Writings of Paul Nelson
Everything Is An Afterthought: The Life And Writings of Paul Nelson Kevin Avery 497 Pages ISBN: 978-1-60699-475-7 Fantagraphics Books 2011 There was a golden age of music criticism ruled by names like Dave Marsh, Ben Fong-Torres, Robert Christgau, Jon Landau, Greil Marcus, Ralph Gleason, Lester Bangs...and Paul Nelson. Once the greatest ...
Pete Townshend: Who I Am
Who I Am Pete Townshend 544 pages ISBN: 978-0062127242 Harper 2012 Guitarist Pete Townshend's autobiography is an engrossing, memorable read, due to the rigorous discipline Townshend applies to his writing, comparable to that which he devoted to his greatest music. Nevertheless, anyone looking for the comprehensive story of this man's life ...
Walter Kolosky: Power, Beauty and Passion - The Story of the Legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra
Power, Passion and Beauty: The Story of the Legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra Walter Kolosky Pages: 325 ISBN:978-0-9761016-8-0 Self-published e-book 2012 Walter Kolosky's Power, Passion and Beauty: The Story of the Legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra (Abstract Logix Books, 2005) now finds its way into e-book format, which is good news for trees as ...
The Rolling Stones - 50 Years
The Rolling Stones--50 godina Hrvoje Horvat and Darko Glavan 226 ISBN: 978-953-313-079-8 Profil knjiga d.o.o. 2012 Taking into consideration the short lifespan of a rock band, the longevity of the Rolling Stones can be counted as a miracle in an almost biblical sense. The question also arises of how many years ...
