Music Matters – serie
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Why Marianne Faithfull Matters
Inbunden, 2021
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
136 kr
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A remarkable feminist history and biography that features fragments from the five-decade career of an iconic artist.'Through this deeply personal take, the real significance of Faithfull as an irrepressible female icon shines through.'SHINDIG'Excellent . . . Pearson deserves the widest possible …
Why Solange Matters
Inbunden, 2021
123 kr
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A ROUGH TRADE, THE TIMES, CLASH BOOK OF THE YEARThe dramatic story of Solange: a musician and artist whose unconventional journey to international success was far more important than her family name. 'Why Solange Matters is a significant and sober treatise on popular music . . . This book is more …
Why Karen Carpenter Matters
E-bok, 2021
137 kr
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A PITCHFORK MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARA radical, literary and intimate insight into one of the twentieth century's most vital vocalists. 'Tongson serves up a number of astute observations about fantasy, projection, longing, normalcy, and aberrance.' MAGGIE NELSON'Deftly weaves memoir, history, and …
Why the Ramones Matter
Av Donna Gaines
Häftad, 2018
195 kr
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The central experience of the Ramones and their music is of being an outsider, an outcast, a person who’s somehow defective, and the revolt against shame and self-loathing. The fans, argues Donna Gaines, got it right away, from their own experience of alienation at home, at school, on the streets, …
Why the Beach Boys Matter
Av Tom Smucker
Häftad, 2018
195 kr
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Of all the white American pop music groups that hit the charts before the Beatles, only the Beach Boys continued to thrive throughout the British Invasion to survive into the 1970s and beyond. The Beach Boys helped define both sides of the era we broadly call the sixties, split between their early …
Why Karen Carpenter Matters
Häftad, 2019
222 kr
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In the '60s and '70s, America's music scene was marked by raucous excess, reflected in the tragic overdoses of young superstars such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. At the same time, the uplifting harmonies and sunny lyrics that propelled Karen Carpenter and her brother, Richard, to international …
Why Lhasa De Sela Matters
Av Fred Goodman
Häftad, 2019
195 kr
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An artist in every sense of the word, Lhasa de Sela wowed audiences around the globe with her multilingual songs and spellbinding performances, mixing together everything from Gypsy music to Mexican rancheras, Americana and jazz, chanson franÇaise, and South American folk melodies. In Canada, her …
Why Solange Matters
Häftad, 2021
208 kr
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Growing up in the shadow of her superstar sister, Solange Knowles became a pivotal musician in her own right. Defying an industry that attempted to bend her to its rigid image of a Black woman, Solange continually experimented with her sound and embarked on a metamorphosis in her art that continues …
Why Labelle Matters
Av Adele Bertei
Häftad, 2021
208 kr
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Finalist, 2022 Lesbian Memoir/Biography, Lambda Literary Award for Arts and Culture Crafting a legacy all their own, the reinvented Labelle subverted the “girl group” aesthetic to invoke the act’s Afrofuturist spirit and make manifest their vision of Black womanhood.Performing as the Bluebelles in …
Why Marianne Faithfull Matters
Häftad, 2021
208 kr
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First as a doe-eyed ingÉnue with “As Tears Go By,” then as a gravel-voiced phoenix rising from the ashes of the 1960s with a landmark punk album, Broken English, and finally as a genre-less icon, Marianne Faithfull carved her name into the history of rock ’n’ roll to chart a career spanning five …
Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters
Inbunden, 2023
294 kr
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Finalist, 2024 Lesbian Memoir/Biography, Lambda Literary Award for Arts and CultureWinner - Walter & Lillian Lowenfels Criticism Award, 45th Annual American Book Awards, Before Columbus FoundationA queer, Black “biography in essays” about the performer who gave us “Hound Dog,” “Ball and Chain,” and …
Why Bushwick Bill Matters
Häftad, 2021
208 kr
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In 1989 the Geto Boys released a blistering track, “Size Ain’t Shit,” that paid tribute to the group’s member Bushwick Bill. Born with dwarfism, Bill was one of the few visibly disabled musicians to achieve widespread fame and one of the even fewer to address disability in a direct, sustained …
Why Tammy Wynette Matters
Inbunden, 2023
280 kr
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How Tammy Wynette channeled the conflicts of her life into her music and performance.With hits such as “Stand By Your Man” and “Golden Ring,” Tammy Wynette was an icon of American domesticity and femininity. But there were other sides to the first lady of country. Steacy Easton places the …
Why Mariah Carey Matters
Av Andrew Chan
Inbunden, 2023
266 kr
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The first book to critically examine the legacy of pop superstar Mariah Carey.When it comes to Mariah Carey, star power is never in doubt. She has sold hundreds of millions of albums and cut more chart-topping hits than any other solo artist—ever. And she has that extraordinary five-octave vocal …
Why Sinéad O'Connor Matters
Inbunden, 2023
294 kr
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A stirring defense of SinÉad O’Connor’s music and activism, and an indictment of the culture that cancelled her.In 1990, SinÉad O’Connor’s video for “Nothing Compares 2 U” turned her into a superstar. Two years later, an appearance on Saturday Night Live turned her into a scandal. For many …
Why Sinéad O'Connor Matters
Häftad, 2024
222 kr
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A stirring defense of SinÉad O’Connor’s music and activism, and an indictment of the culture that cancelled her.In 1990, SinÉad O’Connor’s video for “Nothing Compares 2 U” turned her into a superstar. Two years later, an appearance on Saturday Night Live turned her into a scandal. For many …
