James Blunt Therapeutic Coloring Book (James Blunt Therapeutic Coloring Books, #0)
by Dana Bullock
The essential account of R. Kelly’s actions and their consequences, a reckoning two decades in the making. In November 2000, after receiving an anonymous fax that alleged R. Kelly had a problem with “young girls,” journalist Jim DeRogatis broke a shocking story wide open, publishing allegations that the R&B superstar had groomed girls, sexually abused them, and paid them off. DeRogatis thought his work would have an impact; instead Kelly’s career flourished. No one seemed to care: not the m...
Inside stories of the pop-music scenes of the 1960s and 1970s from one of the fathers of the Motown sound. Under Berry Gordy, Motown Records was a place where studio musicians usually stood in the shadows, unlike the solo stars whose names appeared on the albums. Gordy held a tight rein on his musicians, forbidding them from playing for other record companies and denying them credit on his records. In ""Guitars, Bars, and Motown Superstars"", author and guitarist Dennis Coffey describes his esca...
The Bluesman Musical Heritage of Black Men and Women in the Americas
by Julio Finn
The idea is as strange as it is commonplace---that the "soul" in soul music is more than just a name, that somehow the music truly taps into something essential rooted in the spiritual notion of the soul itself. Or is it strange? From the civil rights movement and beyond, soul music has played a key, indisputable role in moments of national healing. Of course, American popular music has long been embroiled in controversies over its spiritual purity (or lack thereof). But why? However easy it mig...
1960s Detroit was a city with a pulse: people were marching in step with Martin Luther King, Jr.; dancing in the street with Martha and the Vandellas; facing off with city police and through it all, Motown provided the beat. This book tells the story of Motown - as both musical style and entrepreneurial phenomenon - and of its intrinsic relationship to the politics and culture of Motor Town, USA. As the author traces the evolution of Motown from a small record company firmly rooted in Detroit's...
In Crossing Bar Lines: The Politics and Practices of Black Musical Space James Gordon Williams reframes the nature and purpose of jazz improvisation to illuminate the cultural work being done by five creative musicians between 2005 and 2019. The political thought of five African American improvisers-trumpeters Terence Blanchard and Ambrose Akinmusire, drummers Billy Higgins and Terri Lyne Carrington, and pianist Andrew Hill-is documented through insightful, multilayered case studies that make...
Chris Brown Art Coloring Book (Chris Brown Coloring Book)
by Mamie Dunkle
RnB, Soul & Motown Style Basslines
by Dan Hawkins and Joseph Alexander
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Lil Pump Adult Activity Coloring Book (Lil Pump Adult Activity Coloring Books, #0)
by Iris Dean
A beautifully illustrated book featuring quotes and general wisdom from Queen Bey. Who runs the world? Beyoncé runs the world. With more than 100 million solo records sold worldwide, Beyoncé is one of the top selling music artists in history. She has 22 Grammy Awards, 24 MTV Video Music Awards and has been named the most powerful female in the entertainment industry by Forbes magazine, the Top Radio Songs Artist and Top Female Artist of the 2000s by Billboard, and the Top Certifi...
A candid assessment of the iconic musician's personal and professional life by his first wife traces their long-distance courtship, marriage, and creative partnership as well as the challenges that compromised their romance.