Hip-Hop (Evolution and Cultural Influences of Music)
by Christina Dearmont
Which Side Are You On? tells the story of the classic union song that was written in 1931 by Florence Reece in a rain of bullets. It has been sung by people fighting for their rights all over the world. Florence's husband Sam was a coal miner in Kentucky. Many of the coal mines were owned by big companies, who kept wages low and spent as little money on safety as possible. Miners lived in company houses on company land and were paid in scrip, good only at the company store. The company owned the...
Explores the literary, artistic, and intellectual creativity of the Harlem Renaissance and discusses the lives and work of Louis Armstrong, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and other notable figures of the era.
History's Most Influential Musicians (History's Most Influential Musicians)
Electronic Dance Music (EDM) (Evolution and Cultural Influences of Music)
by Julie K Godard
The First Book of the Great Musicians (Yesterday's Classics)
by Percy a Scholes
The Birth of Rock & Roll (Popular Music Through the Decades, #1)
The Complete Book of the Great Musicians (Yesterday's Classics)
by Percy a Scholes
The Rise of the New Kids on the Block and A Guy Named Maurice Starr
by Tony Rose
Latin and Caribbean (Evolution and Cultural Influences of Music)
by Lara Stewart Manetta
Lives of the Artists (Lives of . . .) (Lives of the . . .)
by Kathleen Krull
Lives of the Musicians (Lives of . . .) (Lives Of...(Hardcover))
by Kathleen Krull
Here are the life stories of such diverse figures as Vivaldi, Mozart, Scott Joplin, Nadia Boulanger, and Woody Guthrie. Readers will learn of both their musical natures and the personal, humorous characteristics that make their lives so fascinating. Living, breathing anecdotes--the stuff of which the best biography is made
London, 1966. Pop music has transformed England's cultural landscape, and rock'n'roll has propelled The Beatles to the very top of the music charts. One day, lead singer and founder of the band John Lennon, met the artist Yoko Ono and their lives changed forever. They fell madly in love, becoming the centre of each other's universes and beginning one of history's most iconic partnerships. John and Yoko's work together on art and music produced projects that made headlines and have stood the te...
A biography of the author's mother, concentrating on her childhood in Turkey before the Turkish govennment deported its Armenian population.