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Soul is the most powerful expression of American music—a distinct combination of roots, migration, race, culture, and politics packaged together for your dancing pleasure. But if you thought the soun …

Repeated Takes is the first general book on the history of the recording industry, covering the entire field from Edison’s talking tin foil of 1877 to the age of the compact disc. Michael Chanan cons …

The Summer Of Love’ arrived a year early for four young Memphians, trying to make their way through the turbulent 1960’s……………………………………………………………………. …

Where do you place the hyphen in ‘Beethoven’ if it breaks between two lines? How do you cite John Coltrane’s album A Love Supreme? Is it ‘premiere’ or ‘première’? The answers and much more can be fou …

When you hear Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson , Diana Ross, The Temptations, The Jackson Five and The Commodores, you know it’s the signature sound of Motown. From the early 60’s to the p …

In this book, I want to stress that following the steps will not ensure success in the music business. Only your creativity can do that, but it will give you the opportunity to recoup some of your in …

Popular music and its listeners are strongly associated with newness and youth. Young people can stay up late dancing to the latest hits and use cutting-edge technology for listening to and sharing f …

The late J.J. Jackson was one of the five first-ever MTV video jocks. What many don’t know is that Led Zeppelin credits him with successfully launching the super group’s career.Frank Reddon, author o …

This book fills a gap in the market by providing energising warm-up activities for community, church and youth choirs. Whereas many publications exist that offer singing and vocal exercises, there ar …

The unrivaled single-volume survey of Wagner’s life and work Edited by one of the leading Wagner scholars of modern times, and with contributions from seventeen experts from around the world, The Wag …