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English
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From "The Star-Spangled Banner" to "Born in the U.S.A.," Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw take readers on a moving and insightful journey through eras in American history and the songs and performers that inspired us. Meacham chronicles our history, exploring the stories behind the songs, and Tim McGraw reflects on them as an artist and performer. Their perspectives combine to create a unique view of the role music has played in uniting and shaping a nation....
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Entertainer extrordinaire Michael Feinstein hosts a brand-new documentary on the evolution of the American popular music, told through stories of the greatest songwriters of all time, including Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George & Ira Gershwin and more.
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Ken Burns chronicles the history of a uniquely American art form, rising from the experiences of remarkable people in distinctive regions of the nation. From its roots in ballads, hymns, and the blues to its mainstream popularity, viewers will follow the evolution of country music over the course of the twentieth century as it eventually emerged to become America's music. Features never-before-seen footage and photographs, plus interviews with more...
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Oxford very short introductions volume 65
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
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English
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"This is the first book to address in a serious way the impact of the music of "Weird Al" Yankovic. Through original interviews with the man himself, Lily Hirsch addresses Yankovic's relationship to past parody songs and his unique approach to the art form, inviting music enthusiasts of all stripes to reconsider Yankovic's music"--
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Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Beginning in the year of Prince's birth, 1958, with the recording of Minnesota's first R&B record by a North Minneapolis band called the Big M's, Got to Be Something Here traces the rise of that distinctive sound through two generations of political upheaval, rebellion, and artistic passion. Funk and soul become a lens for exploring three decades of Minneapolis and St. Paul history as music journalist Andrea Swensson takes us through the neighborhoods...
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"The entire history of popular music over the past fifty years refracted through the big genres that have defined and dominated it-including rock, country, punk, R&B, dance and hip-hop-woven together into a cosmic reckoning with music's evolution as a popular art form, as a huge cultural and economic force, and as an essential component to our identities, from Black Sabbath to Black Flag to Beyoncé, and beyond"--
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
An unprecedented documentary culled from 10,000 hours of concert and archival footage. Jam-packed with 204 interviews featuring rock's biggest stars, Filled with 1,807 fascinating clips. Bursting with 250 memorable songs from 260 live, in-concert vignettes. It's Elvis gyrating. Chuck duckwalking. Beatlemania. Jimi burning his guitar. Townshend smashing his. Jimmy Page playing with a violin bow. And Bruce Springsteen collapsing onstage. 10 titanic...
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Growing up amid Kansas wheat fields and airplane factories, Smarsh witnessed firsthand the vulnerabilities and strengths of women in working poverty. Meanwhile, country songs by female artists played in the background, telling powerful stories about life, men, hard times, and surviving. Country music was a language among women-- and no one provided that language better than Dolly Parton. Here Smarsh explores the overlooked contributions to social...
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Series
Oxford very short introductions volume 247
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
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Publisher
It Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"A definitive look at the outlaw country music movement, TO BEAT THE DEVIL follows the stories of three legendary icons - Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson - as they redefined country music in the late '60s and early '70s, set in the rich backdrop of Nashville"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Oxford very short introductions volume 257
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Author
Series
Oxford very short introductions volume 231
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
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