Messenger, Bill.
Summary: Presents an overview of jazz, its elements, and its history. Includes performances by various jazz artists.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1998
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 781.65 MESKristiansen, Jon
Summary: Twenty-five years of Norway's Slayer Mag on heavy metal music.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bazillion Points Books 2011
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Summary: "The song "Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)" is personified, describing the Black history and culture that inspired its creation. Written in 1968 by singer James Brown after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, the song became an anthem for the civil rights movement"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OWEGuralnick, Peter
Summary: "Peter Guralnick's remarkable work... covers old ground from new perspectives, offering deeply felt, masterful, and strikingly personal portraits of creative artists, both musicians and writers, at the height of their powers. "You put the book down feeling that its sweep is vast, that you have read of giants who walked among us," rock critic Lester Bangs wrote of Guralnick's earlier work in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.92 GURSummary: Fishbone rose to become one of the most original bands of the last 25 years. With a blistering combination of punk and funk, they demolished the walls of genre and challenged the racial stereotypes and political order of the music industry and the nation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC EVEWilliams, Jarrett
Summary: "How did a bunch of young people from the inner city create a genre of music that became a global phenomenon? From its humble origins at house parties in the Bronx, where DJs mixed old records to create new sounds, charismatic MCs let their clever lyrics flow, and B-boys and B-girls pioneered inventive dance moves, hip-hop quickly became a musical and cultural revolution." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 782.42 WILGuralnick, Peter.
Summary: The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll: 70 Years of Sun Records is the official history of this legendary label, and looks at its story in a unique way: through the lens of 70 of its most iconic recordings. From the early days with primal blues artists like Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King to long nights in the studio with Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis, you will see how the label was shaped and how it redefined...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weldon Owen 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 781.66 GURCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.66 GURWiederhorn, Jon
Summary: From the author of the celebrated classic Louder Than Hell comes an oral history of the badass Heavy Metal lifestyle―the debauchery, demolition, and headbanging dedication―featuring metalhead musicians from Black Sabbath and Judas Priest to Twisted Sister and Quiet Riot to Disturbed, Megadeth, Throwdown and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Diversion Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 WIEWesthoff, Ben
Summary: "A monumental, revealing narrative history about the legendary group of artists at the forefront of West Coast hip-hop: Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur,"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 WESEdwards, Terry
Summary: "One Step Beyond" isn't the best album in the world it's not even the best album by Madness. It is, however, a great record and an exceptional debut album -fully formed despite half the band still being in their teens and it remains as exhilarating, inspiring and as much fun as when people first heard it nearly 30 years ago. Through extensive interviews with the band, as well as producers Clive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.33 EDWTaylor, Charlotte
Summary: "Songs such as the "Star-Spangled Banner," which students may recognize from sporting events, memorialize significant events in American history. With this engaging text full of fun facts about American songs, students will learn about the valuable role songs play in helping express American pride. Dynamic photographs enhance the approachable text which compliments elementary social studies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 782.42 TAYCone, James H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbis Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6296 CONRowell, David
Summary: Combines personal memoir, on-the-ground reporting, industry research, and cultural criticism to argue that commercial and cultural forces have laid waste to the cultural ecosystems that have produced decades of great American music. From the scorched-earth demonetizing of artist revenue accomplished by Spotify and its ilk to the rise of dead artists "touring" via hologram, Rowell examines how a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 781.64 ROWLauterbach, Preston.
Summary: A definitive account of the birth of rock 'n' roll in black America...The Chitlin' Circuit brings us into the sweaty back rooms where such stars as James Brown, B. B. King, and Little Richard got their start.--Amazon.com
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 LAUEddy, Chuck.
Summary: "Chuck Eddy is one of the most entertaining, idiosyncratic, influential, and prolific music critics of the past three decades...Rock and Roll Always Forgets features the best, most provocative reviews, interviews, columns, and essays written by this singular critic."--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Duke University Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.64 EDDKopp, Bill
Summary: In celebration of the 45th anniversary of The Dark Side of the Moon, Bill Kopp explores the ingenuity with which Pink Floyd rebranded itself following the 1968 departure of Syd Barrett. Not only did the band survive Barrett's departure, but it went on to release landmark albums that continue to influence generations of musicians and fans. Reinventing Pink Floyd follows the path taken by the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 KOPQuestlove
Summary: "A comprehensive fifty-year history of the hip-hop genre, from renowned artist and author of MUSIC IS HISTORY, Questlove"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: AUWA / MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 QUEBrowne, David
Summary: Fifty years after they first came together and changed the sound of rock 'n' roll, the Grateful Dead remain one of rock's most beloved bands—a musical and cultural phenomenon that spans generations and paved the way for everything from the world of jam bands and the idea of independently released music to social networking. Much has been written about the band, but nothing quite as vibrant and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2015
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Summary: "Music is an outlet for self-expression. It has the power to influence your feelings, connect you to others and break down barriers ... And believe it or not, it's science -- a LOT of science! The tunes that move us are a blend of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, plus passion and emotion. In this book, you'll find out when humans began making music, the early history of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2021
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Summary: "In a dim clearing off a county road in Kentucky sits a sagging outdoor stage buried in moss and dead leaves. It used to be the centerpiece of carnival-like Sunday afternoons where local guitarists, fiddlers and mandolin players hammered out old mountain ballads while legends from the dawn of country music performed their classic hits. Most of the musicians who showed up have long since passed,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.642 STRBaraka, Amiri
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.643 JONAliki.
Summary: Surveys the history and components of music, concentrating on Western musical traditions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Fine AlikiIgus, Toyomi.
Summary: Chronicles and captures poetically the history, mood, and movement of African American music.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 780.89 IGUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 780.98 IGURhodes, James
Summary: "Open your mind to some of the most breathtaking and magnificent pieces of music ever created, and find out why the rebels and revolutionaries who wrote them are responsible for every track on your phone today. Discover their backstories and how each one shaped and defined classical music. Learn about the structure of an orchestra, the language of music, and the history of musical periods. With...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2019