Author: William Wiser
Publisher: Atheneum Books
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Ballads, Blues & Swan Songs
Author: William Wiser
Publisher: Atheneum Books
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher: Atheneum Books
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Short Story Index
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Short stories
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Short stories
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
Unprepared To Die
Author: Paul Slade
Publisher: Soundcheck Books
ISBN: 099294807X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
The Gory Stories Behind The Murder Ballads Cheerfully vulgar, revelling in gore, and always with an eye on the main chance, murder ballads are tabloid newspapers set to music, carrying word of the latest ‘orrible murders to an insatiable public. Victims are bludgeoned, stabbed or shot in every verse and killers often hanged, but the songs themselves never die. Instead, they mutate – morphing to suit local place names as they criss cross the Atlantic and continue to fascinate each generation’s biggest musical stars. Paul Slade traces this fascinating genre’s history through eight of its greatest songs. Stagger Lee’s “biographers” alone include Duke Ellington, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Dr John, The Clash and Nick Cave. No two tell his story in quite the same way. Covering eight classic murder ballads, including “Knoxville Girl”, “Tom Dooley” and “Frankie & Johnny”, Slade investigates the real-life murder which inspired each song and traces its musical development down the decades. Billy Bragg, The Bad Seeds’ Mick Harvey, Laura Cantrell, Rennie Sparks of The Handsome Family and a host of other leading musicians add their own insights.
Publisher: Soundcheck Books
ISBN: 099294807X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
The Gory Stories Behind The Murder Ballads Cheerfully vulgar, revelling in gore, and always with an eye on the main chance, murder ballads are tabloid newspapers set to music, carrying word of the latest ‘orrible murders to an insatiable public. Victims are bludgeoned, stabbed or shot in every verse and killers often hanged, but the songs themselves never die. Instead, they mutate – morphing to suit local place names as they criss cross the Atlantic and continue to fascinate each generation’s biggest musical stars. Paul Slade traces this fascinating genre’s history through eight of its greatest songs. Stagger Lee’s “biographers” alone include Duke Ellington, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Dr John, The Clash and Nick Cave. No two tell his story in quite the same way. Covering eight classic murder ballads, including “Knoxville Girl”, “Tom Dooley” and “Frankie & Johnny”, Slade investigates the real-life murder which inspired each song and traces its musical development down the decades. Billy Bragg, The Bad Seeds’ Mick Harvey, Laura Cantrell, Rennie Sparks of The Handsome Family and a host of other leading musicians add their own insights.
Popular Music
Author: Roman Iwaschkin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317223446
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
This is a comprehensive guide to popular music literature, first published in 1986. Its main focus is on American and British works, but it includes significant works from other countries, making it truly international in scope.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317223446
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
This is a comprehensive guide to popular music literature, first published in 1986. Its main focus is on American and British works, but it includes significant works from other countries, making it truly international in scope.
Ballads Blues and Beyond
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780992335007
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 3270
Book Description
Sheet music book of original songs.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780992335007
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 3270
Book Description
Sheet music book of original songs.
John William Corrington
Author: Mills, William
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781589809505
Category : Southern States
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781589809505
Category : Southern States
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Ballads and Blues
Author: W. S. Rendra
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indonesian poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indonesian poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Blues, Ballads and Social Songs
Author: Sterling Allen Brown
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
All Music Guide to the Blues
Author: Vladimir Bogdanov
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879307363
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
Reviews and rates the best recordings of 8,900 blues artists in all styles.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879307363
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
Reviews and rates the best recordings of 8,900 blues artists in all styles.
The Music of Black Americans
Author: Eileen Southern
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393038439
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Beginning with the arrival of the first Africans in the English colonies, Eileen Southern weaves a fascinating narrative of intense musical activity. As singers, players, and composers, black American musicians are fully chronicled in this landmark book. Now in the third edition, the author has brought the entire text up to date and has added a wealth of new material covering the latest developments in gospel, blues, jazz, classical, crossover, Broadway, and rap as they relate to African American music.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393038439
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Beginning with the arrival of the first Africans in the English colonies, Eileen Southern weaves a fascinating narrative of intense musical activity. As singers, players, and composers, black American musicians are fully chronicled in this landmark book. Now in the third edition, the author has brought the entire text up to date and has added a wealth of new material covering the latest developments in gospel, blues, jazz, classical, crossover, Broadway, and rap as they relate to African American music.