Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 054794201X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 054794201X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
Stalebread Charlie and the Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band
Author: Michael James MahinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The fictionalized story about a group of starving, homeless kids in 1890s New Orleans who made their own instruments and started a band that historians now consider an important step in the development of jazz.
Louisville Jug Music
Author: Michael L. JonesPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 162585028X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Forged on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers during the nineteenth century, jug band music was the early soundtrack for a new nation. Louisville was at the heart of it all. German and Irish immigrants, former slaves en route to Chicago and homesteaders moving into the city created a fertile ground for this new sound. Artists like Earl McDonald and his Original Louisville Jug Band made the city legendary. Some stayed in this so-called money town, passing on licks and melodies that still influence bands like the Juggernaut Jug Band. Tune in to Louisville's jug band music history with local writer Michael Jones and discover a tradition that has left a long-lasting impression on America's musical culture.
Night Jasmine
Author: Mary Lou WidmerPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452050473
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
TWO MEN...ONE LOVE... Brutally exposed to the naked facts of life, Katie Raspanti fled the dingy hovels of the slums to become a kitchen maid in New Orleans's most elegant household. She was no more than a child, but all too soon she became the tantalizing beauty who commanded the hearts of two brothers, both willing to abandon family and fortune to be at her side. Never, ever, did Katie dream that she would be the one to ignite the passions that would divide the legendary Eagan family, that would drive the Eagan boys to greatness, that would propel her to the top of New Orleans society and beyond... NIGHT JASMINE
Isabella St. Clair: A Vamp Is Reborn
Author: Denise M. Snellgrove WilkinsonPublisher: Isabella St. Clair
ISBN: 0557460271
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Isabella St. Clair returns back to the the mystical Vieux Carre, from the muddy swamps of Pearlington, Mississippi as a decomposing zombie and bechances upon the spirit of Felicity through her voodoo spell, Fares de Sacrifices, thus reuniting with her immortal lover from the past, Rene the beginnings of a deceitful masquerade that ultimately leads to an immortal war between Isabella's sire, Prince Acadian.Mystery filled with secrets from the past, murder, deceit, within the underground world of the Vieux Carre, thus vengeance is the crusade that drives Isabella to revenge her mother's death, vengeance that leads Isabella through the many hidden passageways beneath the Vieux Carre, reborn into a beautiful immortal vampire, succeeding the punishment by the Elders, the judges of the creatures of the night, thus, making new ties with Marie Laveau, II.Storyline takes place within the late 1800's, within the New Orleans' French Quarter, the infamous Storyville, and the swamps of Bayou St. John.
The Musical Theatre
Author: Alan Jay LernerPublisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9780306803642
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Let's Do It
Author: Bob StanleyPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1639362517
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
The must-read music book of the year—and the first such history bringing together all musical genres to tell the definitive narrative of the birth of Pop—from 1900 to the mid-1950s. Pop music didn't begin with the Beatles in 1963, or with Elvis in 1956, or even with the first seven-inch singles in 1949. There was a pre-history that went back to the first recorded music, right back to the turn of the century. Who were these earliest record stars—and were they in any meaningful way "pop stars"? Who was George Gershwin writing songs for? Why did swing, the hit sound for a decade or more, become almost invisible after World War II? The prequel to Bob Stanley’s celebrated Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!, this new volume is the first book to tell the definitive story of the birth of pop, from the invention of the 78 rpm record at the end of the nineteenth century to the beginnings of rock and the modern pop age. Covering superstars such as Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra, alongside the unheralded songwriters and arrangers behind some of our most enduring songs, Stanley paints an aural portrait of pop music's formative years in stunning clarity, uncovering the silver threads and golden needles that bind the form together. Bringing the eclectic, evolving world of early pop to life—from ragtime, blues and jazz to Broadway, country, crooning, and beyond—Let's Do It is essential reading for all music lovers. "An encyclopaedic introduction to the fascinating and often forgotten creators of Anglo-American hit music in the first half of the twentieth century."—Neil Tennant (The Pet Shop Boys)
Vulgar Tongues
Author: Max DécharnéPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 168177500X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
This rollercoaster ride through the colorful history of slang—from highwaymen to hip-hop—is a fresh and exciting take on the subject: entertaining and authoritative without being patronizing, out-of-touch or voyeuristic. Slang is the language of pop culture, low culture, street culture, underground movements and secret societies; depending on your point of view, it is a badge of honor, a sign of identity or a dangerous assault on the values of polite society. Of all the vocabularies available to us, slang is the most alive, constantly evolving and—as it leaks into the mainstream and is taken up by all of us—infusing the language with a healthy dose of vitality. Witty, energetic and informative Vulgar Tongues traces the many routes of slang, beginning with the thieves and prostitutes of Elizabethan London and ending with the present day, where the centuries-old terms rap and hip-hop still survive, though their meanings have changed. On the way we will meet Dr. Johnson, World War II flying aces, pickpockets, schoolchildren, hardboiled private eyes, carnival geeks and the many eccentric characters who have tried to record slang throughout its checkered past. If you’re curious about flapdragons and ale passion, the changing meanings of punk and geek, or how fly originated on the streets of eighteenth-century London and square in Masonic lodges, this is the book for you.
The King's Fifth
Author: Scott O'DellPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547349688
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Newbery Honor Book: A “stunning” historical novel of a teenager’s journey from Spain to the New World in search of gold (Kirkus Reviews). Mapmaker Esteban de Sandoval is only seventeen years old, but he has experienced much adventure, traveling to the New World to hunt for gold with the Conquistadors. Whatever treasure they find, they were expected to give one-fifth of it to the king. But Esteban is accused of withholding the king’s fifth—and of murder. As he waits for his trial to begin, he recalls the experience of his journey: the men he sailed with, the young Native American girl who guided him—and the ways that it changed him—in this remarkable novel about Spanish colonialism by the author of such classics as Island of the Blue Dolphins.
Muddy
Author: Michael MahinPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 148144350X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
An Ezra Jack Keats Book Award Winner A New York Times Best Illustrated Book An NPR Best Book of the Year A Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book A Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner A picture book celebration of the indomitable Muddy Waters, a blues musician whose fierce and electric sound laid the groundwork for what would become rock and roll. Muddy Waters was never good at doing what he was told. When Grandma Della said the blues wouldn’t put food on the table, Muddy didn’t listen. And when record producers told him no one wanted to listen to a country boy playing country blues, Muddy ignored them as well. This tenacious streak carried Muddy from the hardscrabble fields of Mississippi to the smoky juke joints of Chicago and finally to a recording studio where a landmark record was made. Soon the world fell in love with the tough spirit of Muddy Waters. In blues-infused prose and soulful illustrations, Michael Mahin and award-winning artist Evan Turk tell Muddy’s fascinating and inspiring story of struggle, determination, and hope.
