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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Nine Grammys. More than ten million albums sold. Named one of the greatest singers and songwriters of all time by Rolling Stone. Joni: The Anthology is an essential collection of writings on Joni Mitchell that charts every major moment of the famed troubadour's extraordinary career, as it happened."--Book jacket.
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Believing that every great song has a fascinating backstory, Myers brings to life five decades of music through oral histories of forty-five transformative songs woven from interviews with the artists who created them.From "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" by Lloyd Price to "Losing my religion" by R.E.M., leading artists reveal the emotions, inspirations, and techniques behind their influential works. The result is a love letter to the songs that have defined generations....
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Tributes to twenty-seven extraordinary artists and bands whose innovations changed the musical landscape for generations to come. Find out the real-life stories behind these legendary artists -- the surprising challenges they faced, the music influences that shaped them, and the power of their music to inspire other artists, touch listeners, and shine a light on social injustice.
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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"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"--
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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"A lovingly thorough dissection of every album and every track ever released by David Bowie over the span of his nearly 50 year career, David Bowie All the Songs follows the musician from his self-titled debut album released in 1967 all the way through Blackstar, his final album." --Provided by Publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
Since the early sixties, musicians have put themselves on the line for the causes they believed in, raising public awareness about important issues through songs, rallies, and benefit events. For more than thirty years, musician David Crosby has been one of rock 'n' roll's most outspoken voices for social change. Here, he recounts the stories of the artists who made a difference and the passionate convictions that moved them.
17) Muscle Shoals
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"Located alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama has helped create some of the most important and resonant songs of all time. Overcoming crushing poverty and staggering tragedies, Rick Hall brought black and white together to create music for the generations. He is responsible for creating the 'Muscle Shoals sound' and the Swampers, the house band at FAME Studios that eventually left to start its own successful studio known as Muscle...
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