Títulos em Música

This unforgettable and in-depth exploration of The Beach Boys’ incredible output during their early to peak years, from 1961 to 1967, interweaves recollections by group members, family, friends, and musical colleagues. David Beard compiles a wide range of fascinating and eye-opening conversations and original interviews with the group and integral figures in the band’s history, including Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks, Bruce Johnston, Jan Berry, Dean Torrence, Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford, Ginger Blake, and many others.

Yeah Yeah Yeah is a landmark and addictive work that audaciously charts the entire story of pop music. Unlike other books, it comprehensively covers the genre's history, spanning from the advent of the music charts in the 1950s to the digital transition of the year 2000. It covers an astonishing range of artists, from Billy Fury and Roxy Music to TLC and Britney, including giants like Led Zeppelin and Donna Summer. This book will remind you exactly why you first fell in love with pop.

Napalm Death bassist Shane Embury has been a major figure in grindcore for more than four decades, and his story is closely tied to the history of that scene. Life?… And Napalm Death takes the listener on a front seat, white-knuckle ride through the sights, sounds, places, and people who’ve been central to the music and the life. Told in his own, inimitable style, this is not just the life story of Shane, but also a history of Napalm Death and their part in the development of grindcore from the beginning to the present.

Cornel Bonca dives deeply into his music, his long fifty-year career, and activism—including environmentalism—within the context of American life, revealing a figure still fueled by certain American ideals like justice, freedom, and equality for all. Browne grew up in Southern California in the early 1960s, greatly influenced by his mother's progressive politics, the music of Bob Dylan and the speeches of Martin Luther King.

Breaking is the first and most widely practiced hip-hop dance in the world, with around one million participants in this dynamic, multifaceted artform – and, as of 2024, Olympic sport. Dancer and scholar Serouj "Midus" Aprahamian offers, for the first time, a detailed look into the African American beginnings of breaking in the Bronx, New York.

Popular music history collides with data analytics, charts, and numbers in this insightful and surprising look at the greatest hits and musicians, fads, forgotten artists, and much more. Data analyst and musician Chris Dalla Riva reframes everything you thought you knew about music. Coupling hard data with engaging anecdotes, Uncharted Territory is both a takedown and celebration of popular music and provides new ways to think about your favorite songs, genres, and artists from the last 6 decades using unexpected statistics and playful visualizations.

The surprising story of how iconic works of music sparked debate and action in the halls of Congress. In On the Record: Music That Changed America, Anna Harwell Celenza uncovers the sometimes–surprising influence of music on American politics and culture. From "The Star–Spangled Banner" and...

The long awaited autobiography from the musical maverick, polymath and Beta Band front man. “Self-destructive pop saboteurs who did it all wrong in all the right ways. Utterly brilliant” —NME Steve Mason is a Scottish singer songwriter and founding member of the Beta Band. Formed in 1996...

Solfeggio Frequencies for Beginners is a complete, beginner-friendly audio experience designed to introduce you to sound frequencies, mindful listening, and relaxation practices in a clear, grounded, and accessible way—no prior experience required.

عملٌ دسمٌ يغوص في أعماق تاريخ الموسيقى العربية، ويقدم لنا لوحة فنية زاهية عن هذا الفن الرفيع عبر العصور. يعتبر هذا الكتاب مرجعًا أساسيًا لكل من يهتم بتاريخ الموسيقى العربية، ويرغب في استكشاف جذورها وتطورها.

MercyMe was just a small worship band from Texas until January 2002, when Bart Millard’s song “I Can Only Imagine” swept the airwaves. Suddenly Bart, his bandmates, and their families were riding a wave of success beyond their wildest dreams. Then everything changed again. Bart and Shannon lost Shannon’s brother to a tragic accident. Their second child was born prematurely. Their oldest child was diagnosed with diabetes. Their marriage struggled as Bart spent more and more time on the road, feeling the weight of the band’s success on his shoulders.

Mozart was chaos. A boy wonder. A broke genius. A man who joked about farts and wrote music that made kings weep. This book isn’t a textbook. It’s a story. From the powdered courts of Europe to the echo of his Requiem, MOZART: The Man Who Was Born in Tune follows the full arc. The prodigy, the rebel, the romantic, and the ghost. You’ll meet the father who pulled the strings, the wife who stayed through the madness, the enemies who envied him, and the symphonies that bent light.

In these words, Paganini is not treated as a historical personality, but as a phenomenon that disrupts the established boundaries between culture and nature. His performance practice is approached not as artistic expression, but as the manifestation of a primordial tension underlying all forms of life. The focus, therefore, is not on the literal musical text — not on notes, technique, or idiom — but on the structures that precede them: the vibrational patterns that act prior to cognition and penetrate beneath the threshold of consciousness.

This highly captivating audiobook takes listeners on a journey through the history of classical music. However, author and music educator Vincent Sneed demonstrates that this history does not begin in Europe, but instead, the origins of classical music reside in places such as Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Sneed details how the music of composers such as Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven would never have existed if it had not been the ingenuity and innovation of black and brown people.

The voice that defined soul. The life that defied expectations. The truth that changes everything. What do we really know about the legends we claim to love? We know their hits, their accolades, their public personas—but do we know their truths? Etta James sang with a passion that could shatter hearts and heal souls, but behind that incomparable voice lived a woman fighting battles most of us can't imagine. At Last! The Etta James Chronicles pulls back the curtain on one of music's most complex and captivating figures, revealing the real woman behind the legend.

Shapeshifting, collaborative, endlessly inventive and robustly empowering: Black music has transformed British culture and society, and gifted generations of Black Britons a powerful means to reject misrepresentation and find freedom and joy in sound. From the height of jungle and hip-hop in the...

**Soon to be a major motion picture directed by James McAvoy** California Schemin' is the remarkable true story of how two rappers from Dundee duped the music industry out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd – or Silibil N' Brains, as they became known – were two...

El célebre tenor Ian Bostridge pasó casi dos años sin poder pisar los escenarios a causa de la pandemia, hecho que lo llevó a reflexionar sobre el valor irrenunciable del contacto directo con el público, a la vez que le permitió ahondar en el amplio catálogo de clásicos que ha interpretado a lo largo de su carrera.

Spanning over decades, this is the remarkable, heartfelt memoir from Abdul 'Duke' Fakir, the last surviving member of The Four Tops. Amidst a backdrop of Detroit, I'll Be There features revealing anecdotes from the group's formation, their early days as backup singers for the likes of Jackie...

Tom Doyle takes listeners through the ride of a lifetime, from Starr's brushes with death as a child brought up in poverty, through to dizzying heights of fame and success with the Beatles and beyond. By examining pivotal moments, anecdotes, and cautionary tales, we see Starr soar as part of the biggest band in the world—and then try to cope with life outside of it with a film career, misadventures with friends, children's TV narration, furniture designing, and marriage to a Bond girl, before eventually finding peace and sobriety.