. It was the twang heard 'round the world: Rockabilly was born out of country, bluegrass, jazz, and the blues in the 1950s, becoming rock 'n' roll and ruling the world. Here's the story of Elvis Presley's first Sun records that inspired all. And here's Carl Perkins, Gene [...]
Englisch; Fester Einband
Erschienen: 2011 / Lieferfrist: 3-5 Wochen (Titel wird speziell besorgt)
The Doors: a lasting voice, or psychedelic trash? To Greil Marcus they can be both--in the same song. More Doors songs can be heard on the radio today, forty years after Jim Morrison's death, than those of almost any group of their era. Sparked by that fact, and with the [...]
Greil Marcus ha escrito la biografía de una canción mítica. Grabada el 16 de junio. de 1965, «Like a Rolling Stone» se incorporó inmediatamente a la iconografía de. su época, y con tanta fuerza que varias décadas después sigue evadiendo los. zarpazos del tiempo. Los músicos [...]
Spanisch; Fester Einband
Erschienen: 2011 / Lieferfrist: 3-5 Wochen (Titel wird speziell besorgt)
Italienisch; Fester Einband
Erschienen: 2011 / Lieferfrist: mind. 4 Wochen (Titel wird speziell besorgt)
Explores the life and music of Van Morrison, discussing what makes him one of the most unique musical artists of our time and what distinguishes his most transcendent moments.
Englisch; Fester Einband
Erschienen: 16.03.2010 / Lieferfrist: 1-3 Wochen (kurzfristig nicht lieferbar)
An author who has made a career of listening to Bob Dylan collects more than forty years of his essays on the music, performances, books, and movies by and about Bob Dylan, as he assesses the iconic figure's impact on his times.
America is a nation making itself up as it goes along. From the first conception of a New World in the sixteenth century to the re-envisioning of that world in cartoons, television, science fiction, and hip hop, this book gives us a kaleidoscopic view of what 'Made in [...]
Politics has taken a cultural turn in America, and the arts are at the center of todays culture wars. In this book, some of our most prominent cultural critics explore the relationships between culture and politics as played out in the world of novels, television, museums, [...]
Englisch; Fester Einband
Erschienen: November 1998 / Lieferfrist: 1-3 Wochen (kurzfristig nicht lieferbar)
Aims to untangle the story of America's covenant with itself - and the idealism, horror, eloquence and violence integral to its founding narratives. This title presents an account that moves back and forth between culture and politics, with dives into the work of few [...]
Englisch; Fester Einband
Erschienen: 17.08.2006 / Lieferfrist: 1-3 Wochen (kurzfristig nicht lieferbar)
A panoramic study of the American identity examines the nation's fable of self-invention, from the colonial period to the present day, arguing that the promise of America lies less and less in the political realm but more in the work of individual artists, writers, [...]
Englisch; Fester Einband
Erschienen: 05.09.2006 / Lieferfrist: 1-3 Wochen (kurzfristig nicht lieferbar)
A collection of interviews with one of America's most influential authors, music journalists, and cultural critics. In this book, the author has explored the connections among figures, sounds, and events in culture, relating unrelated points of departure, mapping alternate [...]
Englisch; Fester Einband
Erschienen: Oktober 2012 / Lieferfrist: 2-3 Wochen (Titel wird auf Bestellung gedruckt)
A collection of writings and illustrations on the American ballad which treats it as an art form as well as an expressive reflection of history, in an anthology that features pieces by such contributors as Paul Muldoon, John Rockwell, and Joyce Carol Oates.
Englisch; Fester Einband
Erschienen: 18.03.2005 / Lieferfrist: mind. 4 Wochen (Titel wird speziell besorgt)