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Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In 2011 Adele scored a number one single, with Rolling in the Deep, and the year's biggest selling album, with 21. This DVD/CD set captures her concert from London's famous Royal Albert Hall. Along with performances of songs from her two albums, this DVD features behind-the-scenes footage.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Daniel Radcliffe is "Weird" Al Yankovic in the unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician of our time. From a conventional upbringing where playing the accordion was a sin, Al rebelled and made his dream of changing the words to world-renowned songs come true. An instant success and sex symbol, Al lives an excessive lifestyle and pursues an infamous romance that nearly destroys him.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"With A Child's Introduction to Hip Hop, parents can teach their kids about their favorite musical genre through this beautifully illustrated exploration of the history and origins of hip hop, beginning with the "Holy Trinity" of DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and Grandmaster Flash, to today's Kanye West, Cardi B, and more, all leading up to the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip hop in August 2023"--
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Budding music fans will love discovering musical geniuses of every era, from Mozart and classical music to Bowie and pop, as well as finding out how music is created and what links it all together. The book looks at music throughout history, beginning with the first known melody from the Fertile Crescent and covering modern music phenomena, from K Pop to hip-hop. Instruments and genres from across the world are featured, with "playlists" of key pieces...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In November 1838, Frédéric Chopin, George Sand, and her two children sailed to Majorca to escape the Parisian winter. They settled in an abandoned monastery at Valldemossa in the mountains above Palma where Chopin finished what would eventually be recognized as one of the great and revolutionary works of musical Romanticism: his twenty-four Preludes. There was scarcely a decent piano on the island (these were still early days in the evolution of...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In the 1970s, disco dominated American pop music. Originating in nightclubs that featured record players instead of live bands, disco was a major stylistic departure from rock, and its rise to the top of the music charts signaled a cultural shift that some found threatening. Disco's roots lay in a gay urban subculture, and the artists who created it were largely African American and Latino. In the gay dance clubs where it flourished, disco was much...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Despite being hailed as one of the best guitarists of his era, George Harrison, particularly in his early decades, battled feelings of inferiority. He was often the butt of jokes from his bandmates owing to his lower-class background and, typically, was allowed to contribute only one or two songs per Beatles album out of the dozens he wrote. Now, acclaimed Beatles biographer Philip Norman examines Harrison through the lens of his numerous self-contradictions....
Author
Series
Zoey Ashe novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Zoey Ashe wakes up every day feeling like she's trying to steer a battleship while tied to the propeller. The twenty-three-year-old heiress to a criminal empire is navigating a futuristic world of high-tech liars and cutthroats, forced to learn the rules of a devious game she never asked to play. Now she's facing a crisis that is both bigger and stranger than all that came before: The gleaming new city of Tabula Ra$a is hosting its massive annual...
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Discover the power of music and be inspired by cultures from all over the world with the Children's Book of Music. You'll find out how instruments are made and played and learn about the fascinating lives and achievements of great composers and musicians, from Bach to Bowie, Bjork, and Beyonce. The book is packed with facts and photos highlighting musical styles from around the globe, from the very earliest music through classical and blues, via reggae,...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The Monty Python troupe reunites onstage for a one-night-only performance of a musical adaptation of their film Life of Brian which tells the story of Brian Cohen, a young Jewish man who is born on the same day as, and next door to, Jesus Christ, and is subsequently mistaken for the Messiah.
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
An adorable Sing-Along board book story, with five robust board sliders easy for little hands to use! Each board book comes with a free instrumental and vocal version of the nursery rhyme - simply scan the QR code for little ones to listen and sing along! With bright illustrations this series make the perfect gift for a baby or toddler! As evening falls and the old clockmaker shuts up his shop for the night, a crew of cheeky mice emerge and get up...
15) A Sonic Pulse
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Electronic beats transform this short film into an incredibly captivating multi-sensorial experience.
16) Monterey pop
Series
Criterion collection volume 168
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
Monterey Pop is the first filmed document of a rock festival. The Monterey Pop Festival, held on California's Monterey Peninsula in 1967, helped launch the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding. Legendary moments captured on film include Pete Townshend destroying his guitar and Jimi Hendrix burning his.
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Filmed at Sydney's Carriageworks, the Australian Chamber Orchestra take us on an exquisitely beautiful and moving journey. Vox amoris, written for Richard Tognetti in 2009 by Latvian composer Peteris Vasks, the violin sings a song to the glory of love through emotional highs and lows. Such balancing of melancholy and light also underpins the moral complexity in Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht, but the resolution finds love as a redeemer. Even Bach’s...
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Narrated by iconic director John Carpenter, THE RISE OF THE SYNTHS traverses nine countries, interviewing the scene’s biggest stars and original trailblazers. The film explores the roots of the now breakout Synthwave scene, charting its humble online and underground beginnings to its impact on today’s pop culture.
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