Musik

Arguably America's most profound cultural contribution, jazz has evolved for over a hundred years since its birth in the ethnic gumbo of New Orleans at the dawn of the 20th century. Like a mighty river, it has wended its way over time through geography, style, and mood, forming numerous tributaries along the way. In this reissue, each figure is featured in handsome vintage photographs and a pithy, revealing biography.

This book considers the cognitive, behavioural and socio-emotional aspects of autism in relation to music perception, musical engagement and music production. Musicality is considered from an evolutionary perspective and in relation to psychological models of autism. In drawing together literature on autism and music neuroscience with original case studies from musicians with autism, the book seeks to broaden our understanding of typical and atypical musical experience and sets a new agenda for multi-disciplinary research in this area. It provides a unique resource that will appeal to students and scholars of Autism Spectrum Disorder, neurodevelopmental conditions, music psychology and neuroscience, music therapy, music education and inclusive education; as well as to practitioners and general readers.Pamela Heaton is Emerita Professor of Psychology, at Goldsmiths University of London, UK. As a mature student, Professor Heaton drew on her undergraduate studies in music and classical training in her PhD thesis, which was awarded the British Psychological Society prize for outstanding doctoral research contributions in 2002. Developing and delivering the cross-departmental Psychology of Music module fuelled her interest in developing a cross-disciplinary approach to studying music in neurodevelopmental conditions

Close The App, Make The Ting is a collection of ideas shared by Elijah that began in July 2021, as the Covid 19 lockdowns were ending in the UK. They started as simple notes questioning what the music and creative scenes would look like after being shut down for 18 months shared regularly on Instagram, then developed into a multimedia project that spanned visual installations, an album with grime MC Jammz, a club night and a lecture series that toured the world. The Close The App, Make The Ting book brings together the best of the ideas, and the projects they inspired. This is for anyone producing or thinking of producing creative work, that needs something outside of 'advice', these are evergreen artistic prompts that will inspire new ways of approaching being an artist in the 2020s.

This book explores young Cambodians' perceptions of their place in today's society and how they interact with the country's arts and culture scene.

With Unofficial Harry Styles Crochet as their guide, fans of the star can create 20+ Harry-themed crochet projects to wear and display.

Mark Fisher was the creator of a new art form: the travelling rock show. This book details every major project and more than 100 of his extraordinary drawings.

Celebrate four exhilarating and rebellious decades of Guns N’ Roses with this lushly illustrated journey through the band’s biggest moments.Formed on Los Angeles’ famed Sunset Strip in 1985, Guns N’ Roses worked their way up from the club scene in less than three years to become a best-selling recording act and a top tour draw. Along the way, there was no shortage of controversy to accompany the accolades. In Guns N’ Roses at 40, prolific rock biographer Martin Popoff curates 40 key touchstones in GN’R’s career, charting their formation and early history, key concert appearances, groundbreaking releases, notable collaborations, business challenges, personal difficulties, band quarrels, and more. This beautifully produced tribute features:Sturdy hardcover formatStunning photography, both on and off the stageImages of band memorabiliaGatefold Guns N’ Roses timelineComplete studio discographyPopoff covers it all:A history of the band’s scruffy early days on Hollywood’s Sunset Strip club sceneBackgrounds of founding members Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, Slash, Izzy Stradlin, and Steven AdlerRundowns of the key studio albums and the processes behind themAnalyses of the infamous incidents and controversies that seemed to follow the bandThe departures (and sometimes the returns) of key membersFirst-person interviews with bassists Duff McKagan and Tommy Stinson In examining 40 key pivot points in GN’R’s now-forty-year history, Guns N’ Roses at 40 provides a concise documentary-like view of the band that as much as any other helped drive a spike through the heart of hair metal. Combine this unique perspective with a gorgeous package and you have an indispensable addition to the collection of every fan.

In Music inspires Ikebana more than 150 international Ikebana artists draw inspiration from five very different pieces of classical music to showcase the symbiotic relationship between both arts.

Studio Electrophonique tells the story of the Sheffield home studio that helped launch the careers of some of the biggest names in British pop: The Human League, Heaven 17, Pulp, ABC and more. -- .

This book analyses experimental performances by British music ensembles in the twenty-first century. It shows how theatrical approaches to presenting orchestral music can facilitate unique and powerful experiences for audiences, enable new interpretation of repertoire, and connect music-making to contemporary social issues. -- .

500 grams of dark reddish-blue matter and cord blood, skin, drainage tubes, sheets, gloves, sterile drapes, clamps, lab coats, stitches, a one-star recovery room. A set of visual data. Your willing, clear-cut, single gesture is an integral part of the work. Listening with your eyes. This includes a vinyl record and perforated pages that can be opened.

The INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO IN CLASSICAL MUSIC 2025 provides an invaluable and practical source of biographical information on a variety of notable men and women from the world of classical music.

The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2023 gives biographical information and contact details for some of the most talented and influential artists and individuals from the world of popular music.

An encapsulation of the musician and activist's career and legacy.From lead singer and guitarist of the Wailers, to his international solo success in the 1970s, Bob Marley is largely credited with the popularization of Reggae music in the UK and Europe. Having died in 1981, Marley's legacy is clearly evident within society today, as evidenced by the widespread success of the film, One Love (2024). With this influx of Gen Z fans, as well as lifelong followers, this book celebrates the career of the 1978 United Nations Peace Medal winner with facts on his background, discography and live shows which have gone down in history.