"Told in the words of the musicians themselves, Keeping the Beat on the Street celebrates the renewed passion and pageantry among black brass bands in New Orleans. Mick Burns introduces the people who play the music and shares their insights, showing why New Orleans is the place…
The British Brass Band: A Musical and Social History
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This well researched volume tells the story of music education in Japan and of the wind band contest organized by the All-Japan Band Association. Identified here for the first time as the worlds largest musical competition, it attracts 14,000 bands and well over 500,000 competit…
Just when sixteen-year-old Devin's rock band, Torn, is on the verge of success, its members are stalked by a beast that is a ruthless killer.
Just when sixteen-year-old Devin's rock band, Torn, is on the verge of success, its members are stalked by a beast that is a ruthless killer.
Two magical-realist coming-of-age Weetzie Bat stories from Francesca Lia Block: Witch Baby and Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys. Features two tales in which a young girl searches for her identity on the streets of Los Angeles and four young people form a rock band that transports …
The singer and drummer of the Band details, in this book, the history of one of the most influential groups of the 1960s. While their music evoked a Southern mythology with their beautifully crafted, image-rich songs, only their Arkansan drummer, Levon Helm, was the genuine arti…