"Composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb collaborated for more than forty years, longer than any other composer-lyricist partnership in Broadway history. Of the more than twenty musicals they wrote, their two most successful works to reach Broadway, Cabaret and Chicago, also …
Common has earned a reputation in the hip-hop world as a conscious artist by embracing themes of love and struggle in his songs. His journey toward understanding is rooted in his relationship with a remarkable woman, his mother. Common holds nothing back in this gripping memoir,…
The Grammy Award-winning recording artist and actor shares the story of his life, from his youth on Chicago's South side and rise in the hip-hop industry to his movie appearances and the lessons he has learned as a son and a father.
An essential work for rock fans and scholars, Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll surveys the origins of rock 'n' roll from the minstrel era to the emergence of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley. Unlike other histories of rock, Before Elvis offers a far broader and deeper a…
James Jamerson tumultuous life and musical brilliance are explored in this book through hundreds of interviews, forty-nine transcribed musical scores, two hours of recorded all-star performances and more than fifty rarely seen photographs.
When it was first published, Alec Wilder's American Popular Song quickly became a classic and today it remains essential reading for countless musicians, lovers of American Song, and fans of Alec Wilder. Now, in a 50th anniversary edition, popular music scholar Robert Rawlins br…
"With a claim on artists from Jimmie Rodgers to Jason Isbell, Americana can be hard to define, but you know it when you hear it. John Milward's Americanaland is filled with the enduring performers and vivid stories that are at the heart of Americana. At base a hybrid of rock and…
Lyrics and guitar chords for 1200 traditional and modern folk songs.
