No existe tradiciOn mAs mexicana que la de los corridos, las herOicas baladas que celebran a los de abajo -- a los fugitivos y pistoleros. Al igual que las baladas de Robin Hood o de Jesse James, los corridos han sido para los pobres una manera de enaltecer a sus hEroes. Los corridos siguen, pero sus hEroes han cambiado: ahora son cElebres los narcotraficantes. Elijah Wald cuenta la fascinante historia de esta nueva versiOn de una vieja tradiciOn: la de los narcocorridos. Traza el desarrollo de los corridos desde sus orIgenes en el indOmito Oeste hasta su mAs reciente encarnaciOn en la costa...
No existe tradiciOn mAs mexicana que la de los corridos, las herOicas baladas que celebran a los de abajo -- a los fugitivos y pistoleros. Al igual qu...
The life of blues legend Robert Johnson becomes the centerpiece for this innovative look at what many consider to be America's deepest and most influential music genre. Pivotal are the questions surrounding why Johnson was ignored by the core black audience of his time yet now celebrated as the greatest figure in blues history.
Trying to separate myth from reality, biographer Elijah Wald studies the blues from the inside -- not only examining recordings but also the recollections of the musicians themselves, the African-American press, as well as examining original research. What...
The life of blues legend Robert Johnson becomes the centerpiece for this innovative look at what many consider to be America's deepest and most inf...
This biography of the blues star traces his life in the context of the evolution of the blues and folk revival, and is a must read for anyone interested in the history of American popular culture.
This biography of the blues star traces his life in the context of the evolution of the blues and folk revival, and is a must read for anyone interest...
"Global Minstrels: The World of World Music" introduces today's leading performers from around the world. From urban nightclubbers dancing to salsa to suburbanites relaxing with Cuban and Brazilian melodies, to the host of pop and rock stars who have added international flavors to their music, "world" sounds have become part of the basic fabric of American life. At the same time, in every American city, immigrants have used musical gatherings as a way to bring their communities together. Including conversations with dozens of artists from five continents, "Global Minstrels" explores the...
"Global Minstrels: The World of World Music" introduces today's leading performers from around the world. From urban nightclubbers dancing to salsa to...
As the fastest growing sector of the U.S. music market, world music has embedded itself in the fabric of American life. Artists such as Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon and the Talking Heads have all utilized characteristics of the "world" sound in their music, while international performers are enjoying unexpected fame in the U.S. At the same time, in an era of unprecedented immigration and globalization, people all over the world are using music as way to preserve their local and ethnic identity.
Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music is an accessible introduction to...
As the fastest growing sector of the U.S. music market, world music has embedded itself in the fabric of American life. Artists such as Peter Gabri...
Genes have become mythologized as truth-tellers and explanations for everything from homosexuality to heavy drinking. More and more, the unregulated findings of genetic science are being written into insurance policies, employment contracts, into law enforcement and education. This new edition of Hubbard's book challenges the current hegemony of gene research, exploring both its scientific and social implications, including new advances such as genetic cloning.
Genes have become mythologized as truth-tellers and explanations for everything from homosexuality to heavy drinking. More and more, the unregulated f...
From Two Live Crew's controversial comedy to Ice Cube's gangsta styling and the battle rhymes of a streetcorner cypher, rap has always drawn on deep traditions of African American poetic word-play, In Talking 'Bout Your Mama, author Elijah Wald explores one of the most potent sources of rap: the viciously funny, outrageously inventive insult game known as "the dozens." So what is the dozens? At its simplest, it's a comic chain of "yo' mama" jokes. At its most complex, it's an intricate form of social interaction that reaches back to African ceremonial rituals. Wald traces the tradition of...
From Two Live Crew's controversial comedy to Ice Cube's gangsta styling and the battle rhymes of a streetcorner cypher, rap has always drawn on deep t...
One of the music world's pre-eminent critics takes a fresh and much-needed look at the day Dylan -went electric- at the Newport Folk Festival, timed to coincide with the event's fiftieth anniversary.
On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at Newport Folk Festival, backed by an electric band, and roared into his new rock hit, Like a Rolling Stone. The audience of committed folk purists and political activists who had hailed him as their acoustic prophet reacted with a mix of shock, booing, and scattered cheers. It was the shot heard round the world--Dylan's...
One of the music world's pre-eminent critics takes a fresh and much-needed look at the day Dylan -went electric- at the Newport Folk Festival, time...
