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Author
Series
33 1/3 volume 139
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
By 1985 Tom Petty had already obtained legendary status. He had fame. He had money. But he was restless, hoping to stretch his artistry beyond the confining format of songs like The Waiting and Refugee. Initially conceiving a concept album about the American South, Petty, mired in excess and indulgence, lost the thread of the concept, then entirely jettisoned his ambitions for a concept record. In frustration Petty broke his hand while trying to mix...
Author
Series
Publisher
The Pennsylvania State University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Presents a history of the influence of Black musicians on the Beatles, exploring musical and storytelling legacies full of rich but contested symbolism and the transatlantic circulation of diaspora African arts, tropes, and symbols"--
6) Showtime!
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Ty loves playing the instruments, but something's missing--his friends! With the help of his vivid imagination, Ty and his friends are onstage in a band making great music together!"--Provided by publisher.
9) Melody
Author
Series
Steel brothers saga volume 28
Publisher
Waterhouse Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Jesse Pike and his band just got their big break. Opening for Emerald Phoenix on their Europe tour could lead to fame and fortune, and his family desperately needs the money after a fire destroyed their livelihood. He can't let them down, and he's determined not to let anything distract him--certainly not vivacious cowgirl Brianna Steel, even if she is the most gorgeous woman he's ever laid eyes on"--
Author
Publisher
RCA
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The highly anticipated new album from multi-talented entertainer, recording artist, record producer, songwriter and actor Justin Timberlake. This is Justin's sixth studio album, and includes the first single "Selfish," a pop infused offering driven by its infectious melodies and features the star's iconic soulful vocals.
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Treating the work of hip-hop artists from the last several decades like sacred scripture, this book traces the history of hip-hop and uses it as a conduit to tell the modern story of Black Liberation in this country, following the bloody trail from the end of the Civil Rights era until the day George Floyd was sacrificed on the streets of America"--
12) Mayluna: a novel
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In the 1990s, Carter Wills was the lead singer of the English alt-rock band Mayluna, securing his place among music legends. His tortured-heart lyrics struck a chord. And so did his secret connection to a woman whose love changed all their lives. Who was she? Evie Waters's two grown children discover an iconic photo in an old magazine of a 'mystery girl' with Carter: their mother. It all started in a wistful time and place for Evie, her twenty-fifth...
13) Deeper well
Author
Publisher
Interscope
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The music on Deeper Well, the seven-time Grammy winner's fifth album, is almost chimeric. Rolling acoustic guitars, puffy clouds of strings and synth, warm bass punctuations, layered harmonies, moments of Celtic melody and plenty of room on the tracks for Musgraves' silvery vocals. On the bright, almost folky title track, the 30-something songstress surveys her life and priorities, recognizing what feeds her, drains her and even examines the childhood...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Discovering an orphaned wolf pup she believes is related to the five sacred beasts of Devia, which a Hunter has been killing one by one, Sona embarks on an epic adventure during which she realizes that the fate of the sacred beasts, and the future of Devia, is in her hands"--
18) ASAP
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When her ex-boyfriend, a member of one of the biggest K-pop bands in the world and forbidden from dating, is rocked by scandal, K-pop idol Sori offers him a hideaway with her until she must decide if her future is worth sacrificing for a second chance at love"--
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"How did a bunch of young people from the inner city create a genre of music that became a global phenomenon? From its humble origins at house parties in the Bronx, where DJs mixed old records to create new sounds, charismatic MCs let their clever lyrics flow, and B-boys and B-girls pioneered inventive dance moves, hip-hop quickly became a musical and cultural revolution." --
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