And The Bands Played On...
Title | And The Bands Played On... PDF eBook |
Author | Howie Thompson |
Publisher | Xlibris Corporation |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2013-02-26 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1479786993 |
As defined by Wikipedia, beach music—also known as Carolina beach musi and, to a lesser extent, beach pop—is a regional genre that developed from various musical styles of the forties, fifties, and sixties. These styles ranged frombig-band swing instrumentals to the more raucous sounds of blues/ jump blues, jazz, doo-wop, boogie, rhythm and blues, reggae, rockabilly, and old-time roc k and roll. Beach music is closely associated with the style of the swing dance known as the shag or the Carolina shag, which is also the official state dance of both North Carolina and South Carolina. Recordings with a 4/4 blues shuffle rhythmic structure and moderate-to-fast tempo are the most popular music for the shag, and the vast majority of the music in this genre fit that description.
And The Band Played on
Title | And The Band Played on PDF eBook |
Author | Randy Shilts |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 666 |
Release | 2000-04-09 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 9780312241353 |
An investigative account of the medical, sexual, and scientific questions surrounding the spread of AIDS across the country.
And the Band Played On
Title | And the Band Played On PDF eBook |
Author | Delbert Eisch |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2010-01-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781467553919 |
And the Bands Played on
Title | And the Bands Played on PDF eBook |
Author | Sid Colin |
Publisher | David & Charles |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Dance orchestras |
ISBN | 9780241104484 |
Proceedings of the Council of the City and County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Title | Proceedings of the Council of the City and County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne PDF eBook |
Author | Newcastle upon Tyne (England). City Council |
Publisher | |
Pages | 582 |
Release | 1884 |
Genre | City councils |
ISBN |
American Big Bands
Title | American Big Bands PDF eBook |
Author | William F. Lee |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780634080548 |
(Book). This ultimate guide to big bands includes hundreds of entries spanning the history of this American musical style. Each entry contains the band name, its leader, essential personnel, the years it existed, tops hits, and a brief description of the band.
Music from behind the Bridge
Title | Music from behind the Bridge PDF eBook |
Author | Shannon Dudley |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 2007-12-03 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0199724377 |
A symbol of Trinidadian culture, the steelband has made an extraordinary transformation since its origins-from junk metal to steel orchestra, and from disparaged underclass pastime to Trinidad and Tobago's national instrument. Now, Shannon Dudley gives the first discerning look at the musical thinking that ignited this transformation, and the way it articulates with Afro-Trinidadian tradition, carnival, colonial authority, and nationalist politics. Music from behind the Bridge tells the story of the steelband from the point of view of musicians who overcame disadvantages of poverty and prejudice with their extraordinary ambition. Literally referring to the poor neighborhoods nestled in the hills bordering Port of Spain to the East, "Behind the Bridge" is also a metaphor for conditions of social disadvantage and cultural resistance that shaped the steelband movement in the various Afro-Trinidadian communities where it first took root. The book further explores the implications of the steelband's "nationalization" in post-independence Trinidad and Tobago, and contemporary steelband musicians' preoccupation with the formally adjudicated annual Panorama competition. In discussing the intersection of musical thinking, festivity, and politics, this book connects important questions about the history of the steelband to general questions about the relation between popular culture and nationalism.