Popular Music, Easy listening

Music and Dance as Everyday South Asia offers an inclusive lens through which to study the music, dance, and allied arts of South Asia, its diaspor...

During the Great War, composers and performers created music that expressed common sentiments like patriotism, grief, and anxiety. Yet music also r...

The Business of Bobbysoxers reconsiders the story of American popular music, celebrity following, and fan behavior during World War II through clos...

The stage musical constitutes a major industry not only in the US and the UK, but in many regions of the world. Over the last four decades many cou...

A teen idol of the 1950s who virtually invented the idea of singer-songwriter-heartthrob that still fuels the industry today, Paul Anka's slew of h...

In 1985 Scottish rockers Simple Minds topped the Billboard 100 with Dont You (Forget About Me), performing the song at Live Aid in Philadelphia the...

Vic Damone is a lasting legend of American pop music. Befriended by Frank Sinatra and encouraged by legends like Perry Como and Tommy Dorsey, he ha...

For the first time, platinum-certified singer-songwriter Marina shares her singular observations of the human heart through poetry; this collection...

In this never-before-published memoir from the files of The Walt Disney Archives, Disney Legend Jimmy Johnson (1917-1976) takes you from his beginn...

In The Music-Machines, author Sean Nye traces a fascinating and distinctly American interpretation of 20th century German electronic music . Coveri...

In The Music-Machines, author Sean Nye traces a fascinating and distinctly American interpretation of 20th century German electronic music . Coveri...

This book traces the trajectories of modern globalization since the late nineteenth century, and considers hegemonic cultural beliefs and practices...

Using interviews with and academic studies of the careers of internationally-famous music producers and music industry professionals from Småland, ...

What do the power rock band Aegis, multimedia superstar Vice Ganda, queer zombie film Zombadings, and glocalized movement P-Pop have in common? The...

Within popular music there are entire genres (jazz standards), styles (hip hop), techniques (sampling), and practices (covers) that rely heavily on...

Peaceful Piano Playlist presents a collection of 35 piano solos for the intermediate pianist. Inspired by the popular peaceful piano playlists avai...

Jackie Collins for a new generation. The Thunder Girls is a blockbuster novel, filled with obsession, addiction, betrayal and revenge, that charts ...

Harold Arlen and His Songs is the first comprehensive book about the music of one of the great song composers of the twentieth century. Arlen wrote...

Harold Arlen and His Songs is the first comprehensive book about the music of one of the great song composers of the twentieth century. Arlen wrote...

The Beatles and the Beatlesque address a paradox emanating from The Beatles music through a cross-disciplinary hybrid of reflections, drawing from ...

Hamilton opened on Broadway in 2015 and quickly became one of the hottest tickets the industry has ever seen. Lin-Manuel Miranda - who wrote the bo...

What do the power rock band Aegis, multimedia superstar Vice Ganda, queer zombie film Zombadings, and glocalized movement P-Pop have in common? The...

Music and Dance as Everyday South Asia offers an inclusive lens through which to study the music, dance, and allied arts of South Asia, its diaspor...

A 2017 Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Nominee!ÞÊConfessions of a Serial SongwriterÊ is an amusing and poignant memoir about songwriter Shelly Peiken...

When he emerged from the nightclubs of Greenwich Village, Bob Dylan was often identified as a protest singer. As early as 1962, however, Dylan was ...

Who runs the world? The Beyhive knows. From the Destiny's Child 2001 hit single Survivor to her 2019 jam 7/11, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has confronte...

Who runs the world? The Beyhive knows. From the Destiny's Child 2001 hit single Survivor to her 2019 jam 7/11, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has confronte...

Chico Buarque comprises a critical appreciation of the self-titled album (1978), which is one of the Brazilian artists most representative. This vi...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'. . . a compelling memoir. Breezy and unpretentious, The Sanest Guy in the Room is a delightful collection of memories,...

Die knapp eineinhalb Jahrzehnte nach 1970 erscheinen im Rückblick als eine Art Sattelzeit der deutschen Popmusik: Fast alle maßgeblichen, zukunftst...

Playwright, composer, actor, director, and producer George M. Cohan looms large in musical theater legend. Remembered today for classic tunes like ...

A son of poor Jamaican immigrants who grew up in Depression-era Harlem, Harry Belafonte became the first black performer to gain artistic control o...

More than 50 years after their breakup, the Beatles are still attracting fans from various generations, all while retaining their original fan base...

Elvis Presley's television debut in January 1956 is often cited as the moment when popular music and television came together. Murray Forman challe...