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"Celia Cruz - The Defiant Voice of Afro-Cuban Music" is a riveting tribute to the life, legacy, and indomitable spirit of one of Latin music's most celebrated icons. This biography captures the essence of Celia Cruz's journey - from her humble beginnings in Havana's vibrant neighborhoods to her ascent as the undisputed "Queen of Salsa."Using a rich tapestry of different sources, the author paints a vivid portrait of Cruz as not just a musical sensation...
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Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, a Zimbabwean guitarist, vocalist, and composer, has performed worldwide and released some 50 albums. One of a handful of artists to have a beat named after him, Mtukudzi blends Zimbabwean traditional sounds with South African township music and American gospel and soul, to compose what is known as Tuku Music. In this biography, Jennifer W. Kyker looks at Mtukudzi's life and art, from his encounters with Rhodesian soldiers during...
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THE SOUL of ROCK 'N ROLL is a history of African Americans in Rock Music. And it examines and exemplifies the careers of over 50 top pioneering African American performers such as... Chuck Berry Little Richard Big Mama Thornton Muddy Waters B.B. King Bo Diddley John Lee Hooker Ray Charles Ike & Tina Turner Aretha Franklin Smokey Robinson The Supremes The Temptations Otis Redding Jackie Wilson Sam Cooke James Brown Richie Havens Taj Mahal Jimi Hendrix...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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Carnival time is big in this small Spanish town in Andalusia. Appropriately described by a local as a 'newspaper', the carnival is a time of dressing up and coming together. The men compose 'spicy' songs about local affairs and sing their social criticisms of national events.
25) The Joy of Youth
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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Among the Senufo people of northern Côte d'Ivoire, the balafon (xylophone with calabash resonators) is an emblematic musical instrument. The music of the balafon is a source of joy while the young men are doing collective work in the fields, at age-group ceremonies, for the poro initiatory society, for the catholic mass and during young people's dance evenings. Musicians and non-musicians, young and old, talk about the different occasions for which...
26) Bitter Melons
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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This film, shot in 1955, focuses on a small band of /Gwi San living in the arid landscape of the central Kalahari Desert in present-day Botswana. The hardships of their everyday survival are woven into the songs of a blind musician, Ukxone, who composes music on a hunting bow.
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Hola, quiero darte un saludo especial y agradecerte por estar aquí, conmigo.
Soy Norberto Diaz Granados l. Cantautor y escritor colombiano dedicado a la escritura y a la música hace un par de décadas.
He podido escribir y publicar algunos libros con editoriales y escrito también más de cien canciones diversas desde el año 98. De las canciones escritas, he producido a la fecha de publicación de este e-book, 15 temas a nivel profesional con...
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¿Qué es la etnomusicología? ¿Por qué es relevante hoy en día? ¿Cómo ha cambiado esta área de estudios a lo largo del tiempo y qué potencial tiene para arrojar luz sobre temas complejos relacionados con la música, el sonido, la cultura y la sociedad? Los temas de este libro varían ampliamente, y la colección no rehúye la contradicción ni pretende pintar un cuadro nítido y cohesivo de la etnomusicología en otras latitudes. Más bien,...
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La exquisita gastronomía peruana se disfruta escuchando música. Música tradicional. De la costa, la sierra o la selva. Regiones naturales que vieron emerger magníficos artistas que renuevan este legado aún hoy. A través de este libro, los autores hacen un viaje iniciático para conocer a las figuras más relevantes de la música peruana del último siglo que, como un majestuoso plato, nos espera para ser saboreado por los oídos. Conoceremos...
30) Félix Casaverde, guitarra negra: Identidad y relaciones de poder en la música de la costa del Perú
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Estas páginas nos invitan a conocer el universo sofisticado de la poética musical del guitarrista Félix Casaverde, dentro del paisaje sonoro y las relaciones de poder de una Lima donde lo afroperuano tomaba espacios y relevancia en la década de 1950.
En el libro Félix Casaverde, guitarra negra, Fernando Elías Llanos analiza la construcción de la identidad negra en el Perú a través de la vida y estudio de la teoría musical y etnomusicología...
31) Are'are music
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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A fascinating documentation of the traditional musical culture of the 'Are'are people of the Solomon Islands, in the South-Western Pacific. The three LP records published after a first one-year field-research in 1969-70 were a "phenomenal surprise" (Garfias) as they revealed a completely unknown music (outside of the Solomon Islands) of an exceptional beauty and complexity in its instrumental and vocal polyphonies. It seemed to the researcher an absolute...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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This film portrays aspects of an Afghan refugee's life - his living conditions in Peshawar and his longing to return to Herat. It is also about Amir's life as a professional musician and his relationships with other musicians in Peshawar.
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In this new history of music in Zimbabwe, Mhoze Chikowero deftly uses African sources to interrogate the copious colonial archive, reading it as a confessional voice along and against the grain to write a complex history of music, colonialism, and African self-liberation. Chikowero's book begins in the 1890s with missionary crusades against African performative cultures and African students being inducted into mission bands, which contextualize the...
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Music is the catalyst of change.
From the beginning of time, music has been used to build community and empower people. Music is a strong force that has led movements, marched influential changemakers and innovators to rhythms that have shaped the world. In the 21st century, music continues to play a pivotal role in inspiring positive change and moving people to tackle some of the biggest social issues of our times.
In Press Play: Music As A Catalyst...
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A beloved folk performer gathers uninhibited tales and ballads from the Appalachians. Full of lively stories, jokes, and games for performance, the folklore in this book reflects the hardships, humor, and creative instincts of the robust men and women from the hills of Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky. The 40 songs features melody and guitar chords. Includes 44 illustrations.
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This book traces the development of Azerbaijani art music from its origins in the Eastern, modal, improvisational tradition known as mugham through its fusion with Western classical, jazz, and world art music. Aida Huseynova places the fascinating and little-known history of music in Azerbaijan against the vivid backdrop of cultural life under Soviet influence, which paradoxically both encouraged and repressed the evolution of national musics and...
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Este libro es hasta ahora el único que intenta demostrar con una multidisciplinariedad etnográfica-literaria-filológica, la vigencia de la práctica del mester de juglaría en sentido estricto, en América Latina, en particular en la provincia chilena de Melipilla. En él se discute el concepto de este género, en relación con la poesía literaria, la popular y la folclórica, añadiéndose la descripción del oficio de juglar, con énfasis en...
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The Ghana Dance Ensemble takes Ghana's national culture and interprets it in performance using authentic dance forms adapted for local or foreign audiences. Often, says Paul Schauert, the aims of the ensemble and the aims of the individual performers work in opposition. Schauert discusses the history of the dance troupe and its role in Ghana's post-independence nation-building strategy and illustrates how the nation's culture makes its way onto the...
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The Ghanaian trickster-spider, Ananse, is a deceptive figure full of comic delight who blurs the lines of class, politics, and morality. David Afriyie Donkor identifies social performance as a way to understand trickster behavior within the shifting process of political legitimization in Ghana, revealing stories that exploit the social ideologies of economic neoliberalism and political democratization. At the level of policy, neither ideology was...
40) Vitrolas, rocolas y radioteatros: Hábitos de escucha de la música popular en Medellín, 1930-1950
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Más que un elemento accesorio que cambia con la moda, la música popular durante el siglo XX fue un aspecto esencial a través del cual América Latina construyó narraciones de sí misma y de lo que significa ser "colombiano", "paisa", o cualquier otra adscripción que es a la vez geográfica y afectiva. Este libro propone una interpretación de la evolución histórica de los hábitos de escucha creados alrededor de tres géneros musicales populares...
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