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From its anarchic early days to its present dreams of world domination, this is the untold story of Burning Man-the most popular, unique, and enduring countercultural event of recent times in which alternative lifestyle enthusiasts erect a giant statue and construct a temporary city to live in for...

Music has been the cornerstone of popular culture in the United States since the beginning of our nation's history. From early immigrants sharing the sounds of their native lands to contemporary artists performing benefit concerts for social causes, our country's musical expressions reflect where...

Vernon and Irene Castle popularized ragtime dancing in the years just before World War I and made dancing a respectable pastime in America. The whisper-thin, elegant Castles were trendsetters in many ways: they traveled with a black orchestra, had an openly lesbian manager, and were animal-rights...

Ed Sheeran’s debut album + (Plus) has cemented itself in history as a durable, modern classic, bursting with creativity and musical talent. This book has transcribed every song from the album for a full Guitar Tab. As well as containing pop gems such as The A Team and You Need Me, I Don’t...

Ed Sheeran’s debut album + (Plus) has cemented itself in history as a durable, modern classic, bursting with creativity and musical talent. This book has transcribed every song from the album for Piano and Voice, with Guitar chord boxes and full lyrics. As well as containing pop gems such...

The compilation album Now That's What I Call Music 96 was released in April 2017 and features 43 popular hits spread over two disks. This official songbook for Now That's What I Call Music 96 contains 20 of the biggest and best chart hits from the album, specially arranged for Piano and Voice...

In Terminated for Reasons of Taste, veteran rock critic Chuck Eddy writes that "rock'n'roll history is written by the winners. Which stinks, because the losers have always played a big role in keeping rock interesting." Rock's losers share top billing with its winners in this new collection...

Bell-bottoms are in. Bell-bottoms are out. Bell-bottoms are back in again. Fads constantly cycle and recycle through popular culture, each time in a slightly new incarnation. The term “retro” has become the buzzword for describing such trends, but what does it mean? Elizabeth Guffey explores...

Sometimes popular music registers our concerns and anxieties more lucidly than we realise. This is evident in the case of an ideal of childhood innocence in rapid decay in recent decades. So claims Down with Childhood, as it takes in psychedelia’s preoccupation with rebirth and inner-children,...

The DJ stands at a juncture of technology, performance and culture in the increasingly uncertain climate of the popular music industry, functioning both as pioneer of musical taste and gatekeeper of the music industry. Together with promoters, producers, video jockeys (VJs) and other professionals...

Glee Songbook: Season 1, Volume 3 - Showstoppers is the matching folio for the third Glee album, featuring 20 songs, including those from the deluxe edition, all arranged for Piano, Vocal and Guitar. Once again, as well as an essential musical companion for all Glee fans, a wide cross-section...

Clarkson is back with a brand new book of hilarious stories and observations about our gone-wrong world. ___________ In November 2016 we woke up to the news that the forthright presenter of a popular television programme had become the most powerful man on the planet. His name, sadly, was not...

In today's fast-paced society, who has time to keep up with both the current trends and the classics of what is “good” and “popular”? The Art of Faking It guides you-with tongue planted firmly in cheek-through any awkward, intellectual, and/or über-sophisticated social situation, using both...

“A remarkably entertaining and thought-provoking look at the human voice and all of its myriad functions and sounds . . . Wonderful” (Library Journal, starred review). From Farinelli, the eighteenth-century castrato who brought down opera houses with his high C, to the recording of Johnny...