Owens, R. J.
Summary: "The song "Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)" is personified, describing the Black history and culture that inspired its creation. Written in 1968 by singer James Brown after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, the song became an anthem for the civil rights movement"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OWESummary: Fishbone rose to become one of the most original bands of the last 25 years. With a blistering combination of punk and funk, they demolished the walls of genre and challenged the racial stereotypes and political order of the music industry and the nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC EVETaylor, Charlotte
Summary: "Songs such as the "Star-Spangled Banner," which students may recognize from sporting events, memorialize significant events in American history. With this engaging text full of fun facts about American songs, students will learn about the valuable role songs play in helping express American pride. Dynamic photographs enhance the approachable text which compliments elementary social studies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 782.42 TAYBlackaby, Susan
Summary: "Meet Leo--a creative, shy, young boy in search of a special talent that he can share with the world. Curious and persistent, Leo tries all kinds of activities. Then, with the unknowing help of his sister, he discovers music. Leo may seem quiet, but the piano gives him a big voice, helps his confidence soar, and propels him to embrace the treasure inside him and share it with the world....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Loyala Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLACross, Alan
Summary: "Music is an outlet for self-expression. It has the power to influence your feelings, connect you to others and break down barriers ... And believe it or not, it's science -- a LOT of science! The tunes that move us are a blend of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, plus passion and emotion. In this book, you'll find out when humans began making music, the early history of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 780 CROSummary: A cross section of metal music from the earliest days to the branching out into dozens of specialized forms across America and Europe. Includes interviews with more than 300 artists, producers and experts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metal Evolution Productions 2012
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC METKopp, Bill
Summary: In celebration of the 45th anniversary of The Dark Side of the Moon, Bill Kopp explores the ingenuity with which Pink Floyd rebranded itself following the 1968 departure of Syd Barrett. Not only did the band survive Barrett's departure, but it went on to release landmark albums that continue to influence generations of musicians and fans. Reinventing Pink Floyd follows the path taken by the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 KOPStreissguth, Michael
Summary: "In a dim clearing off a county road in Kentucky sits a sagging outdoor stage buried in moss and dead leaves. It used to be the centerpiece of carnival-like Sunday afternoons where local guitarists, fiddlers and mandolin players hammered out old mountain ballads while legends from the dawn of country music performed their classic hits. Most of the musicians who showed up have long since passed,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.642 STRRandall, Alice
Summary: "Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author with a "lively, engaging, and often wise" (The New York Times Book Review) voice, offers a lyrical, introspective, and unforgettable account of her past and her search for the first family of Black country music. Country music had brought Randall and her activist mother together and even gave Randall a singular distinction in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Privilege Publishing/Atria 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RANDALL, ALICE RANLevy, Joel
Summary: The high notes and biggest moments in music history are covered in this fun compendium. You'll learn about the world's most famous musicians through the eras, from Bach to the Beatles to Beyonce -- and beyond. Many major music genres are playfully explained, from tribal, classical, jazz, folk, rock ... all the way to today's modern forms, such as k-pop, hip-hop, and rap. Instruments and sounds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 780.9 LEVCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Oversize, Call number: J 780.9 LEVQuestlove
Summary: "A comprehensive fifty-year history of the hip-hop genre, from renowned artist and author of MUSIC IS HISTORY, Questlove"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: AUWA / MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 QUESummary: An entertaining film about Léon Thérémin, a Russian émigré who pioneered the field of electronic music 4 decades before the rise of electronic rock music, and then mysteriously vanished, not to be seen again for over 50 years. Includes rare film clips from classic Hollywood films and soundtracks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM/UA Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THEHorowitz, Joseph
Summary: "A provocative interpretation of why classical music in America "stayed white"-how it got to be that way and what can be done about it. In 1893 the composer Antonin Dvorák prophesied a "great and noble" school of American classical music based on the searing "negro melodies" he had excitedly discovered since arriving in the United States a year before. But while Black music would found popular...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.973 HORQuestlove
Summary: Bestselling author and Sundance award-winning director Questlove harnesses his encyclopedic knowledge of popular music and his deep curiosity about history to examine America over the past fifty years. Choosing one essential track from each year, Questlove unpacks each song's significance, revealing the pivotal role that American music plays around issues of race, gender, politics, and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 782.42 QUEQuestlove
Summary: Music Is History combines Questlove's deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past fifty years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Image 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 QUECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B QUESTLOVE QUESummary: "From rock's backpages, the online library of rock and roll. Comes this anthology of timeless rock writing from the good to the bad to the plain ugly. The sound and the fury spans four decades and comes at rock and roll from all angles, among the pieces ..."--BOOK JACKET.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2003
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Summary: Dr. Greenberg examines eighteenth and nineteenth century music through the examples of works by Mozart, Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak, Richard Strauss, Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, and Franz Liszt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1995
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Andrews, Julie
Summary: This creative nonfiction book introduces readers to the remarkable story of Guido d'Arezzo's development of musical notation. Guido longed to find a way to write and teach music. Eventually, he created the musical scale, using the words Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do...one syllable for each note. Though the other monks thought it was a waste of time, Guido's music couldn't be silenced. His discovery...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GUIWhite, Adam.
Summary: "Motown: The Sound of Young America is the definitive, visual history of the Detroit-based independent record company which became a style unto itself, a prolific and hugely successful production line of suave, sassy and sophisticated music through the sixties, seventies and eighties. Featuring extensive, specially commissioned photography of treasures gathered from the archives, this landmark...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson Ltd. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 WHIReich, Steve
Summary: "Steve Reich is a living legend in the world of contemporary classical music. As a leader of the minimalist movement in the 1960s, his works have become central to the musical landscape worldwide, influencing generations of younger musicians, choreographers and visual artists. He has explored non-Western music and American vernacular music from jazz to rock, as well as groundbreaking music and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.92 REISummary: From album reviews, incisive commentary, and candid conversations, Joni: The Anthology includes, among other things, a review of Mitchell's first-ever show at LA's Troubadour in June of 1968, a 1978 interview by musician Ben Sidran on jazz great Charles Mingus, a personal reminiscence by Ellen Sander, a confidant of the Los Angeles singer-songwriter community, and a long "director's cut"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MITCHELL, JONI MITRobbins, Dean
Summary: "Millie danced to jazz in her Italian neighborhood. Pedro danced to Latin songs in his Puerto Rican neighborhood. It was the 1940s in New York City, and they were forbidden to dance together . . . until first a band and then a ballroom broke the rules. Machito and His Afro-Cubans hit the scene with a brand-new sound, blending jazz trumpets and saxophones with Latin maracas and congas creating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 793.3 ROBFitzgerald, Kiana
Summary: "From underground roots to mainstream popularity, hip-hop's influence on music and entertainment around the world has been nothing short of extraordinary. Ode to Hip-Hop chronicles the journey with profiles of fifty albums that have defined, expanded, and ultimately transformed the genre into what it is today. From 2 Live Crew's groundbreaking As Nasty As They Wanna Be in 1989 to Cardi B's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 FITWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: Presents the history of hip-hop including, how it evolved from folktales, spirituals, and poetry, to the showmanship of James Brown, to the culture of graffiti art and breakdancing that formed around the art form.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2019