Wax Poetics 50

• Author : Alan Leeds,Gwen Leeds,Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• Release : 26 May 2016

The special-edition reprint of Wax Poetics Magazine Issue 50--our bestselling issue ever--featuring Prince on the cover, with features on Prince and the Revolution; Morris Day and the Time; the Time's guitarist Jesse Johnson; Grand Central: the roots of Prince and Andre Cymone; Prince's jazz side project Madhouse; the Prince side project the Family; early Prince recordings, 94 East; and Questlove's commentary "33 Reasons Why Prince Is Hip-Hop." Also featuring Larry Graham, Blood Orange, Toro y Moi, DJ Quik, and Frank Ocean. This

• Author : Alan Leeds,Gwen Leeds,Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• Release : 21 October 2016

The special-edition reprint of Wax Poetics Magazine Issue 50--our bestselling issue ever--featuring Prince on the cover, with features on Prince and the Revolution; Morris Day and the Time; the Time's guitarist Jesse Johnson; Grand Central: the roots of Prince and Andre Cymone; Prince's jazz side project Madhouse; the Prince side project the Family; early Prince recordings, 94 East; and Questlove's commentary "33 Reasons Why Prince Is Hip-Hop." Also featuring Larry Graham, Blood Orange, Toro y Moi, DJ Quik, and Frank Ocean. This

• Author : Duane Tudahl
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• Release : 07 June 2021

From Prince's superstardom to studio seclusion, this second book in the Prince Studio Sessions series chronicles the years immediately following the Purple Rain era. Interview accounts of over 260 recording sessions and two tours reveal the indistinguishable majesty of Prince's artistry.

• Author : Wax Poetics
• Publisher : Power House Books
• Release : 06 December 2021

First published in December 2001, Brooklyn-born Wax Poetics hit news stands with a new vision of music journalism. Wax Poetics created a bridge between the old and the new, revealing the numerous connections between musical forefathers and musical future. Although originally created for a concentrated market of music aficionados, the Wax Poetics audience has grown exponentially. This anthology gathers the first five issues into a deluxe must-have hardbound edition.

• Author : Duane Tudahl
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• Release : 15 November 2018

Featuring insights on even more groundbreaking recording sessions, rehearsals, and sound checks, the expanded edition of Duane Tudahl's award-winning book pulls back the paisley curtain to reveal the untold story of Prince’s rise from cult favorite to the biggest rock star on the planet. His journey is meticulously documented through detailed accounts of his time secluded behind the doors of the recording studio as well as his days on tour. With unprecedented access to the musicians, singers, and studio

• Author : John Kruth
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• Release : 01 May 2013

RHAPSODY IN BLACK: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF ROY ORBISON

• Author : Various Authors,Wax Poetics
• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• Release : 20 April 2020

Reprint of the Aug/Sept 2006 Issue 18 edition of Wax Poetics magazine, covering Parliament-Funkadelic.

• Author : Nelson George,Alan Leeds
• Publisher : Penguin
• Release : 29 April 2008

Nelson George and Alan Leeds have assembled the first comprehensive collection of writings about the late, great Godfather of Soul, creating a fascinating mosaic of the man and the musician. Known as the hardest-working man in show business, James Brown embodied rhythm and blues, funk and soul, and sensuality. His musical innovations in such indelible grooves as “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine,” “I Got You (I Feel Good),” and “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag,”

• Author : Adam Bradley
• Publisher : Civitas Books
• Release : 27 June 2017

If asked to list the greatest innovators of modern American poetry, few of us would think to include Jay-Z or Eminem in their number. And yet hip hop is the source of some of the most exciting developments in verse today. The media uproar in response to its controversial lyrical content has obscured hip hop's revolution of poetic craft and experience: Only in rap music can the beat of a song render poetic meter audible, allowing an MC's wordplay to

• Author : Eilon Paz
• Publisher : Ten Speed Press
• Release : 15 September 2015

A photographic look into the world of vinyl record collectors—including Questlove—in the most intimate of environments—their record rooms. Compelling photographic essays from photographer Eilon Paz are paired with in-depth and insightful interviews to illustrate what motivates these collectors to keep digging for more records. The reader gets an up close and personal look at a variety of well-known vinyl champions, including Gilles Peterson and King Britt, as well as a glimpse into the collections of known and

• Author : John Kruth
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• Release : 15 June 2021

Hold On World revisits Lennon and Ono's love affair and startling collaborations. John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band was arguably the most emotionally honest album ever made. It wasn't merely another record but more like a sonic exorcism, a spiritual, public bloodletting. Lennon's album drove a stake through the heart of the Beatles' myth while confronting everything else in John's life, from Dylan to God to his glorified status as a "Working Class Hero." Determined to rid himself of past traumas—

• Author : Brandon Stosuy
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release : 21 August 2018

From the author of Music Is... Brandon Stosuy comes a second pitch-perfect board book that’s a kid-friendly music history lesson—perfect for the little record collectors in your life. From music writer and The Creative Independent/Kickstarter Editor in Chief, Brandon Stosuy, comes a new board book called We Are Music that dives into the history of music. It starts with clapping, tapping, and drums, and from there the music moves in many different directions. From classical to blues

• Author : John Kruth
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• Release : 01 October 2015

THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN: THE ENDURING BEAUTY OF RUBBER SOUL FIFTY YEARS ON

• Author : Ian Johnson
• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• Release : 01 February 2015

Since his 2008 monograph, Ian Johnson has had six solo shows and undergone an evolution, while remaining just as jarringly cool and full of life. This new book presents all-new paintings and drawings by Johnson in his signature style: portraits of jazz musicians from the '40s, '50s, and '60s that were produced using gouache, acrylic or pen on paper or wood panel. Johnson combines abstract background shapes with figurative representations to create jaw-dropping pieces that succeed at evoking

• Author : Roy Shuker
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 05 July 2017

The term 'record collecting' is shorthand for a variety of related practices. Foremost is the collection of sound recordings in various formats - although often with a marked preference for vinyl - by individuals, and it is this dimension of record collecting that is the focus of this book. Record collecting, and the public stereotypes associated with it, is frequently linked primarily with rock and pop music. Roy Shuker focuses on these broad styles, but also includes other genres and