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Traces the history of rock and roll music from the 1950's to the present day and discusses its changing styles and leading personalities.

" ... Reveals '60s folk-rock as a powerful instrument of musical and social change. You'll see how a diverse blend of styles, regions, and cultures swirled into the folk-rock revolution--infusing popular music with a controversial mix of literate lyricism, social consciousness, and rock 'n' roll rebellion. From Dylan to the Byrds and beyond, this is the story of the groundbreaking musicians who made history in the dizzying, evolutionary years of 1965-66....

"Over the last three decades, no musical innovation in jazz has been more important - or controversial - than the wedding of jazz improvisation with rock music."--BOOK JACKET. "Nicholson's lively text begins with the impact of the Beatles and the British Invasion on American popular culture and how the unexpected rise of rock music in the 1960s almost overwhelmed jazz. He charts how young jazz musicians, growing up in the rock explosion, began experimenting...

Is Rock Dead? sets out to explore the varied and sometimes conflicting ways in which the death of rock has been discussed both within the discourse of popular music and American culture. If rock is dead, when did t die? Who killed it? Why do rock journalists lament its passing?

Traces the development of rock music from its introduction in the mid-1950's to today's electronic forms and considers its social and psychological implications.

The Rolling Stones are unquestionably one of the most influential bands the world has ever known. This film acknowledges and reinforces this fact while revealing insights, anecdotes, and opinions not previously considered. Features include many musical performances never before available, obscure footage, rare interviews, and private photographs, as well as live and studio recordings of Stones classics, including Satisfaction, The Last Time, Not Fade...

Where did rock and roll come from? And what has it come to? These are the sorts of questions that cultural historian and veteran music journalist Jim Miller raises in his challenging new book about the rise -- and arrested development -- of rock and roll. Concentrating on the music in its early, formative decades, he explores how rock and roll was transformed from a joyous and sometimes earthy dance music in the 1940s into an abrasive, often angry...

"Site and Sound: Understanding Independent Music Scenes examines how independent pop and rock music scenes of the 1980s and 1990s were constituted within social and geographical spaces. Those active in the production and consumption of "indie" pop and rock music thought of their practices as largely independent of the music mainstream - even though some acts recorded for major labels. This book explores the web of personal, social, historical, geographical,...