Major Labels
From his allegiance to punk rock in his adolescence to becoming an essential voice on music and culture, Kelefa Sanneh makes a deep study of how popular music unites and divides us. Distilling a career's worth of knowledge, he explores the tribes ...
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres
One of Oprah Daily's 20 Favorite Books of 2021 - Selected as one of Pitchfork's Best Music Books of the Year 'One of the best books of its kind in decades.' --The Wall Street Journal An epic achievement and a huge delight, the entire history of popular music over the past fifty years refracted through the big genres that have defined and dominated it: rock, R&B, country, punk, hip-hop, dance music, and pop Kelefa Sanneh, one of the essential voices of our time on music and culture, has made a deep study of how popular music unites and divides us, charting the way genres become communities. In Major Labels, Sanneh distills a career's worth of knowledge about music and musicians into a brilliant and omnivorous reckoning with popular music--as an art form (actually, a bunch of art forms), as a cultural and economic force, and as a tool that we use to build our identities. He explains the history of slow jams, the genius of Shania Twain, and why rappers are always getting in trouble.
Major Labels
From his own adolescence, when his allegiance was to punk rock, to his work as one of the essential voices of our time on music and culture at the New York Times and the New Yorker, Kelefa Sanneh has made a deep study of how our popular music unit...
Major Labels
An epic achievement and a huge delight, the entire history of popular music over the past fifty years refracted through the big genres that have defined and dominated it--including rock, country, punk, R&B, dance and hip-hop--woven together in...
Helena
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Helena
On the outskirts of London, 1855, mortician and funeral director Helena Morrigan struggles with her limited finances and the heavy burdens of her past. Desperate to secure herself, she takes up residence in an aged house closer to the graveyard, closer to the lost souls that sense her torment and are determined to take her place in the mortal world. As she tries to tame and free the ghostly figures around her, she becomes acquainted with the owners of the home, the recently orphaned siblings, Eric, Audrey and Christian Tarter. Yet, the souls she wants to save are on edge as a horrific serial killer runs rampant, giving Helena a boost in business and suspicion. Against her best efforts, Helena is suddenly thrown into a bloody mystery where new and old friendships are tested, innocents are maimed and a horrific family secret that threatens her chance at a peaceful existence and her existence itself.
Helena
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Helena
The Empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, made the historic pilgrimage to Palestine, found pieces of wood from the true Cross, and built churches at Bethlehem and Olivet. This book covers the enormous conflicting forces of the age, and ...
Helena
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Helena
J. M. Machado de Assis (1839-1908) har kallats den brasilianska litteraturens fader. Det var inte mycket som talade för att han skulle bli författare. Han kom från ett arbetarhem och han led av epilepsi, och sin bildning fick han skaffa sig på egen hand. Han blev antagen som lärling på ett tryckeri och började sin skrivarbana som poet. Med tiden blev han en uppburen författare och han valdes på livstid till ordförande i den Brasilianska Litteraturakademien. Helena utkom 1876 och tillhör författarens tidigare verk där den romantiska stilen är påtaglig. Den har alltid utövat stor tjuskraft på läsarna i Brasilien där den är en levande klassiker och fortfarande kommer ut i stora upplagor. Intrigen är sinnrikt uppbyggd och slutet är överraskande. "Boken är trots att det gått mer än 100 år sedan den kom ut lättläst, och den känns fortfarande aktuell. Dygd och moral, sanning och oärlighet gestaltas i olika spörsmål som personerna, genom ödets nyck eller försynen (?) 'drabbas' av. ... En utmärkt latinamerikansk klassiker." - Monica Morén, BTJ:s sambindningslista
Helena
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Kelela: Hallucinogen EP
Ultrasnygg, ultrabra, techsoul från denna nya Warp-signing. Man får vibbar av Erykah Badu och Beyonce - fast på ett synnerligen Warpigt sätt. En limiterad mini, LP only, 6 låtar, drygt 23 minuter modern soulhypnos.
Insulander Helena: Helena Insulander
Insulander Helena: Helena Insulander [CD]
