Music Is History combines Questlove's deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past fifty years.

Growing up poor in Mountain Pine, Arkansas, with a young, addicted mom, Bobby Estell fell in love with country music. Abandoned by his father at the age of five, Bobby saw the radio as his way out--a dream that came true in college when he went on air at the Henderson State University campus station broadcasting as Bobby Bones, while simultaneously starting The Bobby Bones Show at 105.9 KLAZ. Bobby's passions were pop, country music, and comedy, and...

A road trip adventure about a trio of jazz-camp escapees who, against every realistic expectation, become a band.

This expanded version of the traditional rhyme shows what happens when a young mouse tries to get rid of a pesky fly. Includes music on the last page.

Following his bestselling memoir, It's a Long Story, Willie Nelson now delivers his most intimate thoughts and stories in Willie Nelson's Letters to America. From his opening letter "Dear America" to his "Dear Willie" epilogue, Willie digs deep into his heart and soul--and his music catalog--to lift us up in difficult times, and to remind us of the endless promise and continuous obligations of all Americans--to themselves, to one another, and to their...

The entire field of American folk poetry covering more than one hundred songs, including both words and music, is represented in this collection.

The first time the album has been remixed and presented with additional session recordings and demos. To create the new stereo mixes, Giles Martin and Sam Okell worked with an expert team of engineers and audio restoration specialists at Abbey Road Studios. The Deluxe two CD set pairs the new stereo mix, sourced directly from the original eight-track session tapes with versions taken from the session takes and demo recordings of its seventeen songs,...

"Pinkalicious and her friends want to start a band, but they don't have any instruments! Pinkalicious will need to find a creative answer. When Pinkalicious realizes there are amazing sounds all around, she figures out what to do."--

"A companion volume to 'The Joy of Music.' It includes the scripts of his TV programs on Mozart, Romanticism, Jazz in Serious Music, etc., plus an explanation of four great symphonies by Beethoven, Tschaikovsky, Brahms, and Dvorak." Bk Buyer's Guide.

The bible of music’s deceased idols—Jeff Buckley, Sid Vicious, Jimi Hendrix, Tupac, Elvis—this is the ultimate record of all those who arrived, rocked, and checked out over the last 40-odd years of fast cars, private jets, hard drugs, and reckless living. The truths behind thousands of fascinating stories—such as how Buddy Holly only decided to fly so he’d have time to finish his laundry—are coupled with perennial...