Seize the beat : the evolution of American music / Brian Q. Torff.

"The story of American popular music is steeped in social history, race, gender and class, its evolution driven by ephemeral connection to young audiences. From Benny Goodman to Sinatra to Elvis Presley to the Beatles, pop icons age out of the art form while new musical styles pass from relevance to...

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Main Author: Torff, Brian (Author)
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2023.
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Physical Description:220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Prologue. Music for a Pandemic -- How We Listen -- Listen Up, Africa! -- Framing a Jazz and Blues Century -- The South, Elvis, and the Dawning of Rock and Roll -- Say It Loud : Black Music in the 1960s -- Bob Dylan and the American Voice -- Beatles, Stones, and Cultural Amnesia -- Pistols at Dawn : Janis, Jim, and Jimi -- Rebels : The Authentic Lives of Women in Music -- No Time to Get Cute in the '70s -- Post-Authentic World : Your CEO Rock Star -- The Music and Art Spirit. 
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