Rhythm Planet: The Great World Music Makers
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.11 (850 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0789302381 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Pleasing Introduction to World Music A Customer Schnabel's book has beautiful graphics and is well presented in an easy-to-read format. It is a good introduction to the major figures of world music and fills us in a little on their lives and cultural contexts. My other favorite world music book is "The Brazilian Sound" (Temple University Press, 1998), which I also purchased through amazon.com.. Lucas Wilson (lucasgw@ibm.net) said Great introduction to "World Music". The real pleasure in this book is not so much the artist synopses, which are brief, but in the diversity of artists described.For instance, I've been a Jobim listener for years, and found his section a little lacking, but I had never heard of Oumou Sangare, and what a joy it was when I went out and bought one of her albums.Thanks for opening my ears!. The authority on World Music. This book is biled as the bible for "World Music" written by the man that first coined the phrase. Tom is a KCRW disk jockey in Santa Monica, CA and is the authority on this wonderful music.
With a foreword by Brian Eno, Rhythm Planet goes well beyond the standard reference work on world-music artists to include such musicians as Tom Waits, Segovia, and Egyptian legend Umm Kulthum. Fela Kuti, interviewed in 1986--just after his release from prison in Nigeria--offers priceless insight on how his upbringing and later sojourn in '60s Los Angeles shaped his career and political outspokenness. --Derek Rath. As host of the program "Morning Becomes Eclectic," Schnabel refined a music format that was to become highly influential, especially in its exploration of world music. The function of music as an integral part of everyday life around the globe is apparent on every page. Gleaned from radio interviews conducted over the last 15 y
Inspired by more than a decade of interviewing international artists and playing their music, Schnabel has mapped a global tour of the international figures making music history today. A stunningly illustrated and fact-filled journey, Rhythm Planet also features selected discographies and Schnabel's list of essential World Music recordings. He introduced international musicians to public radio and pioneered an eclectic format that has become a standard for alternative radio nationwide. An antidote to the latest flavor of pop, Rhythm Planet is an affirmation of what music can be: the most passionate expression of the human spirit, transcen