El libro de la Cumbia

A fundamental guide to understanding rap in all its complexities by one of the most relevant writers of the 20th century and his lucid college friend. This provocative and entertaining essay collection attempts to scrutinize the genre through the lens of sociology, economics, philosophy, and law by means of a back-and-forth exchange between the authors. A fundamental guide to understanding rap in all its complexities by one of the most relevant writers of the 20th century and his lucid college friend. This provocative and entertaining essay collection attempts to scrutinize the genre through...

Drawing on the work of leading experts from around the globe, Musicology and Sister Disciplines provides the definitive, authoritative statement on the scope of musicology today and its relationship to other fields of academic endeavour, including philosophy and aesthetics, literary studies, art history, mathematics, computer science, historiography, and sociology. These groundbreaking papers represent the outcome of a major musicological conference in 1997, and include contributions from the philosopher Bernard Williams and world-famous mathematician Roger Penrose.

Intenso estudio sobre las diferentes músicas cubanas y sobre las circunstancias históricas y sociales que han convertido a estas músicas en signo de identidad. Incluye un CD con ejemplos musicales.

Café Tacvba es considerada una de las mejores bandas de rock alternativo en Hispanoamérica. Su estilo único ha sabido combinar la tradición de la música popular mexicana con las nuevas tendencias, logrando permanecer en el gusto del público y la crítica por casi treinta años. En este libro, el experimentado periodista Enrique Blanc presenta cada una de las etapas de la banda en voz de sus integrantes. Entre anécdotas, recuerdos y reflexiones sobre la música, Café Tacvba. Bailando por nuestra cuenta nos revela el origen de un sonido que ha marcado a varias generaciones. En estas...