Kabaláh y música sagrada

La historia oral y coral definitiva del rock argentino: a través del testimonio de sus grandes protagonistas -de Charly, Fito y Spinetta a Cerati, Prodan, Vicentico, Ciro, Pity, Litto Nebbia, Lebón, Javier Martínez y 70 figuras más-, registrado a lo largo de numerosos programas producidos para la televisión de los años 80 por Daniel y Josi García Moreno, toma forma un relato extraordinario. Pocas personas han hecho tanto por documentar el origen y el devenir del rock rioplatense -una historia que abarca ya más de cinco décadas- como los hermanos Dany y Josi García Moreno. A través...

Bachata—a guitar-based romantic music that debuted in Santo Domingo’s urban shantytowns in the 1960s—is today one of the hottest Latin genres. Still, fans and musicians have not forgotten the social stigma the genre carried for decades. This book interweaves bachata’s history and development with the socio-political context of Dominican identity. The author argues that its early disfavor resulted from the political climate of its origins and ties between class and race, and proposes that its ultimate acceptance as a symbol of Dominican identity arose from its innovations, the growth...

Prog rock is like a musical sponge, capable of absorbing, incorporating, and distilling an endless diversity of influences, ranging from psychedelic rock, blues, jazz, pop, electronic music, classical, and more in its work to topple stylistic barriers with new and daring sounds. This book serves as a rigorous guide to the genre.

L’obra arquitectònica de Lluís Domènech i Montaner culmina al Palau de la Música Catalana, joia modernista i centre musical de Barcelona des de 1908. Si la seva façana sorprèn, la sala de concerts, amb la seva curiosa estructura de temple i teatre, és una de les més belles del món.