The following is a collection of selected resources to learn more about the Decatur Campus 40 Years Of Music Symposium. All library resources are on 3-Day Reserve in the Decatur Campus Library except where indicated. Additional library resources may be available at other GPC campus libraries or through GIL Express.
General | Music Business & Technology | World Music | 60s | 70s | 80s-00s
Academic Search Premier
(GALILEO)
http://gil.gpc.edu/- Georgia Perimeter College online library catalog.
GIL Universal Catalog - Online catalog for the University System of Georgia.
Lexis Nexis Academic
(GALILEO)
Research Library
(GALILEO)
Web Resources
All Music Guide (www.allmusic.com) - Biographical information, discographies etc. for artists from all genres of music.
Experience Music Project (www.emplive.com) - Online exhibits and features from Seattle based museum.
Georgia Music Hall of Fame (www.gamusichall.com)
Librarians Index To The Internet: Music (lii.org/search/file/music) - Directory of librarian approved music websites.
Rock N Roll Hall of Fame (www.rockhall.com)
WWW Sites of Interest for Musicologists (www.sas.upenn.edu/music/ams/musicology_www.html) - Directory of online music resources from American Musicological Society.
Yahoo: Music (dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/) - Directory of music websites.
Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) - Open source online encyclopedia with many music related entries.
Library Resources
Barnet, Richard. Controversies of the Music Industry. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood, 2001.
Coleman, Mark. Playback: from the Victrola to MP3, 100 Years of Music, Machines, and Money. Cambridge: Da Capo Press, 2003.
Gerardi, Robert. Opportunities in Music Careers. Chicago : VGM Career Books, 2002.
Howard, George. Getting Signed: An Insider's Guide to the Record Industry. Boston, Mass. : Berklee Press, 2004.
Krasilovsky, M. William. This Business of Music. New York : Billboard Books, 2003.
Passman, Donald. All You Need To Know About the Music Business. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2000.
R&B, Rhythm and Business : The Political Economy of Black Music. New York : Akashic, 2002.
Web Resources
Billboard.com (www.billboard.com) - Music industry news.
Commercial World of Music (www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/industry.html) - Directory of music business websites from Indiana University.
Music Business Journal (www.musicjournal.org/home.html) - Music industry related articles, web links and news.
Music
Business Solutions (www.mbsolutions.com) - Articles, bibliographies and web
links from music industry consulting firm.
Wired
News (www.wired.com) - Technology news site with frequent articles on music
technology.
Worldwide Internet Music Resources: Music Technology (www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/technol.html) - Directory of music technology related websites.
Library Resources
Cruz, Celia. Celia: My Life. New York : Rayo, 2004.
Global Noise : Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA. Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, 2001.
Masekela, Hugh. Still Grazing. New York : Crown Publishers, 2004.
Morales, Ed. The Latin Beat: The Rhythms and Roots of Latin Music from Bossa Nova to Salsa and Beyond. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2003.
Neate, Patrick. Where You're At : Notes From the Frontline of a Hip-Hop Planet. New York : Riverhead Books, 2004.
Sublette, Ned. Cuba and Its Music : From the First Drums to the Mambo. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, 2004.
Web
Resources
African Music Encyclopedia (africanmusic.org): Biographical information on African musicians.
African Music on the Internet (www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/music.html) - Directory of web resources on African music.
AsianMusicSource (http://www.asianmusicsource.com/) - News and information on current Asian popular music.
Filmi Sangeet (chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/filmi.html) - History of Indian film music.
Guide To Latin Music (www.caravanmusic.com/GuideLatinMusic.htm) - Information on Latin American musical styles by country.
Latin American Music Styles (http://home.swipnet.se/gersnaes/henriks/lamusic.html) - Guide to Latin American music.
Music India Online (www.musicindiaonline.com) - News and information on Indian music.
Musical Atlas of Cuba: History (www.pbs.org/buenavista/music/timeline.html) - Excellent chronology of Cuban music history.
The Hindi: Pop Go The Classics (www.hinduonnet.com/folio/fo0101/01010300.htm) - Article on Indian popular and classical music.
Traditional World
Music Recordings (www.medieval.org/music/world.html) -
History and discussion of traditional Asian and Near-Eastern
music.
60s
Library Resources
Bowman, Rob. Soulsville, USA. New York : Schirmer, 2003.
Brown, James. The Godfather of Soul. New York : Macmillan, 1986.
Brown, James. I Feel Good. New York : New American Library, 2005.
Chenu, Bruno. The Trouble I've Seen : The Big
Book of Negro Spirituals. Valley Forge, PA : Judson Press, 2003.
Dylan,
Bob. Chronicles, Volume 1. New York : Simon & Schuster,
2004.
Dyson, Eric Michael. Mercy, Mercy Me : The Art, Loves, and Demons of Marvin Gaye. New York : Basic Civitas, 2004.
Floyd, Samuel. The Power of Black Music: Interpreting its History from Africa to the United States. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
George, Nelson. Where Did Our Love Go? : The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1985.
Guralnick, Peter. Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom. New York : Harper & Row, 1986.
Hertsgaard, Mark. A Day in the Life : The Music and Artistry of the Beatles. New York : Delacorte Press, 1995.
Jackson, Jerma. Singing in My Soul: Black Gospel Music in a Secular Age. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2004.
Jackson, John A. A House on Fire: The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul. New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Kane, Larry. Ticket to Ride : Inside the Beatles' 1964 Tour That Changed the World. Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press Book Publisher, 2003.
Kempton, Arthur. Boogaloo : The Quintessence of American Popular Music. New York : Pantheon Books, 2003.
Posner, Gerald. Motown: Music, Money, Sex, and Power. New York : Random House, 2002.
Santoro, Gene. Highway 61 Revisited : The Tangled Roots of American Jazz, Blues, Rock, & Country Music. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Shaw, Arnold. Black Popular Music in America : >From the Spirituals, Minstrels, and Ragtime to Soul, Disco, and Hip-Hop. New York : Schirmer Books, 1986.
Shelton, Robert. No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2003.
Songs of Protest and Civil Rights. New York : Chelsea House, 1992.
Spencer, Jon. Protest and Praise: Sacred Music of Black Religion. Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1990.
Turner, Steve. Trouble Man: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye. New York : Ecco Press, 2000.
Ward, Brian. Just My Soul Responding : Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness, and Race Relations. Berkeley [Calif.] : University of California Press, 1998.
Werner, Craig. Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rise and Fall of American Soul. New York : Crown Publishers, 2004.
Web Resources
American Roots Music - Website for PBS series includes online exhibits covering a variety of folk musics.
Bob Dylan.com (www.bobdylan.com) - Includes discography, biographical information and lyrics.
Folk 101 (www.balladtree.com/folk101/folk101index.htm) - Articles on folk music history and musicians.
Motown Historical Museum (www.motownmuseum.com) - History of Motown Records.
Soul of the Net (www.melingo.com/thesoulnet/) - Soul history, biographies and discographies.
Soulful Detroit (www.soulfuldetroit.com) - Information on the history of Detroit soul.
Stax Museum of American Soul Music (www.soulsvilleusa.com/index2.cfm) - Site for Memphis museum includes a history of Stax Records.
The Stax Site (staxrecords.free.fr) - Extensive information on 60s soul label Stax Records.
70s
Library Resources
Bradley, Lloyd. Reggae: The Story of Jamaican Music. London : BBC Worldwide, 2002.
Bradley, Lloyd. This Is Reggae Music. New York : Grove Press, 2000.
Davis, Stephen. Bob Marley. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1985.
Every Little Thing Gonna Be Alright : The Bob Marley Reader. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2004.
Jones, Alan. Saturday Night Forever : The Story of Disco. Chicago, IL : A Capella Books, 2000.
Marley, Rita. No Woman No Cry. New York :
Hyperion, 2004.
Savage, John. England's Dreaming : Anarchy, Sex Pistols,
Punk Rock, and Beyond. New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2001.
White,
Timothy. Catch A Fire: The Life of Bob Marley. New York : H. Holt, 2000.
Web Resources
Bob Marley.com
(www.bobmarley.com) - Includes discography, biographical information and
lyrics.
Disco Museum (discomuseum.com)
- Extensive history of disco music including artist information..
Funk Page (home.capecod.net/~ccunning/funk.htm) - Brief history and web links about funk.
Jammin Reggae Archives (niceup.com) - Directory of reggae related websites including history and biographies.
The
Motherpage (www.duke.edu/~tmc/pfunk.html) - Information on Parliment/
Funkadelic and other funk related topics.
Open Directory: Disco
(dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/Dance/Disco) - Directory of disco web
links.
Punk 77! (www.punk77.co.uk) - History of punk rock including biographies, interviews and photographs.
Reggae Train (reggaetrain.com) - Web portal dedicated to Jamacian music.
80s – 00s (Alternative Rock/ Hip Hop)
Library Resources
Azerrad, Michael. Our Band Could Be Your Life:
Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991. Boston :
Little, Brown, 2001. (Available through GIL
Express).
Dyson, Michael Eric. Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for
Tupac Shakur. New York : Basic Books, 2001.
Fricke, Jim. Yes Yes Y'all : The Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip-Hop's First Decade. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2002.
Global Noise : Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA. Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, 2001.
Keyes, Cheryl Lynette. Rap Music and Street Consciousness. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2002.
Neate, Patrick. Where You're At : Notes From the Frontline of a Hip-Hop Planet. New York : Riverhead Books, 2004.
Ogg, Alex. The Hip Hop Years. New York : Fromm International, 2001.
Rap: The Lyrics. New York : Penguin, 1992.
Rose, Tricia. Black Noise : Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America. Hanover, NH : Wesleyan University Press, 1994.
Simmons, Russell. Life and Def. New York : Three Rivers Press, 2001.
Vibe History of Hip Hop. New York : Three Rivers Press, 1999.
Web Resources
Alternative Music (altmusic.about.com) - Information on alternative music, including artist biographies and history.
Davey D's Hip Hop Corner (www.daveyd.com) - Includes history, articles and biographical information on hip hop and rap.
Evolution of Rap Music in the United States (www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1993/4/93.04.04.x.html#b) - Brief outline of hip hop history.
Hip Hop City (www.hiphopcity.com) - Directory of hip hop and rap web links.
Hip Hop Culture:
B-Boys.com (www.b-boys.com) - Guide to hip hop includes a timeline and very
good directory of hip hop web links.
Hip Hop Webliography
(web.simmons.edu/~morrow/hiphopweb.html) - Directory of hip hop web
links.
Open
Directory: Alternative Rock (dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/Rock/Alternative)-
Directory of alternative music related web pages.
SOHH.com (www.sohh.com) - News site focusing on current hip hop.