Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music That Changed the World

from Hagelstein

Legends, Icons and Rebels tells the stories of twenty-seven popular singers and musicians whose music "changed the world." From Louis Armstrong to Joni Mitchell it hits the high spots, including jazz, rock, soul, R&B, and folk performers - all names that we are intimately familiar with. Dylan, Si...

from cdnbookworm

This is an amazing coffee table book. Wonderful writing about each individual artist or group. Fantastic artwork to show each in their prime. As a teacher this book could be used to introduce children to music from the past. As a person who loves these artists it's a wonderful way to learn someth...

from LadyD_Books

The book shares 27 short profiles of legendary artists and their music that changed the world, including my life. It's a great reference book, like an encyclopedia for young musicians. You'll take a look at a timeline of mega gifted artists who shared strong cultural messages of the day, while ot...

from Scrabblenut

Wow! This is one impressive book, coffee-table size, with gorgeous artwork and 2 high-quality CDs with a song by each of the 27 artists featured in the book. Each song illustrates the style of music by that musician and whets the appetite for more. Suggestions for other songs by the artist are gi...

from jastbrown

This is a better book than I expected it to be. Physically, it's huge-- 12" X 12", weighs 3 1/3 lbs., and it seems larger than that. This is basically a primer of Rock & Roll and related music during the early part of the second half of the 20th century in the United States. Each artist is allott...