popular music

At fifteen, Joshua Blackbird becomes an international singing star but, as his hometown girlfriend relates, after more than a year, the pressures and dangers of fame take a toll and "Shu" disappears.

Tessa Hart's world feels very small. Confined to her bedroom with agoraphobia, her one escape is the online fandom for pop sensation Eric Thorn. When he tweets to his fans, it's like his speaking directly to her... Eric Thorn is frightened by his obsessive fans. They take their devotion way too far. It doesn't help that his PR team keeps posting to encourage their fantasies. When a fellow pop star is murder at the hands of a fan, Eric knows he has to do something to shatter his online image fast like take down one of his top Twitter followers. But Eric's plan to troll @TessaHeartsEric unexpectedly evolves into an online relationship deeper than either could have imagined. And when the two arrange to meet IRL, what should have made for the world's best episode of Catfish takes a deadly turn... Told through tweets, direct messages, and police transcripts, this thriller for the online generation will keep you guessing right up to the shocking end. Go to Top.

"When Tenney and her best friend, Jaya, learn that a storm has ravaged the Bengai town where Jaya's cousin lives, they spring into action to raise money to rebuild her school. Meanwhile, Tenney begins rehearsing with a talented--and stubborn--young drummer named Logan when their manager books the duo to play at Nashville's City Music Festival, it's a dream come true for Tenney--until she finds out that the performance is on the same day as Jaya's fund-raiser."--Back cover.

Twelve-year old Mackenzie "Mac" Lowell accompanies her favorite boy band, Perfect Storm, on another road trip and chronicles her experiences on tour.

"Attempts to clarify the vast library of theater songs available to the beginner by choosing a 'performer's dozen'--thirteen songs placed in categories with a) a defining essay of each classification; b) a song assignment that exemplifies the category ... c) a valid phrasing of the song; [and] d) a dialogue between ... [the author] and a fictional performer beginning with the music reading and ending with a processional performance of the song"--Pages 1-2.

Presents the lyrics to the songs on all of Bob Dylan's albums, from "Bob Dylan" released in 1962, to "Tempest" in 2012.

The author recalls his friendship and musical collaboration with Ira Gershwin, highlighting twelve of Gershwin's popular songs.

"Jas Obrecht presents a celebration of the world's most popular instrument as seen through the words, lives, and artistry of some of its most beloved players. Readers will read--and hear--accounts of the first guitarists on record, pioneering bluesmen, gospel greats, jazz innovators, country pickers, rocking rebels, psychedelic shape-shifters, singer-songwriters, and other movers and shakers. In their own words, these guitar players reveal how they found their inspirations, mastered their instruments, crafted classic songs, and created enduring solos"--Provided by publisher.