Rock Raps : Five Decades of Popular Music

History of popular music from the fifties onwards, written for young teenagers. Discusses the roots of rock-and-roll and rock culture, and provides information about famous pop/rock stars, instruments, festivals, life on the road, getting into the music industry, later styles and fashions in popular music, and rock on the World Wide Web. Includes suggestions for further reading, and index. The author teaches a professional writing course. Her other publications include 'Musical Harriet' and novelisations of the television serial 'Heartbreak High'.Costain, Meredith is the author of 'Rock Raps : Five Decades of Popular Music' with ISBN 9781865082509 and ISBN 1865082503.