This well-respected reference has been completely updated, expanded, and revised to reflect the ever-evolving world of rock. Compiled by dozens of noted music critics, this third edition reviews and rates more than 12,000 great albums by over 2,000 artists and groups, both mainstream and alternative. A brief profile details each performer's career ...
Now in its fourth edition, the All Music Guide to Jazz has been fully updated to cover the latest new releases, plus notable reissues and compilations. This entertaining, easy-to-use reference reviews and rates more than 18,000 top recordings by over 1,700 musicians in all jazz styles and eras - from New Orleans jazz to swing, bebop, cool, hard ...
A guide to the key recordings in the rap and hip-hop genres is comprised of informative reviews of top artists, biographies, essays, and "music maps" that trace the history of hip-hop from its urban soul origins to its emergence in mainstream culture. Original.
Arranged in sixteen musical categories, provides entries for twenty thousand releases from four thousand artists, and includes a history of each musical genre.
Fast becoming a classic music reference, this comprehensive and easy-to-use guide to 23,000-plus top recordings in 22 categories produced by more than 6,000 artists and groups. Arranged by genre, this guide covers classical, jazz, country, blues, pop, rock, folk, world beat, children's music, and more. 40 charts.
This is a guide to country music performers and their recordings. It features biographies of more than 1000 artists and groups, with overviews of their careers, and reviews and ratings of their best recordings. Historical essays and music maps chart the roots and evolution of country music.
From 1920s Delta blues to 1990s electric, this is the authoritative guide to the blues on vinyl, tape, and CD. Fully updated to reflect today's revitalized blues world, this guide is any blues fan's lifeline to the best blues past and present. It reviews and rates 7,000 recordings in all major styles across the blues map- from Delta blues to ...
Listing more than 500 blues artists alphabetically, each with a brief biographical profile, and reviewing and rating their best recordings--more than 3,000 in all--this comprehensive guide identifies thousands of top-notch CDs, albums, and tapes in all styles of the blues. Fifteen historical essays plus supplemental "music maps" chart the roots ...
With more than 1,200 pages, the "All Music Guide to Rock", and constitute the single most thorough guide to rock albums ever produced--its 15,000 reviews include rock, pop, soul, R&B, and rap recordings.
This guide defines more than 18,000 recordings made by 1,700 musicians in all jazz styles. There are biographies, discographies, reviews, ratings, essays and charts, and an alphabetical guide profiles each performer's career. It also discusses the development of jazz instruments.
This comprehensive guide is a must-have for the legions of fans of the beloved and perennially popular music known as soul and rhythm & blues. The latest in the definitive All Music Guide series, the All Music Guide to Soul offers entertaining and informative reviews that lead readers to the best recordings by their favorite artists and help them ...
With more than 1,200 pages, the "All Music Guide to Rock", and constitute the single most thorough guide to rock albums ever produced--its 15,000 reviews include rock, pop, soul, R&B, and rap recordings.
A collection of biographies, discographies, reviews, ratings, essays and charts to help blues and gospel fans explore recordings. It identifies more than 3500 CDs, albums and tapes in key blues styles, and features personal profiles of more than 700 musicians and singers.
This comprehensive guide profiles the careers of hundreds of major artists, such as Aphex Twin and the Prodigy, and reviews thousands of the best electronica recordings. Incisive essays explore electronica's widely varied subgenres. 20 charts.
The 'All Music Guide to Country' is a complete guide to country music's performers and their top recordings, covering the entire spectrum of the genre, from old-time country to new alternative country.
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