Describes the best recordings of artists in twenty-two music categories

Arranged in sixteen musical categories, provides entries for twenty thousand releases from four thousand artists, and includes a history of each musical genre.

Filled with essential information on classical music, this guide covers more than one thousand composers and performers and discusses almost four thousand individual compositions, including more than three hundred operas. Original.

A comprehensive fan resource provides informative reviews by the genre's leading artists, offering tips on how to obtain key recordings as well as biographies, essays, and a history of country music's evolution from American southern folk music to its many modern derivatives. Original.

Covering the entire spectrum of country music from the twenties to the nineties, a comprehensive guide contains reviews of more than four thousand recordings and more than twenty essays about the evolution of country music. Original. 25,000 first printing. IP. (view table of contents)

Provides information about the artists and styles that make up electronica, including profiles of Autechre, DJ Spooky, and John Digweed. (view table of contents)

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.

Lists, rates, and reviews more than 13,200 recordings by 1,440 jazz artists; provides biographies of the artists; and charts the evolution of jazz

An entertaining, easily accessible guide to jazz music covers more than eighteen thousand recordings and more than 1,700 musicians from across the jazz spectrum and includes a history of the different types of jazz music, the evolution of jazz instruments, essays on styles, and more. Original.

Lists, rates, and reviews more than 18,000 recordings by 1,740 jazz artists; provides biographies of the artists; and charts the evolution of jazz (view table of contents)

A voluminous and entertaining guide features complete album discographies--including 'bootleg' recordings, out-of-print records, and imports--for artists in all varieties of rock music, along with profiles of performers, record reviews, and more. Original. 20,000 first printing. IP.

Product Description: Easy to use and fun to explore, this 1,400-page tome is the most complete guide ever published on the artists and recordings that really rock. Compiled by dozens of music critics, it reviews and rates more than 14,000 great albums by over 2,200 artists and groups in more than 400 styles - both mainstream and alternative - including bootlegs, import-only releases, important out-of-print recordings, and lesser-known cult artists...read more

Informative biographies, essays, reviews, and discographies trace soul's growth from its roots in blues and gospel and its flowering in Memphis and Motown to its many branches today. Original. 20,000 first printing.

A resource on blues music reviews 7,000 recordings in all major styles while profiling more than 1,000 blues artists and providing essays on the genre's history, styles, labels, and influential contributors. Original.