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)

Lists, rates, and reviews over 11,000 recordings and profiles over 1,800 musicians (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)

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Product Description: The only guide available that focuses exclusively on this massively popular category, this comprehensive guide to country music of the last 25 years includes nearly 500 reviews, plus bios and histories, featuring artists from Willie Nelson to Kenny Chesne

Product Description: With more than 500 reviews plus artist bios and the true tales of the birth of the art form, this is without a doubt the one book every hip-hop fan and would-be rapper needs.

Product Description: From Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Bruce Springsteen to the Beatles, the Who, and the Rolling Stones, this is the ultimate guide to rock and roll's most enduring artists. It's all here: 1000 expert reviews of the most famous rock albums and the forgotten jewels from the classic rock vaults...read more