An A-Z biographical reference that focuses on individual artists and groups in all popular styles active from 1990 to the present, including those in rock, rhythm and blues, rap, country, electronica, jazz, vocal and classical. Features include select discographies, bibliographi…
Contains articles that provide biographical and career information about musicians who achieved or maintained commercial success in the 1990s, focusing on rock, pop, country, R & B, and hip-hop, with some attention to other genres including classical, world, Latin, Broadway, blu…
Provides a window into the arts, performances, movements, and music that shaped the world's cultural development since 1900.
Adam Again -- Bryan Adams -- Aereogramme -- Christina Aguilera -- Akon -- Alien Ant Farm -- Harry Allen -- Michael Amante -- Adrian Belew -- Tony Bennett -- Blue October -- Gary Burton -- Ciara -- Natalie Cole -- Roger Daltrey -- Danko Jones -- Diddy -- Jeremy Enigk -- Fantasia …
Provides biographical information on important figures in today's musical arena, covering artists working in all genres of modern music, including rock, jazz, pop, rap, rhythm and blues, folk, New Age, country, gospel and reggae.
"The days of poets moping around castle steps wearing black capes is over. The poets of today are amplified."--LEONARD COHEN Picking up where Samuel Johnson left off more than two centuries ago, Ray Robertson's Lives of the Poets (with Guitars) offers up an amplified gathering o…
Canadian novelist Ray Robertson discusses the lives and careers of thirteen musicians he admires.
Canadian novelist Ray Robertson discusses the lives and careers of thirteen musicians he admires.
"The days of poets moping around castle steps wearing black capes is over. The poets of today are amplified."--LEONARD COHEN Picking up where Samuel Johnson left off more than two centuries ago, Ray Robertson's Lives of the Poets (with Guitars) offers up an amplified gathering o…
Canadian novelist Ray Robertson discusses the lives and careers of thirteen musicians he admires.
"This book tells the story of ska music and its development from Jamaica to England, where the music took on a distinctively different tone, and finally to the rest of the world. Through the words of over 30 legendary artists, from over a decade of interviews, the story of ska m…