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DeCurtis, Anthony
1992
Presents reviews and ratings of over 20,000 musical performers and their albums currently available including rock, pop, soul, country, blues, jazz, and gospel.
Presents reviews and ratings of nearly nine thousand blues recordings by 1,200 alphabetized artists, and also includes essays, short biographies, and music maps.
Presents reviews and ratings of over 3,100 albums by nearly 1,200 rap and hip-hop artists, and includes brief biographical profiles of the musicians, as well as recording dates and labels.
Presents reviews and ratings of over 14,000 albums by more than two thousand artists, and includes brief biographical profiles of the musicians, as well as recording dates and labels.
Covers the music of seventy different countries and regions, from salsa to soukous, cajun to calypso, gamelan to gospel, ra? to qawwali. Includes interviews with the key groups and artists, translations of lyrics, and reviews.