All Music Guide (4th Edition)

All Music Guide - 4th Edition. (The Definitive Guide to Popular Music). Book. Softcover. 1496 pages. Backbeat Books #0879306270. Published by Backbeat Books.

From folk to avant-garde to world music, this fun-to-browse book easily guides readers to more than 20,000 great recordings by over 4,000 artists through thorough reviews and ratings. Arranged by genre (the book covers 16 styles in all), each section provides informed essays on how the music evolved and its various styles, intriguing artist biographies, and insightful reviews and ratings of the top recordings. The lives and work of major artists are described in depth. Easy-to-read