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This book highlights 50 of the most important entertainers in contemporary country music, providing a brief biography of each artist with specia...

The story of the first roughly half century of jazz is really the story of some of the greatest musicians of all time. Scott Joplin, Glenn Mille...

From its very beginnings, the nature of jazz has been to reinvent itself. As the musical genre evolved from its roots--blues, European music, Vo...

This book focuses on 50 of the most important entertainers in the history of country music, from its beginnings in the folk music of early Ameri...

This reference volume is intended for both the casual and the most avid blues fan. It is divided into five separately introduced sections and co...

This is the second in a series of books focusing upon the history of folk music. This volume concentrates on the period that continues to fuel p...

This history of folk music looks at musicians, collectors and other figures from around the world. The book presents an overview of internationa...