Includes bibliographical references, discographies and index
Adam Ant -- Mildred Bailey -- Chet Baker -- Afrika Bambaataa -- Joanie Bartels -- The Bellamy Brothers -- Terence Blanchard -- Pat Boone -- Big Bill Broonzy -- Ruth Brown -- Grace Bumbry -- T Bone Burnett -- Tevin Campbell -- The Carpenters -- Peter Case -- The Charlatans -- Mark Chesnutt -- Van Cliburn -- Curve -- Dick Dale -- Iris DeMent -- Devo -- Eazy-E -- Einsturzende Neubauten -- David Foster -- Fugazi -- Gang Starr -- Gwar -- Roland Hayes -- Tish Hinojosa -- Lightnin' Hopkins -- Jodeci -- Jerome Kern -- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan -- Kool & the Gang -- Leo Kottke -- Gene Krupa -- Lerner and Loewe -- Steve Lillywhite -- Joe Lovano -- Lush -- Ellis Marsalis -- The Meat Puppets -- Johnny Mercer -- Charlie Musselwhite -- The O'Jays -- Pantera -- Phish -- The Proclaimers -- Della Reese -- Trent Reznor -- Sylvia Rhone -- Buddy Rich -- Nino Rota -- Sawyer Brown -- Gil Scott-Heron -- Jon Secada -- Paul Shaffer -- Shonen Knife -- Sly and Robbie --- Smashing Pumpkins -- Georg Solti -- Sounds of Blackness -- Mavis Staples -- The Story -- Billy Strayhorn -- Al B. Sure! -- Joan Sutherland -- Keith Sweat -- Billy Taylor -- Teenage Fanclub -- Toots Thielemans -- Thin Lizzy -- Third World -- Toad the Wet Sprocket -- Big Joe Turner -- James Blood Ulmer -- Townes Van Zandt -- Porter Wagoner -- Jerry Jeff Walker -- Lawrence Welk
Provides comprehensive information on musicians and groups from around the world. Entries include a detailed biographical essay, selected discographies, contact information, and a list of sources
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