All Music Guide

by Vladimir Bogdanov

Easy to follow, this book will guide you through 16 different genres of modern Popular Music and discuss more than 20,000 memorable recordings by over 4,000 talented artists associated with each style. Each section goes into detail on the origins of each one by the way of over 80,000 reviews and ratings. How the genre evolved and the artists who contributed their recordings are discussed in a biographical format. The music industry is divided into specific genres (i.e. Pop, Rock, Country, Classical, etc.) and within those genres there are many sub-genres (i.e. Punk Rock, Bubblegum Pop,...

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