All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul

by Vladimir Bogdanov

Overview

(Book). This comprehensive guide is a must-have for the legions of fans of the beloved and perennially popular music known as soul and rhythm & blues. A member of the definitive All Music Guide series, the All Music Guide to Soul offers nearly 8,500 entertaining and informative reviews that lead readers to the best recordings by more than 1,500 artists and help them find new music to explore. Informative biographies, essays and "music maps" trace R&B's growth from its roots in blues and gospel through its flowering in Memphis and Motown, to its many branches today. Complete discographies note bootlegs, important out-of-print albums, and import-only releases. "Extremely valuable and exhaustive." The Christian Science Monitor

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879307448
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/01/2003
Series:	All Music Guides
Edition description:	4th Revised ed.
Pages:	914
Product dimensions:	9.18(w) x 10.92(h) x 2.19(d)