Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide biographical information about over eighty contemporary musicians and groups; each with a critical essay about the artist or band's work, discographies, and listings of articles about the performer/s.
Content Note
Content includes: June Anderson -- Martha Argerich -- Harold Arlen -- Atari Teenage Riot -- The Atomic Fireballs -- Bauhaus -- Thomas Beecham -- Eric Benet -- The Beta Band -- Blink 182 -- Blondie -- Caspar Brotzmann -- Built to Spill -- Cake -- Hoagy Carmichael -- Citizen King -- Colin Davis -- Banco De Gaia -- Joe Diffie -- Sara Evans -- Everlast -- Fear Factory -- Fuel -- Gene Loves Jezebel -- Alvin Youndblood Hart -- Dave Holland -- Enrique Iglesias -- Natalie Imbruglia -- The Jam -- Kid Rock -- Diana Krall -- Jonny Lang -- Limp Bizkit -- Lit -- Lo Fidelity All Stars -- Jack Logan -- Lonestar -- Jennifer Lopez -- Luscious Jackson -- M People -- Madness -- Russell Malone -- Manic Street Preachers -- Amanda Marshall -- Mary Martin -- Mase -- Matchbox 20 -- MC Eiht -- Susannah McCorkle -- The McGuire Sisters -- Brad Mehldau -- Ethel Merman -- Moby -- Mogwai -- Randy Newman -- Orgy -- Leon Parker -- Nicholas Payton -- Pennywise -- Bernadette Peters -- Placebo -- The Roots -- Sawyer Brown -- Ron Sexsmith -- Woody Shaw -- Sheep On Drugs -- Skunk Anansie -- Slick Rick -- Smash Mouth -- Social Distortion -- Kay Starr -- Sun Ra -- David Sylvian -- Texas -- Type O Negative -- Tom Waits -- Rick Wakeman -- The Waterboys -- Wilco -- and Mark Wills.