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 : Barry Adamson -- Daevid Allen -- Fiona Apple -- Hoyt Axton -- Bad Religion -- Bardo Pond -- Beat Happening -- Belle and Sebastian -- Tito Beltran -- Jeb Bishop -- Peter Blegvad -- Blonde Redhead -- Johnny Bond -- The Boredoms -- Can -- Vicki Carr -- Vic Chesnutt -- Billy Childish -- Christian Death -- Charlotte Church -- Cibo Matto -- Corbra Verde -- Creed -- D. O. A. -- Jeff Dahi -- Death in Vegas -- Dave Edmunds -- Eminem -- The Ex -- Filter -- The Flying Luttenbachers -- The Folk Implosion -- Kenny Garett -- The Go-Betweens -- Gogi Grant -- Tom Harrell -- Penelope Houston -- Jay-Z -- Eyvind Kang -- Stacey Kent -- Lambert, Hendricks and Ross -- Fred Lane -- Lyle Lovett -- The Magnetic Fields -- Johnny Mandel -- Mercury Rev -- Monks of Doom -- Dave Murray -- Neurosis -- NOFX -- Olivia Tremor Control -- Evan Parker -- The Promise Ring -- Roswell Rudd -- Saint Etienne -- David Sanborn -- Pharoah Sanders -- Mongo Santamaria -- Randy Scruggs -- George Shearing -- Sloan -- Elliott Smith -- Tommy Smith -- Smog -- Britney Spears -- Ronnie Spector -- Sunny Day Real Estate -- Super Furry Animals -- Teri Thornton -- Trick Daddy -- Ken Vandermark -- Caetano Veloso -- Velvet Crush -- Arcadi Volodos -- Joe Louis Walker -- The Wedding Present -- Margaret Whiting -- Willem Breuker Kollektief -- John Williams -- and Nancy Wilson.