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: Trace Adkins -- Ed Ames -- The Battlefield Band -- Margaret Becker -- Tab Benoit -- The Bloodhound Gang -- Brave Combo -- Richard Buckner -- Uri Caine -- Dina Carroll -- Carter USM -- Eliza Carthy -- Caustic Resin -- Catie Curtis -- Nic Dalton -- Buddy DeFranco -- The Delgados -- Dirty Three -- Drivin N' Cryin' -- 808 State -- Kurt Elling -- Ellery Eskelin -- Eurythmics -- Eve 6 -- Frankie Goes to Hollywood -- The Frogs -- Juan Gabriel -- Slim Gaillard -- Girls Against Boys -- Jascha Heifetz -- David Holmes -- Indigenous -- Jawbox -- Tommy Keene -- Jeff Kelly -- Uwe Kropinski -- The Lanternjack -- The Loud Family -- Marcy Playground -- Scott McCaughey -- Merzbow -- Method Man -- Buddy Miller -- Sugar Minott -- The Minutemen -- Mott the Hoopie -- Neutral Milk Hotel -- Willie Nile -- Birgit Nilsson -- Northwoods Improvisers -- Sinead O'Connor -- Chico O'Farrill -- Jim O'Rourke -- William Parker -- Michael Peterson -- Porno for Pyros -- Queens of the Stone Age -- Adrian Sherwood -- Matthew Shipp -- Sigur Ros -- Roni Size -- Gunter "Baby" Sommer -- Spacemen 3 -- Staind -- The Stranglers -- Sunset Valley -- Swell -- Swervedriver -- Bryn Terfel -- Thievery Corporation -- To Rococo Rot -- Mark-Anthony Turnage -- 23 Skidoo -- Bennie Wallace -- Frank Wildhorn -- "Slim" and "Baby" Williams -- Peter Wolf -- Steve Wynn -- X-Ray Spex -- and Xzibit.