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: Claudio Abbado -- Bill Anderson -- Fred Anderson -- Valdimir Ashkenazy -- At The Drive-In -- Susana Baca -- Baha Men -- Johannes Bauer -- Luciano Berio -- Carlinhos Brown -- Candlebox -- Anne Clark -- Coldplay -- Concrete Blonde -- The Corrs -- The Cows -- The Divine Comedy -- Dust Brothers -- Echo and the Bunnymen -- Ramblin' Jack Elliott -- Enigma -- Enya -- John Farnham -- Fastball -- Faust -- Simon H. Fell -- Felt -- Frank Fronhlich -- Golden Palominos -- Macy Gray -- Barry Harris -- Zakir Hussain -- Ahmad Jamal -- Jan & Dean -- Kansas -- The Kinleys -- Peter Kowald -- Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers -- Len -- Julie London -- Lulu -- Machine Head -- Paul McCartney -- Medeski, Martin & Wood -- Kylie Minogue -- Minty -- The Misfits -- Mouse On Mars -- Mya -- Colon Nancarrow -- Neu! -- 98 Degrees -- Mojo Nixon -- Paul Oakenfold -- Will Oldham -- Tony Oxley -- Pearl Jam -- Chuck Prophet -- Terry Riley -- Kevin Salem -- Savage Garden -- Doug Scharin -- Paul Schutze -- Tony Scott -- Semisonic -- Brian Setzer -- Robert Shaw -- Duncan Sheik -- Terrell -- Tijuana No! -- Amon Tobin -- Tonic -- Tortoise -- Roger Turner -- Armand Van Helden -- Jaci Velasquez -- Wailing Souls -- and BeBe and CeCe Winans.