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: Badi Asad -- A*Teens -- Lou Bega -- Elmer Bernstein -- Big Star -- Robert Bonfiglio -- Solomon Burke -- Carman -- Kasey Chambers -- The Chieftains -- Coco Tea -- Harry Connick, Jr. -- Country Joe and the Fish -- Elvis Crespo -- Alana Davis -- Dixie Dregs -- Eric Dolphy -- Doves -- Jane Eaglen -- Fifth Dimension -- Five for Fighting -- The Flamingos -- Willie Foster -- Alan Freed -- Full Force -- Gelix Galimir -- Gloria Gaynor -- Grand Funk Railroad -- Urbie Green -- Fred Hammond -- Emmylou Harris -- Ronnie Hawkins -- Dick Haymes -- The Impressions -- The Irish Tenors -- Janet Jackson -- Jagged Edge -- Keith Jarrett -- Ja Rule -- Phillip Johnston -- George Jones -- Juvenile -- Ernie K-Doe -- Kid606 -- Kitaro -- CoCo Lee -- Booker Little -- Keith Lockhart -- Los Lobos -- Radu Lupu -- Cheb Mami -- Audra McDonald -- Cindy Morgan -- Tommy Mottola -- Nickelback -- Kelly Joe Phelps -- Resurrection Band -- Rumba Club -- SHeDAISY -- Dinah Shore -- Silly Wizard -- Sizzla -- Carol Sloane -- Smashing Pumpkins -- Soft Machine -- Karlheinz Stockhausen -- Stone Temple Pilots -- System of a Down -- Tall Paul -- Tantric -- Chalee Tennison -- Toots and the Maytals -- Nestor Torres -- Rhonda Vincent -- and Yellowjackets.