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.
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Content includes:Rabih Abou-Khalil -- Acoustic Alchemy -- Ryan Adams -- Toshiko Akiyoshi -- Anastacia -- Aterciopelados -- Average White Band -- BBMak -- The Bee Gees -- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy -- Harrison Birtwistle - Ran Blake -- Blue Mountain -- Bobby Broom -- Bush -- Larry Carlton -- Case -- Boozoo Chavis -- Cherish the Ladies -- Shawn Colvin -- Cowboy Junkies -- Clay Crosse -- Gail Davies -- The Drifters -- Manfred Eicher -- Evan and Jaron -- Gaither Vocal Band -- Angela Gheorghiu -- Keith Green -- James Horner -- Miki Howard -- Ray Wylie Hubbard -- Rodney Jerkins -- Kottonmouth Kings -- The Kronos Quartet -- La Bouche -- Lamb -- Hubert Laws -- Crystal Lewis -- Ludacris -- Madonna -- Reva McEntire -- Marcus Miller -- Patsy Montana -- Marisa Monte -- Truls Mork -- Moro -- Na Leo -- Linda Perry -- PFR -- Shabba Ranks -- Dean Reed -- Remy Zero -- Rippingtons -- Saliva -- Sanchez --Andreas Scholl -- Pete Seeger -- Ravi Shankar -- Luke Slater -- Slobberbone -- Garrison Starr -- George Strait -- Sum 41 -- June Tabor -- Tea Party -- Thalia -- Boubacar Traore -- Ulali -- Ultravox -- Carlos Vives -- Voodoo Glow Skulls -- David Wilcox -- Hank Williams III -- and Christian Wolff.