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: Joe Allison ; Karrin Allyson ; Tori Amos ; Wessell Anderson ; Afrika Bambaataa ; The Big Tymer ; Bottle Rockets ; Bright Eyes ; B2K ; Jimmy Buffett ; Sonny Burgess ; Beth Nielse Chapman ; The Clovers ; Avishai Cohen ; Christine Collister ; The Cranberries ; Craig David ; Dishwalla ; Disturbed ; Lonnie Donegan ; Fat Joe ; Morton Feldman ; Vicente Fernandez ; Vivian Fine ; Flamin' Groovies ; The Florida Boys ; Funk Brothers ; The Gap Band ; Gorillaz ; Ida Haendel ; Donny Hathaway ; Wayne Horvitz ; Wanda Jackson ;Jaheim ; Jurassic 5 ; Umm Kalthum ; Bappi Lahiri ; David Lanz ; Abbey Lincoln ; Liquid Soul ; The Living End ; THe Manhattan Transfer ; Tim McGraw ; Joni Mitchell ; M2M ; Mudvayne ; Murder City Devils ; Fred Neil ; No Doubt ; Larry Norman ; Ol' Dirty Bastard ; Orchestra Baobab ; Brad Paisley ; Sean Paul ; Laura Pausini ; Omara Portuondo ; Rascal Flatts ; Josh Rouse ; Rova Saxophone Quartet ; Alessandro Safina ; Ralph Shapey ; Dmitry Shostakovich ; Sissel ; Southern Culture on the Skids ; Timbaland ; Trick Pony ; Stanley Turrentine ; Shania Twain ; James Blood Ulmer ; Uncle Kracker ; Bebo Valdes ; Deborah Voigt ; The Wiggles ; Claude "Fiddler" Williams ; and Yellowman.