All Music Guide to Soul

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This comprehensive guide is a must-have for the legions of fans of the beloved and perennially popular music known as soul and rhythm & blues. A member of the definitive All Music Guide series the ÊAll Music Guide to SoulÊ offers nearly 8 500 entertaining and informative reviews that lead readers to the best recordings by more than 1 500 artists and help them find new music to explore. Informative biographies essays and music maps trace R&B's growth from its roots in blues and gospel through its flowering in Memphis and Motown to its many branches today. Complete discographies note bootlegs important out-of-print albums and import-only releases. Extremely valuable and exhaustive. ä ÊThe Christian Science MonitorÊ