The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Country Music by Bob Allen - 9780631191063

The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Country MusicAuthor(s): Bob Allen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9780631191063, 978-0631191063\nSynopsis\nRECORDED COUNTRY MUSIC The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Country Music This is the definitive guide to selecting the finest recordings in country music. Artists such as Garth Brooks and Billy Ray Cyrus outsell established pop and rock giants in the United States, and they are becoming increasingly popular in Europe. Yet this very popularity means that it is now more difficult to define just what country music is. The Guide looks at the key recordings in ten major areas of the music, selecting a main library of 100 discs the majority of them currently available CDs, but with a few harder-to-find specialist items that should form the core of any country collection. In addition, over 300 supplementary albums are listed and described, enriching the coverage of each style. Crosn