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 EAll Music Guide to SoulE 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. a EThe Christian Science MonitorE
- ISBN10 0879307447
- ISBN13 9780879307448
- Publish Date 1 October 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 January 2012
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Hal Leonard Corporation
- Imprint Backbeat Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 914
- Language English