Education Department Research Portal: General Music Research Resources

Designed for an introductory course in African American music, this title focuses on musical genres & styles, moving chronologically from folk traditions to modern forms.

Reviews and ratings of over 14,000 albums from 2,200 artists in over 400 styles.

Popular music -- History and criticism
Popular music -- Analysis, appreciation

Includes discographies and indexes.
Bonus disc includes sample tracks from various artists on the RCA Records Label.

Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism

A retelling of rock history from the feminine perspective includes interviews, facts, lively personal anecdotes, and commentary on women's struggles in an industry long dominated by men and controlled by money.

This Companion maps the world of pop and rock, pinpointing the most significant moments in its history and presenting the key issues involved in understanding popular culture's most vital art form

Understanding Rock brings together essays by seven of musicology and music theory's best young scholars, and each essay explores the often complex musical structure of rock. Chapters in this collection are devoted to the music of The Beach Boys, The Grateful Dead, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Yes, Paul Simon, and k.d. lang.

Accompanying compact discs include musical examples to support the text.

Consists of 16 essays and the editor's introduction.

The ultimate illustrated history of rock & roll-comprehensive, authoritative, and fully updated with coverage of the most important new sounds and artists of the 1980s and '90s.

Johnny Bee -- Dino Danelli -- Levon Helm -- Roger Hawkins -- "Pretty" Purdie -- Hal Blaine -- Earl Palmer -- Russ Kunkel -- D.J. Fontana -- Dave Clark -- Kenney Jones -- Charlie Watts -- Jim Keltner -- Ringo Starr

Revised edition of: Understanding popular music. 2nd ed. 2001