Musichound World : The Essential Album Guide
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (609 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1578590396 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1096 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Resource section and indexes help you explore world music through the ages and around the globe.. MusicHound World breaks down 1,100 acts and 300 compilation CDs, making sure you pick the best sounds in the world
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Informative but uneven Kostas The Music Hound books are generally rather subjective and opinionated, and so is this. Artists seem to be picked randomly and the coverage of the various countries is very uneven. Continental Europe, for example, is sorely under-represented: 4 entries for Greece (Anna Vissi is the least of the omissions), only 3 for Portugal, 2 for Belgium and I couldn't find anything for The Netherlands. USA, Ireland and the UK get a lot of coverage and so does the African Continent in general. That said, I found this guide very informative and discovered lots of interesting artists in its pages. It just does not function as a complete (or even. una muy buena introduccion a la musica no "tradicional" El termino world music con que los americanos engloban toda la musica que suena algo "diferente" es tan amplio que hace casi imposible englobarla en un libro que tenga una armonia en su criterio de seleccion. Por otra parte las calificaciones, omisiones y extensiones dadas a cada interprete son totalmente subjetivas. Salvo esto la seleccion es buena con especial enfasis en la musica africana, asiatica,y para mi gusto demasiada anglofila ( celta,irlandesa,etc) La latina esta representada muy parcialmente con grandes omisiones, y peca de errores de origen y estilo. Cuenta con una buen indice por paises y un adecuado muestrario de . Useful to hold up an air-conditioner NY Lou This book is really disappointing. While it looks massive, and weighs a ton, MUSIC HOUND's WORLD is missing so many essential figures. Look at Brazil, they have a section on DAUDE (a relatively minor artist), but have NOTHING on giants of Samba such as PAULINHO DA VIOLA and MARTINHO DA VILA. ANNA VISSI (Greece), VLADIMIR VYSOTSKY (Russia), and countless others are omitted, while an equal number of bizarre names such as VINX are here. They seem more interested in people like Linda Ronstadt and Shakira's contribution to world music that actually putting together a guide about the movers and shakers. Even the bios that they do feat
. Indexes include the top recommended recordings, band members, country of origin, and a cumulative performer index to all "MusicHound" titles. From Library Journal The newest addition to the "MusicHound" series of CD buying guides features more than 1000 acts and 20,000 CDs from more than 85 countries. An index by music genre would have been helpful. Musicians who also record outside of the world music scene, like Paul Simon, are clearly marked. Lib., Edina, MN Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. Defining "world music" broadly, the book includes musicians as varied as Desmond Dekker, the Chieftans, and Carlos Varela. The CD recommendations are the guide's most valuable feature. Recommended for public and academic libraries with popular music collections.-Michele McGraw, Hennepin Cty. Entries describe each performer's work and influence, but there are some errors--the entry on the Pogues, for example, contains misspellings of a band member's name and a song title