Packed with more than 700 entries and 500 photographs, this edition of The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music is the essential reference to the sounds and styles of country music. Country music’s pioneers, superstars, and newest wave of popular performers are all here, and this guide will point you to their best recordings and reveal complete details of their lives and careers.
Fully revised and up to date, this third edition remains true to the roots of country music and captures the huge growth and diversity of the industry today. The rich heritage of country music is preserved here in definitive profiles of the performers who created it. Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, George Jones, and dozens more are featured in authoritative reviews of their contributions, with classic photographs and recommendations of their best recordings now available Entries on new stars are also included, detailing the sensational careers of such performers as Garth Brooks,
Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Travis Tritt and Trisha Yearwood.
Unparalleled as a reference course, The New Illustrated Encycloped,a of Country Music provides at-a-glance details in more than 500 main entries and identifies more than 200 additional performers in the appendix. Each entry covers the basics: date and place of birth, recommended discographies, record labels and awards. The centrepiece of each entry is a biographical sketch that includes little-known and interesting details on the artists' musical and personal background.