Popular Music

 

History

  • Rock 'n' Roll Timeline - From music megasite digitaldreamdoor.com; very comprehensive, enlightening timeline

  • Alternative Rock - Good general overview from New World Encyclopedia; re-written from a Wikipedia entry

  • Roughstock's History of Country Music - Very comprehensive history of Western Swing, Honky Tonk, the Nashville Sound, etc.

  • Protest Songs - From Librarians' Internet Index; good menu of a variety of resources on protest and folk songs from various decades

Guides/Overviews

  • All Music Guide - Part of the All Media series of sites, a comprehensive guide with biographies of artists, arranged and searchable by genres

  • HipHop-Directory - Metasite containing links, with categories including Online Shows, Producing, and Politics and Activism

  • Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music - A comprehensive guide to various sub-genres of electronic music

  • Global Trance and Dance - UK site; guide to trance music with hundreds of artist bios

  • Ambient Music Guide - Guide to "contemporary ambient, instrumental and downtempo" music, containing many links, a history, and reviews

  • Epitunes.com - Devoted to live music; users can search for shows in their area, meet other fans, or post reviews of shows

  • Hip-Hop Dictionary - Comprehensive; click on links for particular segments of the alphabet

Online Magazines

  • Pitchfork Media - Specializes in alternative or indie rock, containing full-length feature stories, well-written reviews, and multimedia downloads

  • Paste Magazine - Online version of the print magazine, specializing in alternative rock, alternative country, folk-rock, and roots music

  • Perfect Sound Forever - Thoughtful, well-written online music and culture mag

  • Puremusic - Webzine dedicated to singer-songwriters

  • Igloo Magazine - Nicely designed online publication on electronic music; news and reviews

  • I Like Music - Covering mostly mainstream pop/rock; a lot of breaking news

  • Chesapeake Music Guide - Online version of print publication; devoted to the Eastern and Western shores of MD, including a calendar of live music, band spotlights, etc.

"Best Of" Lists

  • Rolling Stone Lists - An index of lists of great albums, etc, published over the years in Rolling Stone magazine

  • Digital Dreamdoor: The Music Lists - Huge array of long lists: Greatest Metal Guitarists, Underrated Rap/Hip-Hop Albums, etc; scroll to bottom for note on criteria/authority

 
Last updated 6/11/09

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