Music

Quick links to the world wide web for music fans.
Selected by Monroe County Public Library Adult Services staff.

Reviews, profiles, ratings, celebrity information, song and album lists.

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All Music Guide
The essential reference source for all types of music. Has biographical information, starred reviews and is searchable by artist, album and song. Includes a separate section for classical music searchable by composer, performer, country and period.

CD Universe
New and future music releases -- pop, classical and international. Browse by your type of music, then sort by recently released, just announced, future releases or best sellers. A huge list of music categories: from alternative, honky tonk and hornpipe to organ, Philly soul and Zambian.

Country Weekly
Lots of country music news about recordings, artists and concerts.

CCM - Conntemporary Christian Music
Information on contemporary christian music and artists.

Jazz Review
Reviews of new jazz recordings and an archive of past reviews. Links to other jazz resources and artist information, too.

All Classical
Part of the All Music Guide, All Classical is searchable by composer/performer, work title/keyword and album title. Has biographical information and history of major works.

Gracenote CD Data Base
Quick and simple search by artist, album, track. Includes biographies of musicians and groups.

Who's Alive and Who's Dead
A quick way to find out which of the noted musicians, singing groups, and celebrities of our time are with us and which ones have died.

Who2.com
For any famous figure, Who2 presents the quick facts you're most likely looking for: birth and death dates, famous works, notorious trivia. Then -- in case that's not enough -- we sift the web and pick out the four best sites for additional detail .

 

 

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