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Music Genres

Music Genres The Neglected Era Between Elvis and the Beatles Gets Its Due (Jan 2006) Chinese Music Is Surprisingly Western-Influenced (Nov 2005) Today's Proliferation of Independent Rock Labels (Sep 2005) Experience Music Project: Seattle's Imaginative Unmuseum (Jan 2004) Japan's Shamisen Boom (Nov 2003) The Yoshida Brothers Take On America (Nov 2003) The Electrifying Les Paul (Jul 2003) Traditional American Music Takes Root (Feb 2003) Bill Monroe and the Making of Bluegrass (Dec 2002) The Heavens Peal: Celebrating the Carillon (Jun 1997) What Is World Music?: Zap Mama Provides One Answer (Apr 1994) Steinway's Remedy for Music (Sep 1992) Reviewing Our Musical Heritage (Feb 1990) Resurrecting the Baroque Sound: A Majestic Old Timbre for New Instruments (May 1988) Debussy, Baudelaire, and Poe: Fascination of the Fantastic (Mar 1988) The Great Russian Piano Tradition (Jan 1988) Music of the Bible: Development, Destruction, and Discovery (Dec 1987) The Passion Tradition (Apr 1987) Bluegrass--A Distinctly American Brand of Music (Feb 1987) Double Pleasure: Music for Two Pianos (Oct 1986)