This book is bargain priced from 03/15/2014 until 01/31/2015 This book is the first volume of a two-volume guide to the best popular music ever recorded and the artists who created and recorded it. This book, like its predecessor, covers a number of genres that comprise popular music including pop, rock, blues, jazz, country, reggae, hip hop, ragtime, folk, and others. The premier performers of these various genres are included here along with their best and definitive musical … [Read more...] about A Guide to Essential Popular Music by Brian Westland