Music: Popular Music

Print Resources in the Reference Section:

     Hoffmann, Frank W. Chronology of American Popular Music, 1900-2000. New York: Routledge, 2008  REF ML 3477 .H64 2008

Links to Resources on the Web:

• Billboard
  Site maintained by billboard contains charts, samples, videos, news, reviews and listing of events.
• Blues World
  Provides valuable links to blues societies, festivals, internet radio, instruments, artists and annotated discographies.  Commercial links include 78 RPM seller services and recent CD releases
• Black Grooves 
    Reviews of new back music releases hosted by the Indiana University Archives of African American Music and Culture

• Center for Black Music Research
  Based at Columbia College, Chicago, the CBMR provides comprehensive definitions of styles and genres which are part of the black music experience internationally.  Valuable bibliographies with some audio examples.

• Center for Popular Music
  An archive and research center concerned with  works  from before the Revolutionary War to the present, located at Middle Tennessee State University.

• Jazz/Blues Archives, Collections & Museums
• A literally fantastic list of jazz and blues resources from the University of Chicago
• The Joe Smith Collection
  Recorded interviews with pop musicians between 1950 and the 1980's.  Made available by the Library of Congress.
• Louis Armstrong Archives
  Online resource for information about the Louis Armstrong house, and the archival collection it contains.
• Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music
  Updated version of the Penguin publication, with constant additions. Site is now titled "Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular Music."
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives
  Search under "Resources" for valuable guides for each inductte, recording studios and specific topics.
• Televised Opera and Musical Comedy Database
  A wonderful compendium of factual materials, searchable by year, composer, soloist, and title.  Maintained by Indiana University.