genres
editor's picks: Bag of Songs, Daytrotter, Driven
Far Off, indie surfer blog, indie911, information leafblower, last.fm,
Listening Post
blogs: AltRock
Source, Marathon Packs, New
Music Lists blog
editor's picks: Oxford
American, Americana, Americana
UK
blogs: Living
in Stereo, Struggleville, Mandolin
Cafe
books: Cash:
The Autobiography by Johnny Cash
The
Tao of Willie by Willie Nelson and Turk Pipkin
Encyclopedia
of Country Music ed. Paul Kingsbury, CMA
charts Americanaradio.org, GarageBand, AudioStreet
streams: TwangCast,
Alt-Country,
Prog
Torch &
Twang
zines: No
Depression, Friends
of American Roots, Rootin' Around
ref: Wikipedia, All
Music Guide, last.fm
editor's picks: Int'l
Bluegrass Music Association, DesktopGrass,
European Bluegrass Music Association
blogs: This
Beautiful Disaster, Bluegrass
Blog, Bluegrass Cellular
mp3 blogs: Honest
Tunes, nine
bullets, muse Nashville
books:How Bluegrass Destroyed My life by John Fahey
Rural
Roots of Bluegrass: Songs, Stories & History
by
Wayne Erbsen
The Bluegrass Reader (Music in American Life)
by
Thomas Goldsmith
streams: Bluegrass
Country.org, AccuRadio
charts:
Boman
Top
10,
Soundclick,
RootsMusicReport
zines: Cybergrass,
Bluegrass
Now!
ref: Google:
Bluegrass, Boman
links, Festivals
editor's picks: Blues
Foundation, Living Blues, BluesMatters, BluesBytes, Australian
Blues Project, Cascade
Blues Association
blogs: Jazz&Blues
Reviews, Technorati
blues
mp3 blogs: PublicDomain4You
books:
Essential
Blues Album Guide by Leland Rucker
Deep
Blues by Robert Palmer
Stompin'
the Blues by Albert Murray
charts: Billboard,
Soundclick,
AudioStreet
podcasts: JandB
zines: Real
Blues, Blues
Access, Blues
Revue
ref: Wikipedia, All
Music Guide, Blueslinks.nl, Hawkeye's
Blues Bibliography, Delta
Blues Museum, Blues
Foundation, PBS
Blues
editor's picks: Americana, Americana
UK, Oxford American
blogs: Country
Music Alive, Hillbilly
Beat, Struggleville, Mandolin
Cafe
books:
Cash
The Autobiography by Johnny Cash
The
Tao of Willie by Willie Nelson and Turk Pipkin
Encyclopedia
of Country Music ed Paul Kingsbury
charts:
Americanaradio.org, GarageBand, AudioStreet
zines: No
Depression, Country
Standard Time, Country
Weekly, twangwire, Acountry, GAC
ref: Wikipedia, All
Music Guide, last.fm,
CMT, Facts&News
streams: HillbillyBeat
blogs: Best Folk blogs, Olesko's
Notebook, Folk Music
blog
books: Golden
Encyclopedia of Folk
Millennium
Folk by Donald Gruning
NPR Guide to Folk by Kip Lornell and Linda Ronstadt
charts: KBCS, RootsMusic, Soundclick, Unsigned
fanzines: SingOut!, FolkRoots, Digital
Folklife, Dirty Linen
streams: FolkDJ, Midnight
Special, BBC
Folkcountry
ref: FolkLib, AMG
Folk, Google:
folk
misc: Folk
Webrings, Mudcat Cafe, Folk
Info
editor's picks: All
About Jazz, Europe
Jazz Network,
JazzWeb, Jelly
blogs: ABJ,
be.jazz, Destination
Out, Rifftides
books: Jazz
Guide NYC
Maximum
Clarity by Ben Johnston and Bob Gilmore
Rhythm
Is Our Business by Eddie Determeyer
Reading
Jazz edited by Robert Gottlieb
charts: Billboard, Soundclick, Radio&Records
articles: Jazzwise,
JazzTimes, Jazziz, JazzImprov,
Downbeat,
streams: Freaked, Jazz
with Helen Borgers, MIT
listings, JazzCat, Desert
Island Jazz
ref: About,
AMG,
University
of Chicago Jazz Research,
web 2.0: Technorati,
del.icio.us,
elbo.ws
misc: Jazz
Network links, American
Music Center links,
Jazz
für Dummies, Label
directory, Artist
directory,
Pixagogo
cover art
editor's picks: Straight
No Chaser, Acid
Jazz server, Dusted,
Paris
Transatlantic, JazzLoft,
JazzWord
mp3 blogs: erikc,
BeyondJazz, epitonic, Untitled
Music
streams: One Final Note, BeyondJazz, JazzReview
mp3s
ref: Free Jazz Research, Free Improv Pages,
misc: emusic:
avant-garde jazz, Sun
Ra dissertation,
JazzWord sites, Lee Santa photos
editor's picks: BNR, Metal
Links, Metal
Rules, Encyclopaedia Metallum
blogs: JustJared, WhoDigs, SecondPeriod
books: Fargo
Rock City by
Chuck Klosterman
Hammer
of the Gods by Stephen Davis
Encyclopedia
of Heavy Metal by Daniel Bukszpan
charts: GarageBand, AudioStreet, Soundclick
streams: HardRadio,
Heavy
Metal Radio, Snake
Metal Radio
zines: HML
links, Heavy
Metal Universe, Blabbermouth,
The
Gauntlet, Revelation
Z
ref: Wikipedia, All
Music Guide, About
editor's picks: Jaded
Insider, Hits, EW:Music,
Pop Candy
blogs: Listen
Up, Pop Junkie, AOL
Music news, Pop
Life
mp3 blogs: InSound, Fufkin, Pop Zine
books: Sonata
For Jukebox by Geoffrey
O'Brien
Klosterman
IV by Chuck Klosterman
Sharon
Osbourne Extreme by Sharon Osbourne
charts: Billboard, Building
Album, Newbury
Comics,
USA Today
zines: Poplicks, Pop
Culture Madness, Much More Music
streams: Launchcast,
Live365,
pandora
ref: About Top 40, Answers, Infoplease,
AMG
misc: MTV, AOL
Music, Yahoo!Music,
PopDirt, World Music News
editor's picks: Absolute
Punk, The
Punk Site, Punk
Planet, Summer
of Hate, Loserdöm, HorrorPunk
books: England's
Dreaming by
Jon Savage
Please
Kill Me by
Legs McNeil
Redemption
Song by
Chris Salewicz
charts: AMG, AudioSt, mp3
charts
zines: Fast'n'Bulbous, Punk
Archive, Punk77, Generation
X
ref: Wikipedia, All
Music Guide, Interpunk,
flex discography
editor's picks: Nah Right?, Can't
Stop Won't Stop, Hip
Hop archives, HipHopSite, Rap
Dictionary, HopHop-Directory, RapMusic
blogs: Highbridnation, HipHopBlogs, SOHH
blogs
books: Can't
Stop Won't Stop by Jeff Chang
And
It Don't Stop: Best Hip-Hop Journalism
by Nelson George
Yes
Yes Y'All by Jim Fricke
charts: GarageBand, AudioStreet, Soundclick
zines: ProHipHop,
Vibe, The Source
ref: Wikipedia, All
Music Guide
editor's picks: xcl8tr,
AllThingsDeep,
Electric Soul,
PlayNYC, dmoz
links, DJHistory,
mixmag
blogs: Viper Fantastic,
DJ Sorce, Skratch DK, wepod
books:Last Night a DJ Saved My Life by Bill Brewster, Frank
Broughton
Looking for the Perfect Beat: The Art and Culture of the DJ by
Kurt B. Reighley
Generation
Ecstasy: Techno and Rave Culture
by
Simon Reynolds
charts: rjdmixshow,
DMCworld
streams: Ministry of Sound, clubnetradio,
FusionChicago, The
Dance Station
zines: Higher
Frequency,
Nocturnal, E909St,
DJ Times, Hybrid, Urb, Stylus
Wars
ref: jam2dis,
Wikipedia, delicious, DJHistory links
editor's picks: Smoke music.tv, Take-Away Shows, Gorilla vs Bear, 33 /13 blog
(Continuum), Coolfer, Hypebot, Idolator, mi2n, ilx
mp3 blogs
mp3 blogs: mp3s, Hypemachine, rockcritics.com,
Aquarium Drunkard, Stereogum,
Hall
of Records
books: Amazon, Powells, half.com
charts Billboard, Int'l, Yahoo!
zines: Pitchfork,
popmatters, FreakyTrig,
R&R Report
streams: Pandora, Fillmore
Concert Vault, last.fm, radioblogclub
ref: Wikipedia, All
Music Guide, Rough
swap sites: lala, Titletrader, Zunafish
torrents: mininova, TorrentDirectory, Demonoid
used CDs: ebay, half.com, Gemm
web 2.0: del.icio.us, digg, listible, simpy,
Web2list, neobinaries
misc: rockcriticslinks,
Rock's
Back Pages, ilx
books: Rip
It Up by Simon Reynolds
Spin
Alternative Guide by Eric Weisbard
Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael
Azerrad
charts: CMJ
Radio 200, GarageBand, BBC
1
zines: Black
Velvet [ links], FreakyTrig
streams: Pandora, last.fm, radioblogclub
ref: Wikipedia, All
Music Guide, Kill
From the Heart
swap sites: lala, Titletrader, Zunafish
torrents: mininova, TorrentDirectory
podcasts: IndieRockPunkPodcast,
used CDs: ebay, half.com, Gemm, Spun
web 2.0: del.icio.us, simpy,
Web2list, neobinaries
misc: rockcriticslinks,
Rock's
Back Pages, ilx
editor's picks: Soul
Patrol, Dance
and Soul, Soul Music
blogs: Danceblogga, Classic
Soul, Soul Source
mp3 blogs: Soul
Sides, DJ COA Soul,
DiddyWah
books:
Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke
by Peter Guralnick
Soulsville
USA: The Story of Stax Records
by Rob Bowman
It
Came From Memphis by
Robert Gordon
charts: mp3charts, soundclick, Audiostreet, Chartcentral
streams: Soultracks
(XM), Classic Motown
zines: Soulshine, Soulstrut, Intelligent
Dance Music Journal
ref: All
Music Guide: Soul, Stax Museum
editor's picks:
Cinemusic,
Soundtracknet, MusicMovies,
Golden Scores, Film Music on the Web
blogs: Scorebaby Annex, Monsters
and Critics, Filmtracks,
ScoreReviews
books:
Sound
and Vision 60 Years of Motion Picture Soundtracks by Jon Burlingame
Knowing
The Score Film Composers Talk About the Art,
Craft, Blood, Sweat, and Tears
of Writing for Cinema
by David Morgan
Reel Music Exploring 100 Years of Film Music
by Roger Hickman
charts:
Cineradio,
Amazon, All
Music Guide
streams: Film
Music Radio, luxuria,
Music Choice Europe
zines:
Film Music Mag,
Film
Score Monthly, Film
Music Society
ref: Yahoo
Film Music directory, FMS
links, Cinemusic, Musicweb
editor's picks:
Afropop,
Mondomix, Songlines
books:
Rough
Guide to World Music
by Simon Broughton and Mark Ellingham
The
Brazilian Sound Samba, Bossa Nova, and the Popular Music of Brazil by Chris
McGowan
Reggae
and Caribbean Music Third Ear Essential Listening Companion by Dave Thompson
charts:
AMG,
Charts by Country, mp3
charts
zines:
Rhythm Music,
RootsWorld, fRoots,
Dirty Linen
ref: Wikipedia, All
Music Guide
streams: African Spice, Club
Global, Bahia
online
misc: World Music Institute,
Society for Ethnomusicology,
Musical Traditions links
recent rock/pop
2011 in the running...
2010 iTunes playlist still gaining acceptance...
2009
1989: Bob Dylan Didn't Have This to Sing About, by Joshua Clover (California)
The Cultural Dictionary of Punk 1974-1982, by Nicholas Rombes (Continuum)
Gig Posters: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century, by Clay Hayes (Quirk)
The Song Is You, by Arthur Phillips
Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music,
by Tom Gioia
Oxford American 10th Anniversary Southern Music Issue
1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die, by Tom Moon (Workman)
There's A Riot Goin' On: Revolutionaries, Rock Stars and the Rise and Fall of '60s Counter-Culture, by Peter Doggett (Canongate)
Re-make/Re-model: Becoming Roxy Music, by Michael Bracewell
(Da Capo)
Black Postcards: A Rock & Roll Romance, by Dean Wareham (Penguin)
Roadwork: Rock & Roll Turned Inside Out
by Tom Wright (Hal Leonard)
Bomp! Saving the World One Record At a Time
by Suzy Shaw, Mick Farren (Ammo)
Creem: America's Only Rock'n'Roll Magazine
by Rogbert Matheu (Collins)
Can't Buy Me Love
by Jonathan Gould (Harmony)
Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life
by John Sellers
Recording the Beatles
by Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew
Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music
by Hugh Barker and Yuval Taylor
Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
by Gayle F. Wald
Blue
Monday Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock'n'Roll
by Rick Coleman
Everything
I'm Cracked Up To Be
by Jen Trynin
White Bicycles: Making Music in the Sixties
by Joe Boyd
Always Magic in the Air
by Ken Emerson
editor's picks:
Album Cover Network,
Album Art Exchange, Worst Album Covers,
lp cover lover,
Cover Heaven, Blue Note covers,
Album Cover Webring
Google image search
flickr: sleeveface, album covers, album art, (homemade) album cover art group, vinyl junkie, lp portraits, really bad cover art
editor's picks:
Wolfgang's Vault,
Concert Posters,
Push Posters,
Poster Planet,
Rockabilia,
eye noise, Gig Posters
flickr: Concert Posters,
eye noise,
rock posters,
album covers & posters,
art of music,
gig poster collective
artist pages:Bob Masse,
Dan Stiles,
Jim Phillips,
Google image search,
Rock Art Museum
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