Rough Guide to World Music Volume Two: Latin and North America, the Caribbean, Asia & the Pacific (Rough Guide Music Guides) (Paperback)

~ James McConnachie (Author), Mark Ellingham (Author) "Afghan music has suffered with the country through its continuing civil war - and since the impositon of fundamentalist Islam by the Taliban government has..." (more)
Key Phrases: pinpeat orchestra, mor lam sing, chouval bwa, New York, Smithsonian Folkways, Puerto Rican (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

These eye-popping volumes, which omit the glossaries but otherwise update and expand to twice the size the marvelous single-volume 1994 edition (LJ 1/95), give general audiences over 160 articles on pop, folk, and non-Western classical musical traditions from nearly every country in the world and many borderless ethnic groups or national musical subdivisions. (Jazz and much of U.S. commercially popular music are not included.) The articles, written in British English by more than 100 contributors and delivered with opinionated snap and multicultural spice, provide historical background, cultural context, interviews with musicians, quotations from lyrics, discographies (including CDs, some highlighted for "first purchase"; cassette tapes; and a few vinyl discs), and black-and-white photos of selected musicians. Each volume includes information on contributors (a mix of scholars, journalists, producers, and fans), a directory of record labels and shops, ads for recordings and magazines, and many references to web sites. Highly recommended for public libraries and for any music library as a guide to recorded sound collection building.ABonnie Jo Dopp, Univ. of Maryland Libs., College Park
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Fans of Buena Vista Social Club , among others, should appreciate this guide, a companion to the volume that was published in 1999 and covers Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. REVWR
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Rough Guides; 2nd edition (October 19, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1858286360
• ISBN-13: 978-1858286365
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.8 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #674,023 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary: Overwhelmingly Wonderful, December 27, 2000

By	David Kleist - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The research here is remarkable. The scholarship is first-rate, the information exhaustive (although never definitive since world music grows with leaps and bounds moment by moment).

I love dipping into this attractively illustrated, logically organized, and utterly helpful guide to find whole realms of sound which I not only didn't know existed but also could not even have imagined existed without the help of these fine fans of the music about which they write so clearly and well.

The world today is a depressing place. Sorrow is everywhere one turns. But this celebration of music continually energizes and revivifies. Buy it; enjoy it; and expand your CD collection.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything V. 1 was for Middle-East, African, & European ..., December 20, 2000

By	John K. Joachim (Indianapolis, IN United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

... this one is for Latin & North American, Caribbean, Indian, Asian/Pacific idioms. I picked up the original '94 edition to explore World Beat rhythms in improvisatory settings, and was excited to hear the new edition would cover two volumes. I am NOT displeased !!