Web Resources: Music
All-Music Guide
http://www.allmusic.com
A gold-mine of information on popular music. Start with a search of artists, albums, songs, styles, or labels. In addition there's music maps, lists of helpful popular music statistics, essays, articles, artist bios, and a whole lot more.
Billboard Magazine
http://www.billboard.com/
The online version of the weekly music magazine featuring Billboard's charts, daily music news, music industry product information, and other music resources. Site visitors can access every Billboard album review from 1980 until present.
This one's billed as "The Internet's Number One Music Store" (now a part of Amazon.com). There's a wealth of information on artists, albums, and charts. Visitors will also find a list of helpful links and a site search engine.
Want to know more about rap, urban and hip-hop music? This site offerw news, reviews and audio bytes of the latest hip-hop music releases. A great way to stay up-to-date on the latest developments in rap music.
Artist Direct
http://www.artistdirect.com
This popular music site is a valuable window into the world of today's music. You'll find artist info, music news, reviews, charts, bulletin boards and chat rooms. A great place to go if you want more information on who your kids are listening to.
The trail-blazing twenty-four hour music channel continues to blaze trails with this cutting-edge web site. Do you want to know more about today's pop culture? This is the place to find music charts, MTV news, and information on a variety of social issues.
Much Music
http://www.muchmusic.com
The Much Music Network is the Canadian equivalent of MTV. Highly creative and cutting-edge, both the network and the site are a gold-mine of information on today’s popular music scene. The site features news, a listening lounge, online music videos, articles, reviews, links, and a whole lot more.
RIAA Online
http://www.riaa.com
The online site of the Recording Industry Association of America, the trade group "promoting the vitality of music in the U.S. Offers a wealth of music information including sales stats, charts, legislation and censorship information, etc.
rockontv
http://www.rockontv.com/
Billed as "the ultimate guide to music on television", this online guide keeps track of television shows that may be of interest to popular music fans. Frequently updated weekly listings track every music-related show and appearance on major networks and cable stations. A great connection to music on the tube.
Top 40/Pop
http://www.top40.about.com
Brought to you from the folks at About.com, This site covers news and developments as they relate to the Top 40 singles charts. Visitors can look at the current weeks chart as well as Top 40 archives. In addition, there's an alphabetized list of artists with articles and opinions on each.
The Ultimate Band List
http://www.ubl.com
This is the ultimate source for an overwhelming wealth of information on bands, radio stations, record labels, music news and more.
WILMA - The Internet Guide to Live Music
http://www.wilma.com
More than a guide to who is playing where, WILMA has a searchable database of over 18,000 touring artists. In addition, you'll find artist information, BIOS, interviews, a musical genre guide, charts, and audio/video clips.
Lyrics Library
http://members.fortunecity.com/lyricslib2/
At a loss for the lyrics to that song your kids know and love? Look not further! This is the most comprehensive collection of links to lyric sites on the Web. Easy to navigate, the Main Collection of the Lyrics Library is sorted by artist.
Last updated: 09-Aug-2007