MUS 105 - Music Appreciation

This website contains artist and band biographies, discographies, reviews, and related articles.

Collection of resources about the Black origins of traditional and popular music. Resources organized chronologically and by genre.

Published by the Smithsonian, features articles on American and world folk music.

Music historian Tony Palmer covers Ragtime, Blues, Jazz, Vaudeville, The Musical, Folk, Swing, Country and Western, Rock 'n' Roll and beyond. Frequently described as the definitive music documentary, this 17-part series includes interviews and performances of the major names of the twentieth century.

Featuring artists like 50 Cent, Ice T, Chuck D, Young Thug, Grandmaster Caz, as well as the people working behind the scenes to engineer their success, this program shows how the culture of hip hop was converted into a brand that could be used to sell anything from headphones to clothing.

Ken Burns' eight-part, 16-hour documentary series, Country Music, chronicles the history of a uniquely American art form, focusing on the biographies of the fascinating characters who created it.