Musichound Country: The Essential Album Guide [With Sampler Music]

With all the other country guides out there, this faces pretty stiff competition. Its advantages include a more open -- though slightly diffuse -- layout, explicit album recommendations (ranging from one to five bones, and "woof!" for complete dogs) and an excellent Resources section. Appendices include: movies with country themes (courtesy of the VideoHound guide), fan clubs and websites, recommended publications and radio stations, as well as chronological listings of industry awards, and finally, the Hound's patented cross-reference lists in the back. The companion CD, however, is rather disappointing: an eight-song sampler of contemporary artists on Mercury/Nashville.

This is not a review, but a request for an address, preferably an e-mail address where I can contact Mr. Bill Anderson. I have grownup on his music and have his Greatest Hits cassette and would simply love to write to him. I would greatly appreciate any help that you can give me. My Aunt Diana who died several years ago, worshipped him and introduced me to his music. It is so precious a memory for me to hear his music and bring her back into my life, if only through her spirit. Thank you Mr. Anderson.God Bless You for my wonderful memories. Thank you to you to for allowing me to be able to have a few moments of gratitude with Mr. Anderson.Diana E. LeBlanc

I like the fact that this album guide to country music covers much in the way of Americana and alt.country. Honest, straightforward reviews and album recommendations. Any music fan with even a remote interest in country (new or old) should have this book in his or her library.

My wife and I wanted to start exploring country music, but didn't know where to start. Musichound Country is a great guidebook to country CDs. Especially helpful is the list of "5 bone" albums in the back of the book. A nice place to start building your country music collection. If you're interested in country music, you'll probably like this book. We sure do.