The AMG All Music Guide website is designed to complement a line of books that provide extensive reviews of thousands of music recordings, organized by genre, such as blues, jazz, rock, and so on. This website is particularly helpful as it provides all of this material at no cost, and is relatively easy to navigate as well. Using the search box at the top of the screen visitors can look for various artists, albums, songs, styles, or labels. After returning results, visitors can browse through the material, and click on any number of available hyperlinks in order to make their way to related material, such as genre, related artists and the like. For example, if one were to search for Duke Ellington, the search would return a brief essay about his work, a complete list of his recordings (with reviews), as well as additional information, such as Billboard chart information, Grammy nominations, and artists who he influenced. The site is rounded out by a series of short essays on a plethora of musical styles, including garage rock, acoustic blues, and zydeco.
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