Rock's Backpages

Rock's Backpages

Rock's Backpages

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Description:

Rock's Backpages is the world’s most comprehensive online database of music writing and journalism, sourced from the pages of the music and mainstream press, it is a library of primary source, full-text articles (reviews, interviews, features and more) from the early 1950s to the present day. There are over 40,000 on the site as of July 2019, with over 60 new text articles and one new audio interview added weekly. These feature over six thousand artists and range from 500-word album (or concert) reviews to 10,000-word interviews and features. There are also over 650 (as of July 2019) exclusive, and previously unpublished, audio interviews with major music artists.

A complete list of title represented is available at: http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Publications

A complete list of writers represented is available at: https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Writers

A complete list of artists represented is available at: https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Artists

 

Coverage: From the late 1950s to the present day.