Introduction

University Libraries is pleased to announce "The Contemporary Music Genres Collection," our new music CD series showcasing popular music styles. This service will make available to the WKU community CDs of outstanding popular music works from roughly the time of the emergence of the Beatles (1964) on, keying on those acts that have made, or are making, lasting contributions to their art. The focus will be on acts falling outside the mainstream of commercialism; nevertheless, our growing stable of titles will feature the very best material from the finest acts in their respective genres, extending from contemporary folk, bluegrass and new age to international music, rock, blues and crossover styles. Meanwhile, we will be continuing to add classical music and traditional jazz and folk titles to our regular CD collection.

Like the other CDs in the University Libraries collection, the new series is physically located in the Visual and Performing Arts Library on the second floor of the Cravens Library, where individual items can be charged and held for up to a week (renewals are also possible, as with the other CDs). As new titles arrive they will be added to the CD Accession List, which also features some brief comments on each item to provide context. Enjoy!

Browse the CDs on the Libraries' Annotated CD Accession List.