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It is a unique resource unavailable elsewhere online. The database contains an ever-expanding collection of primary-source, full-text music writing. Sourced from the pages of the music and mainstream press, it is a library of articles (reviews, interviews, features and more) from the early '60s up to present day and includes a growing collection of exclusive audio interviews.</p> <p><strong>Details of the database</strong></p> <ul> <li>As of April 2016 there are over 30,000 primary source articles on the site and 450 audio interviews. These feature over 4,200 artists and range from 500-word album (or concert) reviews to 15,000-word interviews and features. The library is currently increasing in size by over 50 new text articles and one audio interview per week.</li> <li>The articles are full text and fully searchable (by artist, date, genre, keyword etc.) including a faceted ‘advanced search’ option.</li> <li>Written by over six hundred of the best writers in music journalism, they are taken from the widest possible range of publications in the US and UK: from Creem and Trouser Press to Rolling Stone, and from New Musical Express and Melody Maker to MOJO.</li> <li>The archive covers all types of popular music from the 1950s to the present: from Abba to Zappa, the Stones to the Stone Roses and from Elvis to Eminem. 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