Music Rough Guides (World Music Network)

~ Release group series

Annotation

Founded in 1994, the Rough Guide series is produced by World Music Network in association with Rough Guide books and delivers the best possible starting point for exploring different music from all over the world.

Design evoltuion:
- From RGNET 1145 back cover changed with all credits placed at bottom instead of right frame
- New design with orange logo on front cover appears around end of 2005 / 2006

Annotation last modified on 2022-11-22 02:11 UTC.

Release groups

#	Year	Title	Artist	Type	Rating	Releases
1001	1994	The Rough Guide to World Music	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	3
1002	1995	The Rough Guide to West African Music	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	2
1003	1995	Global Partnership II	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	2
1004	1996	The Rough Guide to Scottish Music (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1005	1996	World Development Movement: Best of Africa	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1006	1996	The Rough Guide to Irish Music (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1007	1996	The Rough Guide to the Music of Kenya and Tanzania	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	2
1008	1996	The Rough Guide to the Music of India and Pakistan	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	2
1009	1996	The Rough Guide to the Music of the Andes	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1010	1996	The Rough Guide to the Music of Zimbabwe	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	2
1011	1997	The Rough Guide to the Music of North Africa	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	2
1012	1997	The Rough Guide to Classic Jazz	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	2
1013	1997	The Best of Latin America: Change the Rules	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1014	1997	One Voice: Vocal Music From Around the World	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1015	1997	The Rough Guide to Flamenco (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	2
1016	1997	The Rough Guide to Reggae	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1017	1997	The Rough Guide to Salsa (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	2
1018	1998	The Rough Guide to English Roots Music	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	2
1019	1998	African Blues	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1020	1998	The Rough Guide to the Music of South Africa (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	2
1021	1998	The Rough Guide to the Music of Brazil (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	3
1022	1998	The Rough Guide to the Music of Cuba (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	3
1023	1999	Unwired: Acoustic Music From Around the World	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1024	1998	The Rough Guide to the Music of Eastern Europe (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1025	1998	The Rough Guide to the Music of Portugal	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	2
1026	1999	The Rough Guide to Australian Aboriginal Music (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	4
1027	1999	The Rough Guide to World Roots	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	2
1028	1998	The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1029	1998	The Rough Guide to Native American Music	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	3
1030	1999	The Rough Guide to Tango (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1031	1999	The Rough Guide to the Music of Japan (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	2
1032	1999	The Rough Guide to World Music, Volume 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1033	1999	Rhythm‐Time: World Percussion	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1034	1999	The Rough Guide to the Music of the Gypsies (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	3
1035	1999	The Rough Guide to Salsa Dance (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	2
1036	1999	The Rough Guide to Irish Folk (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1037	1999	The Rough Guide to Tex‐Mex	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1038	2000	The Rough Guide to Scottish Folk (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	3
1039	2001	The Rough Guide to Merengue & Bachata	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	4
1040	1999	The Rough Guide to Calypso & Soca	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1041	1999	The Rough Guide to the Music of Africa	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1042	2000	The Rough Guide to the Music of Italy	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	2
1043	2000	The Rough Guide to Cumbia (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1044	2000	The Rough Guide to World Music, Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1045	2000	The Rough Guide to South African Jazz (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1046	2000	The Rough Guide to Cuban Son	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1047	2000	The Rough Guide to Klezmer (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1048	2000	The Rough Guide to the Music of Mali & Guinea	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		3
1049	2000	The Rough Guide to the Music of Hawaii	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1050	2000	The Rough Guide to Congolese Soukous	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1051	2000	The Rough Guide to the Music of Scandinavia (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1052	2001	The Rough Guide to the Music of Wales	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	3
1053	2000	The Rough Guide to Global Dance	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1054	2000	The Rough Guide to Bhangra (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1055	2000	The Rough Guide to the Music of Indonesia	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	5	1
1056	2001	The Rough Guide to the Music of Jamaica	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1057	2003	The Rough Guide to the Music of Turkey	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1
1058	2001	The Rough Guide to Samba (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1059	2001	The Rough Guide to Bluegrass (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		3
1060	2000	The Rough Guide to the Music of Senegal & Gambia	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1
1061	2000	Oxfam Salsa: Cuba, New York and the Latin Dance Explosion	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1
1062	2000	Unwired: Africa	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1
1063	2001	The Rough Guide to Marrabenta Mozambique	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1
1064	2001	The Rough Guide to Sufi Music (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1065	2001	The Rough Guide to the Music of Cape Verde	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		3
1066	2001	The Rough Guide to the Music of Greece	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		3
1067	2002	The Rough Guide to the Music of Haiti	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1
1068	2001	The Rough Guide to the Cuban Music Story	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		4
1069	2001	The Rough Guide to the Music of Okinawa	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1070	2001	The Rough Guide to Afro‐Cuba	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1
1071	2001	The Rough Guide to Franco	Franco	Album + Compilation		3
1072	2001	The Rough Guide to the Soul Brothers	Soul Brothers	Album + Compilation		1
1073	2001	Oxfam Africa: Dance Rhythms From Algeria to Zimbabwe	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1
1074	2002	The Rough Guide to Bollywood (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		3
1075	2002	The Rough Guide to the Music of Nigeria & Ghana	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1
1076	2001	Unwired: Latin America	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1
1077	2001	The Rough Guide to Central America	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1
1078	2002	The Rough Guide to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	Album + Compilation		1
1079	2001	The Rough Guide to Lucky Dube	Lucky Dube	Album + Compilation		2
1080	2001	The Rough Guide to Americana	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1081	2002	Passion: Bursting With Energy and Passion for Life	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1
1082	2002	The Rough Guide to the Music of Spain	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1
1083	2003	The Rough Guide to Ska	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1084	2002	The Rough Guide to Paris Café Music (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		3
1085	2002	The Rough Guide to Bellydance (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1086	2002	The Rough Guide to the Music of the Indian Ocean	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1087	2002	The Rough Guide to Delta Blues (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1
1088	2002	The Rough Guide to Afro‐Peru	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1
1089	2003	The Rough Guide to Latin Jazz	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1090	2002	The Rough Guide to Gospel	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1
1091	2002	The Rough Guide to the Music of India (first edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1092	2002	The Rough Guide to Hungarian Music	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1093	2002	The Rough Guide to Arabesque	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1094	2002	The Rough Guide to the Music of Louisiana	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1
1095	2003	The Rough Guide to the Music of Thailand	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1096	2003	The Rough Guide to the Asian Underground	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1097	2005	The Rough Guide to Boogaloo	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1098	2002	The Rough Guide to the Music of Mexico	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1099	2003	The Rough Guide to South African Gospel	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		2
1100	2002	The Rough Guide to Raï	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		1

Relationships

publishing label:	World Music Network

subseries:	The Rough Guide to Jazz and Blues Legends

official homepages:	https://worldmusic.net/collections/rough-guides [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/classifiers/The+Rough+Guide/ [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/label/246002 [info]
Wikidata:	Q17099012 [info]