Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music that changed the world by Robbie Robertson, Jim Guerinot, Sebastian Robertson, Jared Levine 128 pp. 9781770495715

This package could change your concept of music history. Robbie Robertson, former songwriter for legendary band, The Band decided that the younger generation was lacking a history of modern music. He gathered friends and experts from the music industry to narrow a very broad subject to 27 artists. What I love about this book is both its brevity of text and depth of knowledge. Each artist has a full page color portrait, a succinct memory of how this artist touched or related to the author, a couple of pages of text showing how this person was a creative force and then a list of five or so essential songs by the artist. Of course, as soon as you read about each musician, you want to experience their music and Robertson provides you with a taste.  Two compact discs include a pivotal song for each artist. While I am sure many might quibble about performers left out or included, this is an exciting body of work for generations to share.