How women made music : a revolutionary history from NPR Music / edited by Alison Fensterstock ; introduction by Ann Powers.
Book | HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers | 2024 | First edition.

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Edition
First edition.
Description
xv, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note
"National Public Radio, Inc."
Bibliography
Includes discographies.
Contents
Introduction -- Tradition bearers and breakers -- Warriors -- Teenage kicks -- Listen to your body -- Live -- Scream queens -- Shredders -- Shape-shifters -- Storytellers -- Empaths -- Sweet inspiration -- Afterword -- The 150 greatest albums made by women -- The 200 greatest songs by 21st-tentury women + -- Turning the tables -- Credits & permissions.
Summary
Turning the Tables, launched in 2017, has revolutionized recognition of female artists, whether it be in best album lists or in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This volume brings this impressive reshaping to the page and includes material from more than fifty years of NPR's coverage plus newly commissioned work. A must-have for music fans, songwriters, feminist historians, and those interested in how artists think and work, including information on Joan Baez, Dolly Parton, Patti Smith, Nina Simone, Taylor Swift, Odetta, and others.
Subject
Added Author
ISBN
9780063270336 (hardcover)
0063270331 (hardcover)
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