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50 women in the blues
- Title
- 50 women in the blues / [edited by] Cheryl Robsen ; [introduction by] Zoë Howe ; [contribution by] Jennifer Noble.
- Publication
- Twickenham : Supernova Books, 2019.
- ©2019
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- Description
- 240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm
- Summary
- Women have been at the dawn of the blues since Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey were singing about hard knocks and tough love in smoky bars. This book gives an overview of the early days of the blues and its development from the Mississippi Delta to the hometown of electric blues, Chicago, to becoming the vibrant global musical movement it is today. Features over 30 exclusive interviews with the amazing female musicians leading the Blues to new heights today.Includes selected highlights from Chicago blues photographer Jennifer Noble's extensive colour collection.
- Alternative Title
- Fifty women in the blues
- Subject
- Women blues musicians > United States > Biography > Pictorial works
- Blues musicians > United States > Biography > Pictorial works
- Women blues musicians > United States > Biography
- Blues musicians > United States > Biography
- Blues (Music) > History and criticism
- Blues (Music)
- Blues musicians
- Women blues musicians
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Illustrated works.
- Biographies.
- Pictorial works.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Contents note: Blues Legends Past And Present -- Mamie Smith -- Ma Rainey -- Bessie Smith -- Memphis Minnie -- Sippie Wallace -- Victoria Spivey -- Sister Rosetta Tharpe -- Big Mama Thornton -- Etta fames -- Mavis Staples -- Janis Joplin -- Bonnie Raitt -- Women In The Blues Today -- Barbara Blue -- Kyla Brox -- Barbara Carr -- Joanna Connor -- Shemekia Copeland -- Debbie Davies -- Thornetta Davis -- DeitraFarr -- Jvy Ford -- Ruthie Foster -- Dana Gillespie -- Tia Gouttebel -- Diunna Greenleaf -- Anne Harris -- Uvee Hayes -- Lynne Jordan -- Mary Lane -- LarkinPoe -- Grand Louise -- Connie Lush -- Annie Mack -- Liz Mandeville -- Lisa Mann -- Kate Moss -- Terrie Odabi -- Dona Oxford -- Kat Pearton -- Kat Riggins -- Chick Rodgers -- Jackie Scott -- Sisfer Cookie -- Peaches Staten -- Susan Tedeschi -- Irma Thomas -- Nellie "Tiger" Travis -- Teeny Tucker -- Nora Jean Wallace -- Dawn Tyler Watson.
- Call Number
- JNF 21-102
- ISBN
- 9780993220784
- 0993220789
- LCCN
- 2019458989
- OCLC
- 1099871671
- Title
- 50 women in the blues / [edited by] Cheryl Robsen ; [introduction by] Zoë Howe ; [contribution by] Jennifer Noble.
- Publisher
- Twickenham : Supernova Books, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- Added Author
- Robson, Cheryl, editor.Howe, Zoë, writer of introduction.Noble, Jennifer (Photographer), contributor.
- Research Call Number
- JNF 21-102