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Black Women Songwriters and Their Craft
Thunders Mouth Press
October 2007
On Sale: September 28, 2007
464 pages ISBN: 1568583311 EAN: 9781568583310 Trade Size
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Non-Fiction
A pioneering, seminal collection of original interviews
with 20 of the world's leading black female performing
artists. In this often fascinating, nostalgic, and
thoroughly moving collection of 20 interviews, author
LaShonda Katrice Barnett offers a rare glimpse into the
careers of the world's prominent black women performing
singers and songwriters. Marking an unprecedented
exploration of the musical styles and careers of twenty
black women performing songwriters, I Got Thunder
represents practically all genres-folk, jazz, neo soul,
hip-hop, rhythm and blues, and traditional blues. Barnett's
interviews are accompanied by brief biographies and selected
discographies for each of the influential artists included.
Discussing their influences, inspirations and creative
processes are: Abbey Lincoln, Angelique Kidjo, Brenda
Russell, Chaka Khan, Dianne Reeves, Dionne Warwick, Joan
Armatrading, Miriam Makeba, Narissa Bond, Nina Simone, Nona
Hendryx, Odetta, Oleta Adams, Pamela Means, Patti Cathcart
Andress (of Tuck & Patti), Shemekia Copeland, Shirley
Caesar, Tokunbo Akinro, Toshi Reagon, and Tramaine Hawkins.
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