Women Who Rock

Women Who Rock Bessie to Beyonce, Girl Groups to Riot Grrrls

Hardback (06 Dec 2018)

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Publisher's Synopsis

From Bessie Smith and The Supremes to Joan Baez, Madonna, Beyonce, Amy Winehouse, Dolly Parton, Sleater-Kinney, Taylor Swift, and scores more, women have played an essential and undeniable role in the evolution of popular music including blues, rock and roll, country, folk, glam rock, punk, and hip hop. Today, in a world traditionally dominated by male artists, women have a stronger influence on popular music than ever before. Yet, not since the late nineteen-nineties has there been a major work that acknowledges and pays tribute to the female artists who have contributed to, defined, and continue to make inroads in music.

In WOMEN WHO ROCK, writer and professor of journalism and new media Evelyn McDonnell leads a team of women rock writers and pundits in an all-out celebration of 106 of the greatest female musicians. Organized chronologically, the book profiles each artist and places her in the context of both her genre and the musical world at large. Sidebars throughout recall key moments that shaped both the trajectory of music and how those moments influenced or were influenced by women artists.

With full-color illustrated portraits by women artists, Women Who Rock will be THE long-awaited gift book for every musicfan, feminist, and female rocker, young and old.

Book information

ISBN: 9780316558877
Publisher: Little, Brown
Imprint: Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub date:
DEWEY: 782.4216409252
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 416
Weight: 1542g
Height: 212mm
Width: 261mm
Spine width: 39mm